REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q710

Classification

1200

Street

1800 M ST NW STE 300S

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Mission and programs · 2025

• MAIN OUTCOMES:BETWEEN JANUARY AND JUNE 2025, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED A SUSTAINED ADVOCACY AGENDA FOCUSED ON PROTECTION PATHWAYS, CRISIS RESPONSE, AND PRINCIPLED HUMANITARIAN POLICY ACROSS 8 COUNTRIES IN MULTIPLE REGIONS. CORE AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT INCLUDED THE ESCALATING HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE SUDAN, KENYA, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND MYANMAR, ALONGSIDE CONTINUED ATTENTION TO U.S. BORDER AND DEPORTATION POLICY. THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ISSUED STATEMENTS, SITUATION UPDATES, AND EVENT BRIEFINGS THAT HIGHLIGHTED DETERIORATING CONDITIONS IN CONFLICT SETTINGS AND EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT, RESTORED AID FLOWS, AND STRONGER CIVILIAN PROTECTION.REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ALSO INTENSIFIED ITS ENGAGEMENT ON U.S. IMMIGRATION AND PROTECTION POLICY DURING THIS PERIOD. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED EXPERT TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS, CHALLENGED THE ROLLBACK OF HUMANITARIAN PAROLE PATHWAYS, AND HIGHLIGHTED THE RISKS POSED BY THE TERMINATION OF PROGRAMS SERVING CUBANS, HAITIANS, NICARAGUANS, AND VENEZUELANS. THROUGH REGULAR UPDATES, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTED THE GROWING DANGERS FACING PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MASS DEPORTATIONS, LOSS OF WORK AUTHORIZATION, AND ABRUPT SHIFTS IN ASYLUM PROCESSING. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR REFORMS THAT SAFEGUARD DUE PROCESS, EXPAND PROTECTION MECHANISMS, AND UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF THOSE SEEKING SAFETY AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER.IN EARLY 2025, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL STRENGTHENED ITS COMMITMENT TO REFUGEE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY-LED RESPONSES. THE ORGANIZATION WELCOMED A NEW COHORT OF REFUGEE FELLOWS, EXPANDED ITS WORK WITH REFUGEE-LED ORGANIZATIONS IN EAST AFRICA, AND CONVENED PUBLIC EVENTS INCLUDING A WORLD REFUGEE DAY TOWN HALL TO ELEVATE DISPLACED LEADERS SHAPING HUMANITARIAN POLICY. ACROSS ITS PROGRAMS, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL EMPHASIZED LOCALIZATION AND EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIPS, ARGUING THAT IN AN ERA OF CONSTRAINED AID, EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES AND REFUGEE-LED INITIATIVES IS ESSENTIAL TO SUSTAINING EFFECTIVE AND PRINCIPLED HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE.IN 2025 REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL CONTINUED TO TRAVEL INTO THE FIELD. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL'S ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLVING SITUATION IN SYRIA HIGHLIGHTED THE URGENT NEED FOR SUSTAINED HUMANITARIAN ENGAGEMENT AND RIGHTS-BASED SUPPORT FOR DISPLACED SYRIANS AMID WIDESPREAD RETURN MOVEMENTS AND RECONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES FOLLOWING THE FALL OF THE ASSAD REGIME, WELCOMING MEASURES SUCH AS THE U.S. TREASURY'S GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25 AS A STEP TOWARD ENABLING AID AND STABILIZATION WHILE URGING CONTINUED PROTECTIONS FOR VOLUNTARY AND SAFE RETURNS.ADDITIONALLY, IN BANGLADESH, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTED AND WARNED AGAINST THE DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEEPENING AID CUTS ON ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN COX'S BAZAR, EMPHASIZING THAT WHILE LAST-MINUTE DONOR SUPPORT HELPED AVERT DRASTIC RATION REDUCTIONS, ONGOING SHORTFALLS CONTINUE TO THREATEN FOOD SECURITY, SERVICES, AND PROSPECTS FOR DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR OVER A MILLION REFUGEES.REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL HOSTED A WORLD REFUGEE DAY 2025 TOWN HALL IN JUNE THAT CONVENED EXPERTS AND 2025 FELLOWS TO DISCUSS EMERGING RESEARCH, SHARE FIRSTHAND TESTIMONY ON DISPLACEMENT DRIVERS AND POLICY IMPACTS, AND MOBILIZE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR PROTECTION MEASURES.ACROSS THIS PERIOD, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS THOUGHT LEADERSHIP OUTPUT AND MEDIA ENGAGEMENT, ISSUING STATEMENTS AND ANALYSES ON ISSUES RANGING FROM U.S. ASYLUM ENFORCEMENT TO GLOBAL POLICY OBLIGATIONS IN CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT.

