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PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC

EIN 22-2488437 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$3,912,289
Expenses 2024
$7,077,708

Program services were 64.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q700
Classification
1000
Street
520 8TH AVE RM 2301

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

Mission

PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WORKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MEDICINE, SCIENCE, AND LAW TO SECURE HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE INVESTIGATE AND DOCUMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, GIVE VOICE TO SURVIVORS AND WITNESSES, AND PLANT SEEDS OF RECONCILIATION BY ENSURING THAT PERPETRATORS CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WORKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MEDICINE, SCIENCE, AND LAW TO SECURE JUSTICE AND UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL.

  • PHR'S PROGRAM ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT ZONES FORGES CRITICAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE DRAMATICALLY INCREASING LOCAL CAPACITY TO FORENSICALLY DOCUMENT AND PROSECUTE CASES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE DURING AND AFTER ARMED CONFLICT, WITH PROGRAMS IN KENYA, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, IRAQ AND ELSEWHERE. THE PROGRAM'S CENTERPIECES ARE MULTISECTIONAL TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING AND INNOVATIVE TOOLS ENABLE CLINICIANS TO SUPPORT JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS, INCLUDING MEDICAPT, A MOBILE APPLICATION THAT GUIDES HEALTH WORKERS TO SECURELY DOCUMENT, STORE, AND TRANSFER EVIDENCE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

    Expenses $2,669,383 · Grants $195,338

  • PHR'S GENERAL PROGRAM WORKS GLOBALLY AND WITHIN THE UNITED STATES TO INVESTIGATE AND DOCUMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, GIVE VOICE TO SURVIVORS AND WITNESSES, AND PLANT SEEDS OF RECONCILIATION BY ENSURING THAT PERPETRATORS CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMES.

    Expenses $1,647,591

  • PHR'S PROGRAM ON ASYLUM HAS VOLUNTEER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN PHR'S ASYLUM NETWORK WHO HAVE SUPPORTED SURVIVORS OF TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT BY CONDUCTING FORENSIC MEDICAL EVALUATIONS THAT CAN DOCUMENT COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL AND PYSCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND IMPROVE THE ODDS THAT THEY WILL BE GRANTED REFUGE IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $247,165

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.

  • Darren Thompson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Saltz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerson Smoger

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raymond Happy

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Richards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Austin Ratner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bradley A Connor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Juan Mendez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kerry Sulkowicz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leonard Kitoka Chacha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lois Whitman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marion Bergman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monica Peek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Goldstone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Lawrence

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Rapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Blaustein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara L Pirto

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $207,898
    From this org
    $198,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,370
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,528
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,870
    Filer's total
    $207,898
  • Gareth M Crawford

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $286,373
    From this org
    $231,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,973
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,223
    Filer's total
    $286,373
  • Saman Zia-Zarifi

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $318,290
    From this org
    $297,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,274
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,016
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,774
    Filer's total
    $318,290
  • Karen Naimer

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $215,077
    From this org
    $203,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,845
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,232
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,845
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $215,077
  • Janet Lyall

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $147,827
    From this org
    $126,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,139
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin Short

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $126,097
    From this org
    $118,821
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,276
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michele Alexander

    INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $167,689
    From this org
    $167,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,689
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $167,689
  • Payal Shah

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $180,036
    From this org
    $128,926
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,110
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,926
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,279
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,831
    Filer's total
    $180,036

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,912,289
    Expenses
    $7,077,708
    Contributions
    $3,873,109
    Grants paid
    $195,338
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,195,917
    Expenses
    $8,215,792
    Contributions
    $3,337,644
    Grants paid
    $319,029
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,935,004
    Expenses
    $8,989,916
    Contributions
    $5,833,760
    Grants paid
    $783,245

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
    $5,432,302
    Expenses
    $7,985,090
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,764,922
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,027,747
    Expenses
    $8,187,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,831,334
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,135,506
    Expenses
    $6,937,386
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,323,311
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,833,673
    Expenses
    $7,025,079
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,309,221
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,117,026
    Expenses
    $6,577,838
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,871,105
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,490,282
    Expenses
    $6,518,811
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,203,476
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,620,000
    Expenses
    $7,049,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,888,616
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,011,624
    Expenses
    $7,307,456
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,439,225
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,255,128
    Expenses
    $6,679,681
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,306,690
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $6,056,247
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,400,147

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.