Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$28,673,277

Total expenses

$26,918,362

Contributions and grants received

$28,343,578

Grants paid

$8,068,890

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$107,640

Other revenue

$222,059

Total assets, end of year

$26,283,749

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,671,661

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$23,612,088

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$20,548,488

Management and general expenses

$4,500,588

Fundraising expenses

$1,869,286

Program service expenses (Part III)

$20,548,488

Program services were 76.3% 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 · 2023

• SEE SCHEDULE OGLOBAL COMMUNITY AVAAZ EMPOWERED ITS WORLDWIDE MEMBERSHIP OF ALMOST 70 MILLION IN 2023, BUILDING GLOBAL CAMPAIGNS ON ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN WITH SUPPORTING ACTIONS INCLUDING PETITION SIGNATURES AND DELIVERIES, MESSAGES AND CALLS TO POLITICAL LEADERS AND POLICYMAKERS, AND DONATIONS. BIODIVERSITY AND THE AMAZONAVAAZ'S ONGOING BIODIVERSITY CAMPAIGNING HAS HELPED SECURE LONG-TERM SAFEGUARDS FOR THE AMAZON AND PROVIDED SUPPORT TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.IN 2023, AVAAZ ORGANIZED MEMBERS IN BRAZIL VIA A NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN THAT CONTRIBUTED TO PRESIDENT LULA'S DECISION TO VETO A BILL LIMITING RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS LANDS, AND TO INCREASE LAND PROTECTION GUARANTEES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. AVAAZ WAS INFLUENTIAL IN SECURING THE COMMITMENT TO PROTECT 80% OF COLOMBIA'S FORESTS BY 2025. IN PERU, WE HELPED BLOCK A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE OPENED PART OF THE AMAZON TO MINING AND CATTLE RANCHING. AVAAZ FUNDED AND PROVIDED STRATEGIC SUPPORT TO INDIGENOUS LEADERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE AMAZON COOPERATION TREATY ORGANIZATION SUMMIT IN BELEM IN AUGUST AND AT COP 28 IN DUBAI IN NOVEMBER, PAVING THE WAY FOR THE CREATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS COMMISSION.AVAAZ ALSO HELPED ORGANIZE CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) WATER CONFERENCE THAT TOOK PLACE IN MARCH IN NEW YORK, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR RENOWNED ACTIVIST MARCELA OLIVERA'S PRESENTATION AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH CIVIL SOCIETY'S DEMANDS TO GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE FRESH WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY.ECONOMIC JUSTICEAVAAZ WORKED TO ADDRESS THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL IMBALANCES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO ECONOMIC INJUSTICE AS WELL AS THE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS. WE CONDUCTED HIGH-LEVEL ADVOCACY MEETINGS AROUND THE GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK FUND (GBFF) THAT HELPED ENSURE 20% OF THE FUNDS ARE SET ASIDE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WE ORGANIZED AVAAZ MEMBERS AROUND A GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO FINANCE THE FIGHT AGAINST INEQUALITY AND INCREASE TAXES ON THE MEGA-RICH, ADVOCATING TO KEY MEMBERS OF THE US SENATE AND WHITE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION AND TO DOWNING STREET IN THE UK WE ALSO PRESENTED OUR CAMPAIGN ASKS TO THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS, AHEAD OF THEIR APPROVAL OF NEW FISCAL LEGISLATION TO TAX OFFSHORE INVESTMENTS AND EXCLUSIVE FUNDS, AND LED A PUBLIC ACTION AHEAD OF THE LATIN AMERICAN FINANCE MINISTERS SUMMIT. CLIMATEAT THE DAVOS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, OVER 1 MILLION MEMBERS JOINED A "CEASE AND DESIST" CAMPAIGN TARGETED AT FOSSIL FUEL CEOS CALLING FOR AN END TO FOSSIL FUEL EXPANSION, WHICH WAS DELIVERED TO INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY CHIEF FATIH BIROL BY LEADING CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG AND GENERATED HUNDREDS OF PRESS ARTICLES. 