Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,544,744
Total expenses
$4,889,032
Contributions and grants received
$3,946,263
Grants paid
$37,500
Program service revenue
$362,553
Investment income
$235,928
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,508,050
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,714,629
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,793,421
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,131,553
Management and general expenses
$223,055
Fundraising expenses
$534,424
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,131,553

Program services were 84.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $162,677

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,783,586

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $51,630

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $362,553 · related or exempt $362,553

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $136,517 · excluded $136,517

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,612,215

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,512,804

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $99,411

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $99,411 · excluded $99,411

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $17,500 · program services $17,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $798,554 · program services $718,698 · management and general $39,928 · fundraising $39,928

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,799,103 · program services $1,648,138 · management and general $67,766 · fundraising $83,199

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $149,572 · program services $145,874 · management and general $2,378 · fundraising $1,320

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $198,188 · program services $193,816 · management and general $2,912 · fundraising $1,460

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $198,238 · program services $191,030 · management and general $4,197 · fundraising $3,011

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,060 · management and general $19,060

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $139,345 · fundraising $139,345

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $38,377 · management and general $38,377

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $496,031 · program services $450,341 · management and general $12,163 · fundraising $33,527

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,804 · program services $8,955 · management and general $139 · fundraising $6,710

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,145 · program services $37,448 · management and general $1,871 · fundraising $2,826

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $371,317 · program services $334,146 · management and general $21,646 · fundraising $15,525

  • 17 · Travel

    total $122,814 · program services $122,275 · management and general $280 · fundraising $259

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $169,108 · program services $7,868 · management and general $172 · fundraising $161,068

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,282 · program services $14,652 · management and general $949 · fundraising $681

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $72,963 · program services $69,712 · management and general $1,893 · fundraising $1,358

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND PUBLICATIONS

    total $129,896 · program services $98,361 · management and general $1,187 · fundraising $30,348

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $37,712 · program services $16,962 · management and general $7,411 · fundraising $13,339

  • 24c · Other expenses: HR GENERAL EXPENSES

    total $24,131 · program services $24,131

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $10,644 · program services $9,578 · management and general $621 · fundraising $445

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,248 · program services $2,068 · management and general $105 · fundraising $75

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $381,442 · end of year $510,756

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $976,040 · end of year $449,890

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $366,457 · end of year $550,394

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $57,402 · end of year $66,956

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $109,866

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $74,366

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $32,519 · end of year $35,500

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,660,440 · end of year $4,790,448

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $45,231 · end of year $1,104,106

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $202,265 · end of year $272,688

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $68,423 · end of year $195,770

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,190,185 · end of year $2,246,171

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,118,467 · end of year $2,935,975

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $940,191 · end of year $1,857,446

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ADVOCATES FOR LIFESAVING ASSISTANCE, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE AND PROMOTES SOLUTIONS TO DISPLACEMENT CRISIS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVOCATE FOR LIFESAVING ASSIST.& PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE AND SOLUTIONS TO DISPLACEMENT CRISES

  • ADVOCACY: MAIN OUTCOMESOVER THE PAST YEAR, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING AS A RESULT OF OUR REPORTING AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS:U.S. LEGISLATION AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATIONIN 2022, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL (RI) CONTINUED TO URGE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO END TITLE 42, THE UNJUSTIFIED COVID-19 RELATED EXPULSION POLICY AT THE BORDER, HIGHLIGHTING ITS HUMAN TOLL ON ASYLUM SEEKERS. RI PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT ON USAID'S LOCAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY, STRONGLY ADVOCATING FOR A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN SUPPORT FOR LOCAL CAPACITY INVESTMENT IN HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE ON THIS ISSUE IN ONGOING CONGRESSIONAL MEETINGS AND OUTREACH.REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL AND PARTNERS ADVOCATED FOR A PROTECTION-FIRST APPROACH TO MIGRATION AT THE SUMMIT AND FOR THE MEANINGFUL INCLUSION OF AFFECTED PEOPLE, INCLUDING DISPLACED PEOPLE, IN THE AMERICAS AT THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS PROCEEDINGS. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL AND PARTNERS RELEASED A SET OF NINE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE REGIONAL FRAMEWORK AND HOSTED A SIDE EVENT AT THE SUMMIT ON MIGRATION POLICY. CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER AND SENIOR ADVOCATE KAYLY OBER TESTIFIED IN JULY AT A TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HEARING ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS ARISING FROM THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND MIGRATION. THIS WAS THEIR FIRST-EVER HEARING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DISPLACEMENT IN CONGRESS.REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ENDORSED THE ETHIOPIA PEACE AND STABILIZATION ACT, WHICH INCLUDED LANGUAGE ON HOLDING THOSE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CONFLICT, PASSED OUT OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE IN MARCH. ADDITIONALLY, RI SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN COALITION, FOR NEARLY $5 BILLION IN FOOD ASSISTANCE IN THE UKRAINE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL BILL, WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN MAY.THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA) PASSED IN DECEMBER AND INCLUDED AMENDED VERSIONS OF THE BURMA ACT AND THE REFUGEE SANITATION FACILITY SAFETY ACT. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ENDORSED BOTH AND CONDUCTED A CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF THE BURMA ACT, ALONG WITH OUR ONGOING HIGH-LEVEL ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON THE LEGISLATION. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL WORKED WITH REPRESENTATIVE MENG IN THE PREVIOUS CONGRESS ON THE REFUGEE SANITATION FACILITY SAFETY ACT.ON DECEMBER 22, CONGRESS PASSED THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 OMNIBUS PACKAGE. THE PASSAGE OF AN OMNIBUS WAS A KEY OBJECTIVE AND SUCCESS FOR RI'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AS A FULL-YEAR CONTINUING RESOLUTION WOULD HAVE BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $2,628,775 · Grants $14,000 · Revenue $362,553

