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ACTIONAID USA

EIN 52-2277575 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2025
$1,765,065
Expenses 2025
$3,539,770

Program services were 69.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V35
Classification
1000
Street
1220 L ST NW STE 725

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 · 2025

Mission

ACTIONAID IS AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK BUILDING A JUST, EQUITABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD IN SOLIDARITY WITH COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONTLINES OF POVERTY AND INJUSTICE. ACTIONAID USA IS THE U.S. BRANCH OF ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL, WHICH WORKS IN MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL JUSTICE, GENDER EQUALITY, AND POVERTY ERADICATION. WE INFLUENCE U.S. POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE UNITED NATIONS AND ELEVATE MARGINALIZED VOICES IN THE HALLS OF POWER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ACTIONAID IS AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK BUILDING A JUST, EQUITABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD IN SOLIDARITY WITH COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONTLINES OF POVERTY AND INJUSTICE.

  • WOMEN'S RIGHTS - WE ADVANCED WOMEN'S RIGHTS THROUGH RESEARCH, MOVEMENT-BUILDING, AND LOCALLY-LED PROGRAMMING. WE SUPPORTED THE PUBLICATION OF THE JACARANDA PAPER, AN AFRICAN FEMINIST FRAMEWORK CALLING FOR ECONOMIES ROOTED IN CARE AND JUSTICE RATHER THAN AUSTERITY AND EXTRACTION. WE SUPPORTED THE YOUNG URBAN WOMEN PROJECT, HELPING YOUNG WOMEN BUILD LEADERSHIP AND ADVANCE THEIR ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND BODILY AUTONOMY.

    Expenses $1,142,227 · Grants $955,000

  • HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES: WE DELIVERED URGENT HUMANITARIAN AID ACROSS DOZENS OF COUNTRIES WITH A RIGHTS-BASED, LOCALLY-LED APPROACH. IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK, WE REACHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH FOOD, HEALTH SERVICES, WATER, PROTECTION, CASH ASSISTANCE, AND SHELTER DESPITE A NEAR-TOTAL AID BLOCKADE. WE ALSO RESPONDED TO EARTHQUAKES IN MYANMAR AND AFGHANISTAN AS WELL AS CONFLICT-DRIVEN DISPLACEMENT IN CAMBODIA. OUR EMERGENCY ACTION FUND ENABLED RAPID DEPLOYMENT WITHIN THE CRITICAL FIRST HOURS OF EACH DISASTER.

    Expenses $671,605 · Grants $448,058

  • CLIMATE JUSTICE: WE ADVANCED CLIMATE JUSTICE THROUGH DOMESTIC ORGANIZING AND INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY. WE HOSTED OUR SECOND ANNUAL CLIMATE REPARATIONS CAMP NEAR NEW ORLEANS, BUILDING A DOMESTIC POWER BASE FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE JUSTICE. AT COP30 IN BELM, WE HELPED SECURE A JUST TRANSITION MECHANISM UNDER THE UN CLIMATE CONVENTION. WE CONTINUED ADVOCACY TO CAPITALIZE THE LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND AND RELEASED A REPORT DOCUMENTING HOW CARBON MARKETS FREQUENTLY FAIL TO BENEFIT LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN KENYA AND LIBERIA.

    Expenses $514,407

  • ECONOMIC JUSTICE: WE SUPPORTED RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY TO CHALLENGE INJUSTICE IN THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM, EXPOSING THE IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE DEBT BURDENS CARRIED BY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES AND THE FAR GREATER CLIMATE DEBT OWED TO THEM BY WEALTHY NATIONS. OUR AUSTERITY RESEARCH DOCUMENTED HOW BUDGET CUTS ACROSS AFRICA ARE PUSHING FRONTLINE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS TO THE BRINK. WE ALSO ADVOCATED AT THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, SECURING INCLUSION OF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS REFORM IN THE OUTCOME DOCUMENT.

    Expenses $128,549 · Grants $103,550

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.

  • GEOFFREY KNOX

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BURHAN RAZI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNE-MAREA GRIFFIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FARAN SAEED

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALKA KOTHARI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL CARLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICTORIA WIGODZKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER AMUZIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CYNTHIA CABRERA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NIRANJALI AMERASINGHE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,353
    From this org
    $161,279
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,074
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,279
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,276
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,798
    Filer's total
    $173,353

  • RICHARD PAYLING-WRIGHT

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMI

    Total calculated
    $136,629
    From this org
    $122,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,946
    Hours/week
    40

  • BRANDON WU

    DIRECTOR OF POLICY & CAMPA

    Total calculated
    $126,478
    From this org
    $113,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,723
    Hours/week
    40

  • MEREDITH SLATER

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $116,558
    From this org
    $113,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,259
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,765,065
    Expenses
    $3,539,770
    Contributions
    $1,742,764
    Grants paid
    $1,506,608
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,798,214
    Expenses
    $4,684,847
    Contributions
    $3,780,541
    Grants paid
    $2,462,965
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,820,978
    Expenses
    $5,284,592
    Contributions
    $6,820,516
    Grants paid
    $3,128,641

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
    $6,196,724
    Expenses
    $4,960,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,925,088

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,453,185
    Expenses
    $4,066,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,455,872

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,151,755
    Expenses
    $4,634,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,607,483

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,959,350
    Expenses
    $4,444,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,316,623

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,691,451
    Expenses
    $5,272,825
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,553,006

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,651,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,972,661

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,991,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,137,424

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • QCSS INC.

    $981 raised

    2021 Commercial Fundraiser

    $0 to charity

  • QCSS INC.

    $640 raised

    2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $0 to charity

  • QCSS INC.

    $375 raised

    2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $0 to charity

  • ARIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

    $340 raised

    2019 Commercial Fundraiser

    $0 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.