THE ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q700

Classification

1000

Street

330 2ND AVE S STE 800

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 · 2024

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Expenses $641,595

• Expenses $284,788

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $4,774,507

  Expenses

  $4,572,468

  Contributions

  $4,008,130

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,152,930

  Expenses

  $4,173,413

  Contributions

  $3,451,351

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,930,266

  Expenses

  $3,314,752

  Contributions

  $3,309,880

  Grants paid

  $74,445

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

  $3,678,995

  Expenses

  $2,474,105

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,226,129

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,514,671

  Expenses

  $2,313,954

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,337,651

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,522,293

  Expenses

  $2,202,321

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,995,740

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,798,346

  Expenses

  $1,933,602

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,378,254

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,551,607

  Expenses

  $1,755,139

  Assets (EOY)

  $498,540

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,635,606

  Expenses

  $1,654,192

  Assets (EOY)

  $709,646

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,491,856

  Expenses

  $1,454,613

  Assets (EOY)

  $695,863

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,555,329

  Expenses

  $1,632,964

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,052,536

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,803,689

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,121,132

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,537,949

  Assets (EOY)

  $572,088

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

• Volunteer Lawyers Network

  $74,445

  2022 · Legal Clinic Consortium Partner

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND

  $315,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC

  $232,656

  2023 · JUSTICE FELLOW

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $151,500

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $150,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC

  $135,876

  2024 · SUBAWARDEE ON GRANT

• IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC

  $131,250

  2022 · JUSTICE FELLOW

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $109,385

  2023 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $104,350

  2022 · DONOR-RECOMMENDED, HUMAN RIGHTS

• MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND INC

  $100,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATIONS

• IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC

  $98,438

  2024 · JUSTICE FELLOW

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

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