CRISTOSAL INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T30

Classification

1000

Street

370 SHELBURNE RD

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

• STRATEGIC LITIGATION: OUR LEGAL ACTION FOCUSES ON STRATEGIC LITIGATION THAT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE RIGHTS OF EXCLUDED AND INVISIBLE GROUPS IN GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR, AND HONDURAS. CRISTOSAL PROVIDES LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DEPORTED WHO HAVE A NEED FOR PROTECTION. WE SUPPORT THE LGBTIQ+ COMMUNITY BY BRINGING LEGAL ACTION IN CASES OF HATE CRIMES. WE SEEK LEGAL RECOURSE FOR THE IMPROVED CONDITIONS AND TREATMENT OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED BY POLICE BRUTALITY OR OTHER ABUSE OF AUTHORITY. WE PROVIDE LEGAL SUPPORT TO THE VICTIMS OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN ONGOING PROCEEDINGS.PROTECTION: WE PROMOTE THE EMPOWERMENT OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND VICTIMS WITH PROTECTION NEEDS THROUGH PERSONALIZED PLANS FOR GETTING VICTIMS BACK ON THEIR FEET. WE USE A PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH THAT SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CAPACITIES, AS WELL AS TO ENGAGE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO GUARANTEE VICTIMS' RIGHTS. WE CALL THIS "ACTIVATING THE STATE." HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH: THE HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH PROGRAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND DISSEMINATING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION ON THE EXTENT AND CAUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLECTING AND STANDARDIZING THE DATA FOR THE REGION ON PEOPLE IN A SITUATION OF VULNERABILITY OR AT RISK OF BEING SO. WE USE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES INCLUDING INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, AND SURVEYS.HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION: THE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION PROGRAM USES DIALOGUE, EXPERIENCE-BASED AND HORIZONTAL LEARNING AS TOOLS FOR PROMOTING THE EMPOWERMENT OF VICTIMS IN THEIR RIGHTS AND TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY OF ALLIES AND LEADERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. WE PROMOTE DIALOGUE AND LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS TO BUILD SOLIDARITY AND ALLIES ACROSS BORDERS AND CULTURES.COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM:CONTRIBUTE THROUGH COMMUNICATION AND ADVOCACY STRATEGIES TO INFORM AND ACHIEVE GREATER PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL AUDITING, THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW IN EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA.

  Expenses $5,502,274 · Revenue $51,287

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.

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

  $6,136,143

  Expenses

  $6,392,115

  Contributions

  $6,076,977

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,677,380

  Expenses

  $4,166,602

  Contributions

  $2,650,907

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,961,717

  Expenses

  $4,593,000

  Contributions

  $4,798,116

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $3,164,233

  Expenses

  $2,454,955

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,951,639

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,911,210

  Expenses

  $1,590,282

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,156,488

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,408,493

  Expenses

  $2,280,033

  Assets (EOY)

  $666,937

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,416,408

  Expenses

  $2,449,610

  Assets (EOY)

  $635,923

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,973,155

  Expenses

  $1,832,565

  Assets (EOY)

  $399,002

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,115,202

  Expenses

  $953,463

  Assets (EOY)

  $406,727

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

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

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $800,000

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $800,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DUE PROCESS OF LAW FOUNDATION

  $154,212

  2024 · TO SUPPORT ONGOING IMPARITY INVESTIGATIONS AND A REPARATIONS STUDY IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $50,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $26,675

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2022 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE INC

  $20,000

  2024 · Cover cost to investigate human rights violations & grave crimes

• AVINA AMERICAS INC

  $20,000

  2023 · MIGRATIONS

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $15,500

  2023 · PHILANTHROPY

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $15,500

  2022 · PHILANTHROPY

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

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