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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by URGENT ACTION FUND FOR FEMINIST ACTIVISM.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,733,607
Total expenses
$19,168,597
Contributions and grants received
$13,544,538
Grants paid
$12,634,203
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$189,069
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$31,155,033
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,291,244
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,863,789
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,856,120
Management and general expenses
$1,233,510
Fundraising expenses
$1,078,967
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,856,120

Program services were 87.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,232,283

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,312,255

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $118,449 · excluded $118,449

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $70,620

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $70,620

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $70,620 · excluded $70,620

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,425,000 · program services $1,425,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $11,209,203 · program services $11,209,203

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,378,021 · program services $721,861 · management and general $361,890 · fundraising $294,270

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,246,557 · program services $1,590,316 · management and general $137,226 · fundraising $519,015

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $76,380 · program services $55,525 · management and general $9,325 · fundraising $11,530

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $417,090 · program services $287,146 · management and general $39,635 · fundraising $90,309

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $279,678 · program services $180,092 · management and general $36,898 · fundraising $62,688

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $115,042 · program services $31,195 · management and general $83,847

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $12,300 · fundraising $12,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,010,791 · program services $798,001 · management and general $204,708 · fundraising $8,082

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $321,741 · program services $179,072 · management and general $129,662 · fundraising $13,007

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,270 · management and general $19,270

  • 17 · Travel

    total $283,084 · program services $151,320 · management and general $78,619 · fundraising $53,145

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $166,587 · program services $134,716 · management and general $23,259 · fundraising $8,612

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,233 · management and general $18,233

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,921 · program services $16,717 · management and general $14,385 · fundraising $5,819

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $11,000 · program services $11,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $141,699 · program services $64,956 · management and general $76,553 · fundraising $190

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,072,524 · end of year $2,257,456

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,938,267 · end of year $1,350,686

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,298,059 · end of year $5,421,614

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $405,000 · end of year $405,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $88,334 · end of year $36,016

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

    $60,804

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

    $30,654

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $48,383 · end of year $30,150

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,137,693 · end of year $21,654,111

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $557,210 · end of year $444,174

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $7,473,706 · end of year $8,847,070

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,133 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,253,103 · end of year $10,902,736

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,700,108 · end of year $10,961,053

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

UAF IS A GLOBAL WOMEN'S FUND THAT PROTECTS, STRENGTHENS AND SUSTAINS WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AT CRITICAL MOMENTS. WE INTERVENE QUICKLY WHEN ACTIVISTS ARE POISED TO MAKE GREAT GAINS OR FACE SERIOUS THREATS TO THEIR LIVES AND WORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

URGENT ACTION FUND (UAF) PARTNERS WITH WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS WORLDWIDE (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS STRIVING TO CREATE CULTURES OF JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND PEACE.

  • SUPPORT WOMEN AND TRANS* HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY AND SECURITY GRANTS AS WELL AS CONVENINGS AND ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN AND LGBTQ+ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.

    Expenses $16,856,120 · Grants $12,634,203

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Val Napoleon

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ruth Baldacchino

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Dorianna Blitt

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Charlotte Bunch

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Lina Abou-Habib

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Milena Abrahamyan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chinyere Ezie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Hunt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wanda Nowicka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fariza Ospan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paola Salwan Daher

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kate Kroeger

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $289,712
    From this org
    $256,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,296
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,416
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,842
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,454
    Filer's total
    $289,712

  • Shalini Eddens

    DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $238,671
    From this org
    $229,983
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,688
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,983
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $751
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,937
    Filer's total
    $238,671

  • Debbie Li

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $81,809
    From this org
    $72,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,311
    Hours/week
    36

  • Otibho Obianwu

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $214,102
    From this org
    $189,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,635
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,467
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,240
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,395
    Filer's total
    $214,102

  • Celia Turner

    UAF PARTNERSHIPS MANAGING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $183,900
    From this org
    $161,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,712
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,188
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,892
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,820
    Filer's total
    $183,900

  • Amy Leichtman

    DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $186,040
    From this org
    $162,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,362
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,678
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,918
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,444
    Filer's total
    $186,040

  • Cecilia Ramirez

    DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE, CULTURE, & OPS

    Total calculated
    $172,485
    From this org
    $154,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,757
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,728
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,993
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,764
    Filer's total
    $172,485

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 committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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 3
THE ORGANIZATION HAD A REVIEW OF THEIR COMPENSATION PROCESS PERFORMED BY EDGILITY, WHICH USES 1) KENEXA COMPANALYST AND 2) 990 RETURNS OF PEER ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 4A
AGNES MESTRICH RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $7,729.38.

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533179349300313

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