Civil rights and advocacy organizations

There are 14,436 civil rights and social justice organizations in the United States. Combined, these civil rights and social justice organizations employ 56,508 people, earn more than $9 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $12 billion.

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Subcategories within civil rights and advocacy organizations:

Organizations supporting a civil rights or social justice nonprofit(281)
Organizations supporting multiple civil rights and social justice nonprofits(261)
Civil rights organizations(3,782)
- Women's rights groups (638)
- LGBT rights organizations (785)

Voter registration groups(1,388)
Civil liberties organizations(1,663)
- Pro-choice organizations (169)
- Pro-life organizations (409)

Types of civil rights and social justice organizations

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Civil rights organizations	3,784	21,439	$3,768,205,448	$4,642,134,237
Civil liberties advocates and organizations	1,664	19,068	$3,042,488,097	$3,603,279,152
Voter registration and education organizations	1,388	11,274	$1,251,864,862	$932,558,718
LGBT rights organizations	785	3,459	$477,648,460	$421,115,581
Civil rights and social justice alliances and advocates	734	993	$322,155,305	$329,686,066
Women's rights advocacy organizations	638	1,971	$325,617,120	$580,630,572
Anti-abortion organizations	409	1,201	$118,284,249	$90,977,225
Organizations supporting a single civil rights or social justice organization	281	214	$450,023,824	$2,018,482,825
Organizations supporting multiple civil rights and social justice organizations	261	232	$149,908,600	$323,251,502
Pro-choice advocacy organizations	169	1,052	$208,494,551	$276,480,521

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Job trends for Civil rights and social justice organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	1,164
1-10	1,272
11-25	506
26-100	314
101 to 1,000	72
1,000+	5

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 civil liberties organizations, civil rights organizations, voter registration groups, lgbt rights organizations, and civil rights and social justice organizations.

Sizes of civil rights and social justice organizations

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	3,523
$250k to $1M	1,162
$1M to $5M	737
$5M to $25M	199
$25M to $100M	34
$100M+	8

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Aarp, New Venture Fund, National Rifle Association (NRA), University of Arkansas Foundation, and ACLU Foundation earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Civil rights and social justice organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 9.3% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Civil rights and social justice organizations with more than $100 million account for 36.1% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be civil rights organizations, civil liberties organizations, voter registration groups, lgbt rights organizations, 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

$19.4m

Assets

$17.0m

Employees

EIN

13-3384027

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)

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)

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

Anti-defamation league("adl" or the "league") is a charitable tax-exempt organization formed in 1913 for the purpose of defending democratic ideals and eliminating anti-semitism and bigotry in the united states and around the world, while providing know...

Revenue

$75.1m

Assets

$38.4m

Employees

485

EIN

13-1818723

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)

The Center for Reproductive Rights promotes women's equality worldwide by securing reproductive rights in constitutional and international human rights law.

Revenue

$34.1m

Assets

$48.6m

Employees

179

EIN

13-3669731

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

$8.4m

Assets

$12.3m

Employees

EIN

13-2943020

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

$10.0m

Assets

$2.8m

Employees

EIN

06-1553389

IRS type

501(c)(4)

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

$13.5m

Assets

$22.3m

Employees

104

EIN

52-0888113

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

Job trends for Civil rights and social justice organizations

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Directory of civil rights and social justice organizations

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

EarthRights International

Equality Now

Catholics for Choice

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR)

The Philanthropy Roundtable

MoveOn.Org Civic Action

Center for Community Change (CCC)

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