Civil rights and advocacy organizations

There are 15,377 civil rights and social justice organizations in the United States. Combined, these civil rights and social justice organizations employ 59,207 people, earn more than $9 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $13 billion.

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Subcategories within civil rights and advocacy organizations:

Organizations supporting a civil rights or social justice nonprofit(292)
Organizations supporting multiple civil rights and social justice nonprofits(305)
Civil rights organizations(4,110)
- Women's rights groups (707)
- LGBT rights organizations (838)

Voter registration groups(1,476)
Civil liberties organizations(1,688)
- Pro-choice organizations (178)
- Pro-life organizations (419)

Types of civil rights and social justice organizations

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Civil rights organizations	4,111	23,075	$3,896,710,480	$5,056,870,377
Civil liberties advocates and organizations	1,689	11,720	$2,513,561,809	$3,076,059,500
Voter registration and education organizations	1,476	19,025	$1,254,003,105	$965,978,747
Civil rights and social justice alliances and advocates	866	823	$257,767,397	$284,574,808
LGBT rights organizations	838	3,288	$414,538,212	$405,459,471
Women's rights advocacy organizations	707	2,959	$471,448,869	$847,309,024
Anti-abortion organizations	419	1,174	$123,201,437	$89,796,973
Organizations supporting multiple civil rights and social justice organizations	305	271	$315,202,881	$1,139,797,919
Organizations supporting a single civil rights or social justice organization	292	187	$417,053,392	$2,248,000,476
Pro-choice advocacy organizations	178	883	$104,010,252	$140,764,143

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Job trends for Civil rights and social justice organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	1,201
1-10	1,300
11-25	537
26-100	333
101 to 1,000	72
1,000+	6

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Civil rights and social justice organizations is driven by large organizations like Fund for the Public Interest, Center for Disability Rights (CDR), Aarp, Texas Organizing Project, and Arise Child and Family Service.
The largest employers tend to be voter registration groups, civil rights organizations, civil liberties organizations, civil rights and social justice organizations, and lgbt rights organizations.

Sizes of civil rights and social justice organizations

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	3,627
$250k to $1M	1,219
$1M to $5M	761
$5M to $25M	207
$25M to $100M	32
$100M+	8

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Aarp, National Rifle Association (NRA), ACLU Foundation, University of Arkansas Foundation, and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Civil rights and social justice organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 10.0% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Civil rights and social justice organizations with more than $100 million account for 33.7% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be civil rights organizations, civil liberties organizations, voter registration groups, women's rights groups, and organizations supporting a civil rights or social justice nonprofit.

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Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

GLAAD amplifies the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present, and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively.

Revenue

$13.1m

Assets

$20.5m

Employees

EIN

13-3384027

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Equality Now

Equality Now protects and promotes the human rights of women and girls around the world through legal advocacy and mobilization of public pressure.

Revenue

$6.4m

Assets

$11.2m

Employees

EIN

13-3660566

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Catholics for Choice

Catholics for Choice's mission is to shape and advance sexual and reproductive ethics that are based on justice, reflect a commitment to women's well-being, and respect and affirm the capacity of men and women to make moral decisions about their lives.

Revenue

$5.4m

Assets

$16.7m

Employees

EIN

52-1154418

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media (CSM) is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that provides education and advocacy to families to promote safe technology and media for children.

Revenue

$25.5m

Assets

$18.0m

Employees

182

EIN

41-2024986

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

NAACP secures the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.

Revenue

$33.5m

Assets

$19.4m

Employees

133

EIN

13-1084135

IRS type

501(c)(3)

EarthRights International

EarthRights International (ERI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of lawyers, trainers and organizers with expertise in human rights, the environment, and corporate and government accountability.

Revenue

$4.8m

Assets

$8.7m

Employees

EIN

04-3265555

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Center for Community Change (CCC)

The Center for Community Change's mission is to build the power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to change their communities and public policies for the better.

Revenue

$16.6m

Assets

$19.7m

Employees

107

EIN

52-0888113

IRS type

501(c)(3)

MoveOn.Org Civic Action

MoveOn.org Civic Action, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, focuses on education and advocacy, providing civic engagement tools to the public and building the progressive movement by encouraging and supporting the development of more grassroots leaders.

Revenue

$11.0m

Assets

$2.9m

Employees

EIN

06-1553389

IRS type

501(c)(4)

Rock the Vote

Rock the Vote is organized primarily for the purposes of education and training of youth on youth civic engagement. Rock the Vote coordinates voter registration drives, get-out-the-vote events, and voter education efforts, all with the intention of ensu...

Revenue

$2.4m

Assets

$1.7m

Employees

EIN

02-0767157

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Philanthropy Roundtable

To foster excellence in Philanthropy, to protect philanthropic freedom, to assist donors in achieving their philanthropic intent, and to help donors advance liberty, opportunity and personal responsibility in America and abroad. To assist donors in achi...

Revenue

$9.1m

Assets

$14.1m

Employees

EIN

13-2943020

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990 or 990PF with the IRS. We exclude Form 990EZ and Postcard filers, which are high in number but very small in size. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

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Civil rights and advocacy organizations

Types of civil rights and social justice organizations

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Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

Equality Now

Catholics for Choice

Common Sense Media

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

EarthRights International

Center for Community Change (CCC)

MoveOn.Org Civic Action

Rock the Vote

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