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OUTRIGHT ACTION INTERNATIONAL

EIN 94-3139952 NEW YORK, NY

Largest nonprofits in New York

Revenue 2023
$16,376,999
Expenses 2023
$15,806,654

Program services were 79.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99Z
Classification
1000
Street
216 E 45TH STREET 17TH FL

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUTRIGHT WORKS AT THE INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS TO RESEARCH, DOCUMENT, DEFEND, AND ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR LGBTIQ PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. WE PARTNER DIRECTLY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, ALLIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PRODUCE RELIABLE DATA ON THEIR EXPERIENCES OF LGBTIQ PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND SUPPORT RESEARCH-BASED ADVOCACY AND CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR LGBTIQ RIGHTS. WE FILL RESEARCH GAPS, PROVIDE TRAININGS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALLIES TO DEVELOP THEIR EXPERTISE, AND CONVENE KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO INFORMATION ON BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO ENDING VIOLENCE BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR GENDER EXPRESSION, OR SEX CHARACTERISTICS. WE VIGILANTLY MONITOR AND DOCUMENT THE DISCRIMINATORY AND LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS LGBTIQ PEOPLE FACE IN ORDER TO SPUR ACTION TO STOP HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WHEN THEY OCCUR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESEARCH, DEFEND, AND ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR LGBTIQ PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

  • WE FILL RESEARCH GAPS, PROVIDE TRAININGS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALLIES TO DEVELOP THEIR EXPERTISE, AND CONVENE KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO ENDING VIOLENCE BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR GENDER EXPRESSION, OR SEX CHARACTERISTICS. WE VIGILANTLY MONITOR AND DOCUMENT THE DISCRIMINATORY AND LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS LGBTIQ PEOPLE FACE IN ORDER TO SPUR ACTION TO STOP HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WHEN THEY OCCUR.

    Expenses $12,621,944 · Grants $5,296,912

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kathy Teo

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elliot Vaughn Mbe

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeff Natter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Heilman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Camille Massey

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Darrel Cummings

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fabrice Houdart

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gigi Chao On Leave

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hosh Ibrahim

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeff Holland

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer C Pizer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lanaya Irvin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lenny Emson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Louise Chernin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lysanne Charles

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Martin Dunn

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Micheal Ighodaro

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pedro Pina

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roxanna Carrillo

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Russell Roybal

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Selam Kebrom

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suki Sandhu Obe

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suzanne Rotondo

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maria Sjoedin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $316,900
    From this org
    $290,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,785
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,115
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,742
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,043
    Filer's total
    $316,900
  • Michelle Blankenship

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $197,754
    From this org
    $182,939
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,815
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,939
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,167
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,648
    Filer's total
    $197,754

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,376,999
    Expenses
    $15,806,654
    Contributions
    $15,564,725
    Grants paid
    $5,296,912
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,527,967
    Expenses
    $13,431,924
    Contributions
    $12,978,921
    Grants paid
    $3,719,967

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
    $15,537,014
    Expenses
    $9,638,645
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,586,524
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,365,071
    Expenses
    $4,950,848
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,786,455
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,701,612
    Expenses
    $4,278,665
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,420,635
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,760,369
    Expenses
    $3,262,795
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,974,052
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,411,795
    Expenses
    $3,250,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,239,190
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,411,795
    Expenses
    $3,250,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,239,190
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,366,265
    Expenses
    $2,691,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,035,434
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,178,767
    Expenses
    $2,841,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,281,057
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,927,355
    Expenses
    $2,450,594
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,823,149
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,144,425
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,211,140

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

  • 2022 EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

  • 2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes

  • 2024 OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL WILL RECEIVE $598,900 FOR A TWO YEAR GRANT FROM THE UKRAINE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS FUND TO ACCELERATE AND DOCUMENT THE PROCESS OF INSTITUTIONALIZING STRUCTURAL REFORM WITHIN UKRAINES UN COORDINATION SYSTEM TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE LGBTIQ INCLUSION IN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE AND RECOVERY; FURTHER STRENGTHEN UKRAINIAN LGBTIQ CSO CAPACITY; AND DEEPEN COLLABORATION WITH AND FURTHER STRENGTHEN CAPACITY OF HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER ACTORS WORKING TO EXPAND RIGHTS TO EFFECTIVELY INCORPORATE THE LGBTIQ NEEDS INTO UKRAINES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.

  • 2024 GENERAL SUPPORT

  • 2022 GENERAL SUPPORT

  • 2023 GENERAL SUPPORT

  • 2023 PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT

  • 2022 ADVISED - FOR LAUNCHING A NEW LOCAL PARTNER SUPPORT PROGRAM.

  • 2022 OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL WILL RECEIVE A TWO-YEAR GRANT (2023-24) OF $491,000 FROM CDP'S UKRAINE CRISIS FUND, WHICH WILL: 1) ASSESS AND DOCUMENT THE NEEDS OF LGBTIQ PEOPLE IN UKRAINE AND HOW HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENT, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLANS ARE MEETING OR FAILING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS, 2) MAKE LGBTIQ INCLUSION VISIBLE IN KEY HUMANITARIAN SPACES THROUGH MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION, CONVENING AND CONNECTING ALL RELEVANT ACTORS, AND 3) ADVOCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS FOR LGBTIQ INCLUSION AMONG HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES FOR APPLICATION IN UKRAINE AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE FUTURE.

  • 2024 PROGRAMATIC SUPPORT

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.