100,000 MEMBERS IN FRANCE CALLED ON A TOP FRENCH BANK TO END FINANCING FOR TOTAL'S FOSSIL FUEL EXPANSION AS PART OF THE EACOP CAMPAIGN. IN PARIS, AT THE CLIMATE FINANCE SUMMIT, AVAAZ COORDINATED A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO "END FOSSIL FINANCE" WITH GRETA THUNBERG AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT SHAPED HEADLINES IN MAJOR GLOBAL MEDIA. AS A KEY PARTNER OF A MAJOR YOUTH-LED CLIMATE LITIGATION CASE AT THE EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS COURT, AVAAZ BROUGHT OVER 135,000 MEMBER VOICES TO THE GRAND CHAMBER HEARING, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF THIS CASE IN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. AVAAZ ALSO PREPARED AND SUBMITTED AN AMICUS BRIEF TO THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE OF YOUTH CLIMATE ANXIETY AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES' RIGHTS.HUMAN RIGHTS AVAAZ CONTINUED THE WORK INITIATED IN 2022 AFTER THE INVASION OF UKRAINE AIMING TO SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE CRIME OF AGGRESSION AND WAR CRIMES, AS WELL AS TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. MORE THAN 600,000 AVAAZ MEMBERS ALSO VOICED THEIR CONCERN ABOUT UKRAINE'S STOLEN CHILDREN, AND MORE THAN 540,000 URGED THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO UPHOLD ITS COMMITMENTS UNDER THE ROME STATUTE IN LIGHT OF PRESIDENT PUTIN'S PLANS TO ATTEND A BRICS MEETING IN THE COUNTRY IN AUGUST, 2023.AVAAZ ENGAGED IN HIGH-LEVEL RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY BEFORE THE EU IN ORDER TO PUSH AVAAZ PROPOSALS ON ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AI ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE WORLD'S FIRST AI REGULATION WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING AND MITIGATING THE ADVERSE AND DISCRIMINATORY IMPACTS OF AI. FOCUSED CAMPAIGN INTERVENTIONS BY AVAAZ MEMBERS AT KEY MOMENTS OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS CONTRIBUTED TO LARGE PARTS OF THE PROPOSAL BEING ADOPTED. GAZAAFTER THE OCTOBER 7TH, 2023, TERRORIST ATTACKS AND THE START OF THE WAR ON GAZA, AVAAZ STOOD IN SOLIDARITY WITH VICTIMS IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, WORKING TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THE FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES AND CONNECT THEM TO MEDIATORS. JOINED BY MORE THAN 900,000 MEMBERS AROUND THE WORLD, AVAAZ LAUNCHED A GLOBAL CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND CAMPAIGNED FOR KEY REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERS TO SECURE AN URGENT CEASEFIRE TO SAVE THE LIVES OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN BEING TARGETED IN THE WAR. AVAAZ MEMBERS DONATED VIA AN EMERGENCY CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR WELL-RESPECTED AID ORGANIZATIONS TO DELIVER CRUCIAL FOOD AND AID. AVAAZ ALSO CAMPAIGNED FOR A LONGER TERM PATH TO JUSTICE AND PEACE, INCLUDING SUPPORTING THE CALLS FOR AN END TO THE ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR-CRIMES THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COURTS. DEFENDING DEMOCRACY AVAAZ WORKED TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIGITAL SERVICES ACT REGULATING SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE EU. AN AVAAZ TEAM CO-LED THE PROCESS OF DEFINING STANDARDS TO MEASURE THE DISSEMINATION OF DISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, WHICH WERE THE BASIS FOR SUBSEQUENT REGULATORY INTERVENTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA BRANDS SUCH AS X.DURING THE SPANISH ELECTION CAMPAIGN, AVAAZ HIGHLIGHTED THE PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE LGTBQI COMMUNITY THROUGH A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING LAUNCHING AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN IN THE CENTER OF MADRID THAT RECEIVED MASSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE, WITH HUNDREDS OF MEDIA HITS NATIONWIDE AT A CRUCIAL MOMENT IN THE ELECTION.

  Expenses $20,548,488 · Grants $8,068,890

As filed on the 2023 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• SAMS FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  SYRIA HUMANITARIAN AID

• ECO ACTIVISTS FOR GOV & LAW ENFORCEMENT

  $375,000

  ANIMAL RIGHTS

• SEXUAL MINORITIES UGANDA USA INC

  $350,000

  UGANDA HUMAN RIGHTS

• YALE UNIVERSITY

  $211,000

  SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS

• PARTNERS RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT

  $120,000

  SYRIA HUMANITARIAN AID

• EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC

  $104,328

  INDIA HUMANITARIAN AID

• CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC

  $50,000

  CLIMATE

• OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST

  $50,000

  CLIMATE LITIGATION

• AFGHANS EMPOWERED CORP

  $49,500

  AFGHANISTAN HUMANITARIAN AID

• AMAZON FRONTLINES

  $29,900

  AMAZON

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202403179349307945

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