  • STRATEGIC OUTREACH(INCLUDES PUBLIC EDUCATION): REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ENGAGED IN A WIDE RANGE OF STRATEGIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT 2022. THE ORGANIZATION PRODUCED 214 RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 26 REPORTS AND BRIEFS, 8 OP-EDS, 32 BLOGS, 47 STATEMENTS, AND 24 ADVOCACY LETTERS. TRAFFIC TO REFUGEE INTERNATIONAL'S WEBSITE GREW BY 13 PERCENT WHEN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ALSO EARNED CONSIDERABLE MEDIA COVERAGE IN 2022, GARNERING HUNDREDS OF MEDIA CITATIONS AND INTERVIEWS ACROSS THE YEAR. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL APPEARED IN NEWS STORIES CARRIED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, WALL STREET JOURNAL, FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, USA TODAY, TIME, NEWSWEEK, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, NATIONAL INTEREST, UN DISPATCH, NPR, REUTERS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG, BBC, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, AND NUMEROUS OTHER PRINT, ONLINE, AND BROADCAST NEWS OUTLETS. WIRE SERVICE NEWS STORIES THAT INCLUDED COMMENTS BY REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL STAFF PROVIDED EVEN GREATER REACH, SINCE OTHER NEWS OUTLETS PICKED UP AND FURTHER DISSEMINATED THOSE STORIES TO EVEN WIDER AUDIENCES. IN 2022, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ALSO ACHIEVED GREATER REACH ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS TWITTER, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND LINKEDIN. THE ORGANIZATION'S TWITTER HAS MORE THAN 305,000 FOLLOWERS, AND ITS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND LINKEDIN AUDIENCES GREW BY A COLLECTIVE 10,000 ADDITIONAL FOLLOWERS OVER THE YEAR. MANY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TWITTER FOLLOWERS HAVE SIZABLE AUDIENCES OF THEIR OWN SOME WITH MORE THAN A MILLION FOLLOWERS FURTHER AMPLIFYING REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL'S MESSAGING THROUGH RETWEETING OF OUR CONTENT. MANY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TWITTER FOLLOWERS HAVE SIZABLE AUDIENCES OF THEIR OWN SOME WITH MORE THAN A MILLION FOLLOWERS FURTHER AMPLIFYING REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL'S MESSAGING THROUGH RETWEETING OF OUR CONTENT.

    Expenses $1,502,778 · Grants $23,500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JEFFREY TINDELL

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MAUREEN WHITE

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • DARYA NASR

    VICE CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VAITHEHI MUTTULINGAM

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CRAIG JOHNSTONE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOANNE LEEDOM-ACKERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOY LIAN ALFERNESS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • SARAH BACON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REUBEN BRIGETY

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 2/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT DILLON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH GALVIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIANNE GIMON

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 5/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAX GREENBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SOPHAL EAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • ELENA KVOCHKO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FARAH KATHWARI

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 5/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIKA LEE

    DIRECTOR (FROM 5/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATI MARTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HM QUEEN NOOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AUGUSTIN NTABAGANYIMANA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NINA SAGLIMBENI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ELIZABETH STERN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE VALANOS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEXIA VON LIPSEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AI WEIWEI

    DIRECTOR (FROM 11/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC P SCHWARTZ

    PRESIDENT (UNTIL 8/2022)

    Total calculated
    $241,270
    From this org
    $218,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,604
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,666
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,921
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,683
    Filer's total
    $241,270

  • JOSEPH HARDIN LANG

    VP FOR PROGRAMS & POLICY

    Total calculated
    $202,796
    From this org
    $184,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,026
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,770
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,483
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,543
    Filer's total
    $202,796

  • LISA MARIE CANTU-PARKS

    VP OF PHILANTHROPY (UNTIL 10/2022)

    Total calculated
    $187,862
    From this org
    $168,789
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,073
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $108,248
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $60,541
    Deferred
    $4,740
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,333
    Filer's total
    $187,862

  • SARAH E SHEFFER

    VP FORSTRATEGICOUTREACH

    Total calculated
    $166,626
    From this org
    $154,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,198
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,428
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,212
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,986
    Filer's total
    $166,626

  • ELLEN P MCHUGH

    CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $159,612
    From this org
    $141,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,582
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,030
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,117
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,465
    Filer's total
    $159,612

  • ELIZABETH ANN HOLLINGSWORTH

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND SENIOR

    Total calculated
    $138,136
    From this org
    $126,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,615
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROWENA D AVERIA

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $129,957
    From this org
    $113,617
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,340
    Hours/week
    40

  • DANIEL P SULLIVAN

    DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA, ASIA, AND THEMIDDLEEAST

    Total calculated
    $119,959
    From this org
    $105,831
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,128
    Hours/week
    40

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
LISA CANTU PARKS RECEIVED $60,541.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333179349305928

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.