  Expenses $2,184,712 · Grants $365,068 · Revenue $265,040

• STRATEGIC OUTREACH FY25 (SHORT YEAR) PROGRAM ACTIVITIESREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL ENGAGED IN A WIDE RANGE OF STRATEGIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT FROM JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 30, 2025 TO HELP ADVANCE THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO CREATE A MORE WELCOMING WORLD FOR PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHED AND PROMOTED HUNDREDS OF RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY PRODUCTS ACROSS A VARIETY OF PLATFORMS IN THE SHORT FY25 PERIOD AND EARNED CONSIDERABLE MEDIA COVERAGE, GARNERING MORE THAN 200 MEDIA CITATIONS AND INTERVIEWS ACROSS THE YEAR TO AMPLIFY OUR ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION MESSAGES TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES. REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL APPEARED IN NEWS STORIES AND OPINION PIECES CARRIED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, WALL STREET JOURNAL, LA TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FOREIGN POLICY, THE GUARDIAN, USA TODAY, TIME, NEWSWEEK, NPR, REUTERS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG, BBC, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, AND NUMEROUS OTHER PRINT, ONLINE, AND BROADCAST NEWS OUTLETS. OUR WEBSITE SAW MORE THAN 435,400 VISITORS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE SHORT FISCAL YEAR, AND WE HAD MORE THAN 375,000 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS ACROSS ACCOUNTS.REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL'S STRATEGIC OUTREACH TEAM ALSO HOUSES THE REFUGEE ADVOCACY LAB INITIATIVE. THE REFUGEE ADVOCACY LAB IS AN INITIATIVE HOUSED AT REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL AND CO-LED WITH REFUGEE CONGRESS AND IRAP. THE LAB WORKS TO ADVANCE THE MOVEMENT FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP ON REFUGEE PROTECTION AND INCLUSION BY DEVELOPING STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES; CHAMPIONING INCLUSIVE STATE POLICIES; AND BUILDING THE FIELD THROUGH NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND REFUGEE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. IN FY25, THE LAB EXPANDED ITS NETWORK OF PARTNERS; ADVANCED INCLUSIVE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL POLICY; ELEVATED THE PERSPECTIVES OF REFUGEES AND OTHER DISPLACED PEOPLE IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE; AND LAUNCHED RESOURCES AND TOOLS FOR THE FIELD ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS.

  Expenses $597,043

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $4,164,885

  Expenses

  $3,427,455

  Contributions

  $3,658,313

  Grants paid

  $365,068

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,493,372

  Expenses

  $5,625,248

  Contributions

  $4,679,316

  Grants paid

  $307,225

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,493,372

  Expenses

  $5,625,248

  Contributions

  $4,679,316

  Grants paid

  $307,225

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,894,218

  Expenses

  $5,151,837

  Contributions

  $4,320,114

  Grants paid

  $318,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,544,744

  Expenses

  $4,889,032

  Contributions

  $3,946,263

  Grants paid

  $37,500

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,108,347

  Expenses

  $4,389,182

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,519,531

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,155,562

  Expenses

  $4,072,238

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,806,146

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,419,720

  Expenses

  $4,250,524

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,908,331

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,237,971

  Expenses

  $3,734,376

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,126,025

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,492,367

  Expenses

  $3,567,139

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,960,621

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,687,096

  Expenses

  $3,087,208

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,708,275

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,473,564

  Expenses

  $2,952,876

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,097,852

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• CHURCH WORLD SERVICE

  $122,000

  2024 · SUPPORTING STATE CWS TO ADVANCE A STATE POLICY AGENDA THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISPLACED WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

• INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT (IRAP)

  $65,000

  2024 · RI AND IRAP WILL WORK TOGETHER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT PROPOSALS ACCEPTED BY THE LEVI STRAUSS FOUNDATION , DR. BRONNERS FAMILY FOUNDATION, AND THE BEACON FUND . RI WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO IRAP FOR THIS WORK

• CHURCH WORLD SERVICE

  $60,000

  2025 · SUPPORTING STATE CWS TO ADVANCE A STATE POLICY AGENDA THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISPLACED WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

• INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT (IRAP)

  $52,000

  2025 · RI AND IRAP WILL WORK TOGETHER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT PROPOSALS ACCEPTED BY THE LEVI STRAUSS FOUNDATION , DR. BRONNERS FAMILY FOUNDATION, AND THE BEACON FUND . RI WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO IRAP FOR THIS WORK

• REFUGEE CONGRESS

  $47,000

  2025 · REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

• INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

  $40,000

  2023 · FUNDING FOR A ONE YEAR PROJECT TO CHAMPION INCLUSIVE STATE POLICY AND ELEVATE REFUGEE VOICES AND LEADERSHIP IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS.

• WORLD RELIEF CORPORATION

  $40,000

  2023 · SUPPORTING WORLD RELIEF TO ADVANCE A NORTH CAROLINA STATE POLICY AGENDA THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISPLACED

• THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE

  $40,000

  2023 · SUPPORTING CVT TO ADVANCE A STATE POLICY AGENDA THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISPLACED WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

• CHURCH WORLD SERVICE

  $40,000

  2023 · SUPPORTING STATE CWS TO ADVANCE A STATE POLICY AGENDA THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISPLACED WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

• VIBRANT OHIO

  $40,000

  2023 · SUPPORTING VIBRANT OHIO TO ADVANCE A STATE POLICY AGENDA THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISPLACED WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $721,000

  2024 · INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

  $489,879

  2022 · RESEARCH PROJECT

• CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

  $387,496

  2023 · RESEARCH PROJECT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $320,925

  2023 · INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

  $282,383

  2024 · RESEARCH PROJECT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $272,281

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC

  $250,000

  2025 · REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL WILL RECEIVE $250,000 FROM THE UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS RECOVERY FUND TO STRENGTHEN THE POWER SHIFTING EFFORTS LED BY THE ALLIANCE OF UKRAINIAN CSOS IN THE UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE HUMANITARIAN LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CONDUCT LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS AND BRING TOGETHER LOCALIZATION STAKEHOLDERS AT THE ANNUAL UKRAINIAN AID LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN KYIV. IN ALL OF THESE ENDEAVORS, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL WILL SUPPORT THE ALLIANCE BY LEVERAGING ITS INSTITUTIONAL WEIGHT AND EXPERTISE TO CONVENE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, DONORS, INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND GLOBAL SOUTH LEADERS IN FAVOR OF THE POWER-SHIFTING PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE ALLIANCE.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $216,626

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $206,260

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $178,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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