Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$10,572,711

Total expenses

$10,233,754

Contributions and grants received

$10,498,281

Grants paid

$6,015,944

Program service revenue

$2,880

Investment income

$71,550

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$15,553,588

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,274,518

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,279,070

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$9,582,333

Management and general expenses

$613,589

Fundraising expenses

$37,832

Program service expenses (Part III)

$9,582,333

Program services were 93.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNSADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNS ENCOMPASSES MULTIPLE PROJECTS WHICH RESPOND AND ADDRESS ISSUES AFFECTING CIVIL SOCIETY AND CIVIC SPACE ACROSS DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE WORLD. THE CHARM AFRICA PROJECT IS A MAJOR PROJECT IN THIS PROGRAM. ESTABLISHED IN 2019, IT'S OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE IS TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIC SPACE AND MEDIA IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE CRISIS RESPONSE FUND WHICH PROVIDE URGENT FUNDING TO CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS WHO ARE FACING CRISIS IN FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION TO CONDUCT ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES, OR TO RESPOND PROACTIVELY TO THREATS TO CIVIC FREEDOMS THROUGH RESILIENCY ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNS INCLUDES MULTIPLE PROJECTS SUPPORTING THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY.

  Expenses $5,633,340 · Grants $4,416,820

• CIVIL SOCIETY RESOURCINGCIVIL SOCIETY RESOURCING INCLUDES THE CIVIC SPACE INITIATIVE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE STRENGTHENING 21ST CENTURY CITIZEN ACTION PROJECT (STCA) AS TWO OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS.STCA , FUNDED BY THE NORWEGIAN AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, ADDDRESSES THE GRAP IN SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUAL ACTIVISTS AND NEW GENERATION CHANGEMAKERS BY DESIGNING, TESTING AND SCALING NEW INITIATIVES THAT AIM TO STRENGTHEN CITIZEN ACTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

  Expenses $1,055,877 · Grants $510,324

• RESEARCHA PROMINENT FUNCTION OF THE CIVIC SPACE RESEARCH PROJECT INCLUDES THE COORDINATION OF THE CIVICUS MONITOR, AN ONLINE TOOL THAT TRACKS CONDITIONS FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN OVER 197 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES. TOGETHER WITH MORE THAN 20 REGIONAL RESEARCH PARTNERS WE DOCUMENT ON AN ONGOING BASIS THE STATE OF CIVIL SOCIETY AROUND THE GLOBE AND PROVIDE QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION FOR EACH COUNTRY WITH THE GOAL TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE CONDITIONS FOR CIVIL SOCIETY WITHIN COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME. THE CIVICUS MONITOR WAS LAUNCHED IN 2016 AND HAS BECOME A GO-TO SOURCE FOR CIVIC SPACE ISSUES AMONG CIVIL SOCIETY, ACADEMIA AND OTHERS.

  Expenses $1,145,323 · Grants $461,730

• COMMUNICATION

  Expenses $393,159 · Grants $184,259

• INNOVATION AND IMPACT

  Expenses $650,220 · Grants $151,638

• MEMBERSHIP AND NETWORKS

  Expenses $655,704 · Grants $278,768

• STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE

  Expenses $48,710 · Grants $12,405

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• NEO PHILANTHROPY

  $12,000

  CIVIC SPACE RESEARCH

• PLANTING CHANGE FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  EFFECTIVE CIVIL SOCIETY ADVOCACY IN RESTRICTED CIVIC SPACE

• AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRACY & HUMAN RIGHTS IN BAHRAIN

  $8,000

  CIVIC SPACE INITIATIVE

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• CIVICUS WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (CIVICUS RSA)

  STRENGTHEN CITIZEN ACTION AND CIVIL SOCIETY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD · SF

• CIVICUS GENEVA

  STRENGTHEN CITIZEN ACTION AND CIVIL SOCIETY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD · SZ

  Directly controlled by CIVICUS RSA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202421369349304732

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