Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by THE ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,774,507
- Total expenses
- $4,572,468
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,008,130
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $612,412
- Investment income
- $147,717
- Other revenue
- $6,248
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,739,712
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $744,359
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $3,995,353
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,064,725
- Management and general expenses
- $276,343
- Fundraising expenses
- $231,400
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,064,725
Program services were 88.9% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,197,342
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,810,788
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$335,818
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2a · Program service revenue: Contract Revenue
total $601,694 · related or exempt $601,694
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2b · Program service revenue: Program Service Fees
total $10,718 · related or exempt $10,718
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3 · Investment income
total $147,717 · excluded $147,717
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$112,196
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$105,968
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $6,228 · excluded $6,228
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11a · Other revenue: Other
total $20 · related or exempt $20
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11e · Other revenue, total
$20
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $265,451 · program services $233,596 · management and general $13,273 · fundraising $18,582
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,040,350 · program services $1,829,130 · management and general $136,523 · fundraising $74,697
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $258,452 · program services $235,485 · management and general $15,092 · fundraising $7,875
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $176,499 · program services $158,849 · management and general $10,528 · fundraising $7,122
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11b · Fees: legal
total $69,950 · program services $69,950
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $115,494 · program services $82,767 · management and general $29,994 · fundraising $2,733
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $86,206 · fundraising $86,206
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11g · Fees: other
total $543,000 · program services $543,000
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13 · Office expenses
total $128,307 · program services $99,309 · management and general $25,710 · fundraising $3,288
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16 · Occupancy
total $311,293 · program services $288,444 · management and general $13,323 · fundraising $9,526
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17 · Travel
total $390,578 · program services $388,581 · fundraising $1,997
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $31,152 · program services $15,916 · management and general $6,441 · fundraising $8,795
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $449 · management and general $449
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23 · Insurance
total $28,811 · program services $28,087 · management and general $425 · fundraising $299
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24a · Other expenses: Subscriptions & Resources
total $34,463 · program services $32,147 · management and general $1,480 · fundraising $836
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24b · Other expenses: Postage
total $32,938 · program services $23,225 · management and general $1,310 · fundraising $8,403
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24c · Other expenses: Printing and Duplication
total $24,725 · program services $22,488 · management and general $1,594 · fundraising $643
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24d · Other expenses: Telephone and Internet
total $13,012 · program services $12,057 · management and general $557 · fundraising $398
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24e · All other expenses
total $21,338 · program services $1,694 · management and general $19,644
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $115,100 · end of year $520,559
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3,328 · end of year $3,725
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $568,837 · end of year $261,462
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $701,617 · end of year $563,913
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $52,059 · end of year $83,934
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$44,916
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$44,916
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $449
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,509,124 · end of year $2,975,438
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $486,934 · end of year $330,681
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $195,217 · end of year $336,980
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $33,863
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $517,250 · end of year $373,516
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $3,552,570 · end of year $3,422,661
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $172,411 · end of year $572,692
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To promote and protect human rights in the United States and around the world.
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Migrants Human Rights: The Advocates mobilized 845 pro bono legal professionals to provide free immigration legal services to people fleeing persecution or torture, unaccompanied children, trafficking survivors, and people in detention in FY25. In FY25, we delivered legal assistance in approximately 3,000 cases to people living throughout the Upper Midwest.
Expenses $1,765,630 · Revenue $612,412
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International Justice: The Advocates promotes international human rights by partnering with human rights defenders, coalitions, and affected communities to abolish the death penalty and protect the rights of LGBTIQ people, women, migrants, and others facing violence and discrimination. Engaging more than 350 volunteers, The Advocates documents violations, amplifies the voices of human rights defenders, and leverages international human rights mechanisms to influence local change. In FY25, The Advocates collaborated with 54 human rights partners in 51 countries to strengthen protections and drive legal reform.
Expenses $707,819
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Research, Education, & Advocacy: The Advocates engages volunteers through the Immigration Court Observation Project to monitor hearings, expose systemic rights violations, and press for reform, with more than 1,400 participants since 2017. The Advocates also advances policy change to align U.S. federal, state, and local laws with international human rights standards. The Advocates combats sex and labor trafficking by addressing the root causes of trafficking, prioritizing survivor protection and agency, and reforming law, policies, and systems.
Expenses $664,893
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Expenses $641,595
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Expenses $284,788
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Robin Phillips
Past Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $145,932
- From this org
- $145,932
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Michele McKenzie
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $119,519
- From this org
- $119,519
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Alison McElroy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Will Manske
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dean Eyler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cheryl Olseth
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris Bercaw
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Kariuki Ries
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Vander Haar
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nancy Speer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dan Supalla
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Emily Wessels
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hiba Al Hasnawi
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathy Lenzmeier
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
X Kevin Zhao
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Howard Meyers III
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jen Miernicki
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jill Field
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jim ONeal
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Koneck
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matt Ralph
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sam Walling
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bridget Chivimbiso Chigunwe
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Laura Halferty
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bindi Swammi
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Peggy Grieve
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Karen Evans
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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
- 15 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543199349301239
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