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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DIGITAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION USA.

Totals

Total revenue
$555,500
Total expenses
$190,428
Contributions and grants received
$555,500
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$510,930
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$464,330
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$181,880
Management and general expenses
$8,548
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$181,880

Program services were 95.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $555,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,010 · management and general $4,010

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,737 · management and general $2,737

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $173,250 · program services $173,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,339 · program services $3,688 · management and general $651

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,577 · program services $4,577

  • 17 · Travel

    total $365 · program services $365

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,150 · management and general $1,150

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $99,258 · end of year $510,930

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $46,600

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $99,258 · end of year $464,330

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DIGITAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION IS A REGISTERED RESEARCH-BASED ADVOCACY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS) TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND DIGITAL GOVERNANCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND DIGITAL GOVERNANCE.

  • DIGITAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION AIMS TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (HRDS), WITH A FOCUS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IN DIGITAL SPACES THROUGH POLICY ADVOCACY & DIGITAL SECURITY AWARENESS-RAISING. IN ADDITION, ONE OF OUR AIMS AT THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO TO PROTECT WOMEN FROM WORK AND CYBER-HARASSMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. WE MAKE THEM AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS.WITH GROWING PRIVACY CONCERNS IN DIGITAL SPACES, DRF SEEKS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT PRIVACY ISSUES & DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY BY RESEARCHING, MONITORING, AND REPORTING THE TACTICS AROUND SURVEILLANCE. TO RALLY WITH OTHER ACTORS FOR STRONG LEGAL PROTECTION FOR PRIVACY IN THE COUNTRY AND TO RAISE OUR VOICE AGAINST DICTATING CENSORSHIP POLICIES, WE INTEND TO PROPOSE VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

    Expenses $181,880

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nighat Dad

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $55,000
    From this org
    $55,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Betsy Bramon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Benesch

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sidra Qasim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501329349303270

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