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Civil rights and advocacy organizations

There are 13,748civil rights and social justice organizations in the United States. Combined, these civil rights and social justice organizationsemploy 58,608 people, earn more than $11 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $15 billion.
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Types of civil rights and social justice organizations

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Civil rights organizations
4,677
$4,572,786,903
Civil liberties advocates and organizations
1,675
$2,460,021,993
Voter registration and education organizations
1,538
$1,636,854,603
Civil rights and social justice alliances and advocates
1,134
$398,387,376
LGBT rights organizations
924
$640,477,920
Women's rights advocacy organizations
826
$706,386,700
Anti-abortion organizations
445
$105,086,134
Organizations supporting multiple civil rights and social justice organizations
344
$175,100,050
Organizations supporting a single civil rights or social justice organization
219
$1,221,129,512
Civil rights and social justice research and public policy institutes
183
$101,825,605
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Job trends for Civil rights and social justice organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
1,194
1-10
1,367
11-25
607
26-100
353
101 to 1,000
84
1,000+
3
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Sizes of civil rights and social justice organizations

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
2,747
$250k to $1M
1,297
$1M to $5M
847
$5M to $25M
259
$25M to $100M
42
$100M+
9
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Directory of civil rights and social justice organizations

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Naacp Empowerment Programs 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
$28.0m
Assets
$20.9m
Employees
180
EIN
13-1084135
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
$25.4m
Assets
$29.0m
Employees
156
EIN
41-2024986
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
$5.6m
Assets
$9.8m
Employees
34
EIN
04-3265555
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights

Heartland Alliance advances the human rights and responds to the human needs of endangered populations particularly the poor, the isolated, and the displaced through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent s...
Revenue
$51.1m
Assets
$43.9m
Employees
897
EIN
36-1877640
IRS type
501(c)(3)

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
$17.3m
Assets
$30.3m
Employees
58
EIN
13-3384027
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
$31.9m
Assets
$46.6m
Employees
208
EIN
13-3669731
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
$12.7m
Assets
$5.6m
Employees
104
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
$1.3m
Assets
$1.7m
Employees
13
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
$9.8m
Assets
$16.1m
Employees
46
EIN
13-2943020
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
$54.8m
Assets
$54.4m
Employees
106
EIN
52-0888113
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Compassion and Choices

Compassion & Choices of Washington (C&C) provides advocacy, counseling, and emotional support to qualified individuals who desire a peaceful, humane death.
Revenue
$19.0m
Assets
$14.2m
Employees
89
EIN
84-1328829
IRS type
501(c)(3)

America Votes

America Votes is the central coordination hub of the progressive community working with over 400 state and national partner organizations to advance progressive policies, win elections, and protect every American's right to vote.
Revenue
$13.0m
Assets
$5.2m
Employees
62
EIN
26-4568349
IRS type
501(c)(4)

ACLU Foundation

The ACLU Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization with tax-deductible donations, which supports ACLU's litigation, communications, advocacy and public education efforts for civil liberties. The ACLU Foundation does not advocate and lobby in legislatures.
Revenue
$185.5m
Assets
$501.7m
Employees
441
EIN
13-6213516
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Cei is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free Enterprise and limited government. We believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being allowed to make their own choices in a free market ...
Revenue
$6.8m
Assets
$4.5m
Employees
46
EIN
52-1351785
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Common Cause Education Fund

Common Cause is a nonpartisan grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest.
Revenue
$12.6m
Assets
$11.7m
Employees
145
EIN
31-1705370
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Physicians For Reproductive Health

We are a physican-led organization which uses evidence-based medicine to promote sound Reproductive Health policies. We believe in Reproductive choice for everyone. We are a physician-led organization which uses evidence-based medicine to promote sound ...
Revenue
$2.8m
Assets
$4.5m
Employees
24
EIN
13-3693391
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is the world's premiere organization dedicated to achieving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workplace equality.
Revenue
$7.4m
Assets
$4.6m
Employees
12
EIN
02-0681855
IRS type
501(c)(3)

60 Plus Association

The 60 Plus Association is a non-partisan seniors advocacy group with a free enterprise, less government, less taxes approach to seniors issues. 60 Plus has set ending the federal estate tax and saving Social Security for the young as its top priorities.
Revenue
$997.3k
Assets
$125.9k
Employees
4
EIN
54-1564919
IRS type
501(c)(4)

UnidosUS

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)-the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States - works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organiza...
Revenue
$69.7m
Assets
$133.4m
Employees
140
EIN
86-0212873
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Pride Foundation

Pride Foundation connects, inspires and strengthens The pacific northwest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) community in pursuit of equality. They accomplish this in rural and urban areas by awarding grants and scholarships and cultivating l...
Revenue
$9.5m
Assets
$46.2m
Employees
16
EIN
91-1325007
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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This category corresponds to the "R00: Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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