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Philadelphia civil rights and social justice organizations

There are 380 civil rights and advocacy organizations in the greater Philadelphia metro area, including the cities of Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Camden within the states of New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. Combined, these Philadelphia metro civil rights and social justice organizations employ 1,026 people, earn more than $209 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $539 million.
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Types of civil rights and social justice organizations in Philadelphia

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Civil rights organizations
 
157
 
$45,984,302
Civil liberties advocates and organizations
 
47
 
$69,291,449
Women's rights advocacy organizations
 
44
 
$15,770,822
Civil rights and social justice alliances and advocates
 
39
 
$896,166
Voter registration and education organizations
 
38
 
$76,250,600
LGBT rights organizations
 
35
 
$5,078,378
Anti-abortion organizations
 
20
 
$8,876,484
Organizations supporting multiple civil rights and social justice organizations
 
12
 
$36,077
Civil rights and social justice professional societies
 
11
 
$5,230,293
Pro-choice advocacy organizations
 
5
 
$4,126,733
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Job trends for Philadelphia civil rights and social justice organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
31
1-10
 
32
11-25
 
10
26-100
 
8
101 to 1,000
 
2
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of civil rights and social justice organizations in Philadelphia

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
52
$250k to $1M
 
26
$1M to $5M
 
26
$5M to $25M
 
9
$25M to $100M
 
1
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of civil rights and social justice organizations in Philadelphia

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One Pennsylvania Activists United

One Pennsylvania Activists United fights for social justice and empowers community voices through political education, advocacy of good jobs, and corporate accountability.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$3.7m
Employees
0
EIN
88-2735817
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

Foundation for Individual Rights in education, inc.'s (fire) mission is to defend and sustain the Individual Rights of students and faculty members at america's colleges and universities.
Revenue
$40.0m
Assets
$74.1m
Employees
162
EIN
04-3467254
IRS type
501(c)(3)

PA Alliance Foundation

Foundation supporting civic engagement, voter registration and turnout efforts, as well as giving grants to organizations for the betterment of local communities.
Revenue
$7.0m
Assets
$2.0m
Employees
6
EIN
82-3717563
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tenant Union Representative Network (TURN)

The mission of the Tenant Union Representative Network is to advance and defend the rights and interests of tenants and homeless people.
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$4.7m
Employees
43
EIN
25-1635266
IRS type
501(c)(3)

YWCA Tri-County Area

YWCA Tri-County Area is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$7.0m
Employees
146
EIN
23-1360867
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pennsylvania Voice

Pennsylvania Voice unites over 50 organizations to promote civic participation, make voting easier, and ensure equitable representation within a multiracial democracy in Pennsylvania.
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$6.3m
Employees
20
EIN
81-1141448
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania

The aclf-pa was formed for the purpose of defending the individual rights guaranteed by the united states and Pennsylvania constitutions, through litigation, advocacy and public education.
Revenue
$6.5m
Assets
$10.0m
Employees
49
EIN
23-1742013
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Verified Voting Foundation

Verified Voting Foundation promotes responsible use of technology to ensure reliable, accessible, verifiable voting.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$2.2m
Employees
16
EIN
20-0765743
IRS type
501(c)(3)

William Way LGBT Community Center

William Way LGBT Community Center fosters LGBTQIA+ connection and empowerment through arts, education, and support, offering archives, lending library, exhibitions, and community gathering spaces.
Revenue
$2.6m
Assets
$5.7m
Employees
25
EIN
23-7429170
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Equity Research Cooperative

Equity Research Cooperative advances communities of color through community-engaged research, advocacy, and resource redistribution, connecting scholars, funders, and organizations to address inequity.
Revenue
$3.1m
Assets
$3.6m
Employees
10
EIN
87-1841250
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rights Action Lab

Rights Action Lab develops secure digital communications and training programs to advance human rights. The organization creates technology, educates, and develops training to support those oppressed, especially Tibetans.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$326.9k
Employees
7
EIN
46-4078393
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Womens Way

For over 45 years, women'Womens's Way has courageously taken positions on cutting edge issues relating to women and girls.
Revenue
$2.9m
Assets
$4.6m
Employees
7
EIN
23-1989161
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Medical Students for Choice

MSFC trains and supports medical students to become abortion providers and advocates for reproductive health.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$8.1m
Employees
11
EIN
20-5263777
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC)

FSHC's mission is to end discriminatory or exclusionary housing patterns which have deprived the poor, particularly those presently living in inner cities, of the opportunity to reside in an environment which offers safe, decent, and sanitary housing.
Revenue
$4.1m
Assets
$7.0m
Employees
24
EIN
22-2111275
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Women's Law Project

Women's Law Project advances women's, girls', and LGBTQ+ rights through impact litigation, advocacy, and education, fighting gender bias and protecting reproductive autonomy.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$2.6m
Employees
21
EIN
23-7354667
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hindu American Foundation (HAF)

Hindu American Foundation advances understanding of Hinduism and defends Hindu Americans' civil rights through training, policymaker education, litigation, and accurate public-school materials.
Revenue
$3.7m
Assets
$6.1m
Employees
25
EIN
68-0551525
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New PA Project Education Fund

New PA Project Education Fund empowers marginalized communities in Pennsylvania through civic education and non-partisan efforts to encourage voter participation.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$1.1m
Employees
86
EIN
87-1276119
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Committee of Seventy

Committee of Seventy advances ethical, effective government through citizen engagement and public policy advocacy in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.
Revenue
$3.2m
Assets
$2.8m
Employees
9
EIN
23-0487205
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Education Law Center - Pennsylvania (ELC-PA)

The Education Law Center's mission is to ensure access to a quality public education for all children in Pennsylvania.
Revenue
$4.1m
Assets
$12.1m
Employees
22
EIN
23-2581102
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pa Alliance Action

Pa Alliance Action educates and registers voters in Philadelphia, PA. The organization generated $8,966,110 in revenue last year.
Revenue
$17.8m
Assets
$635.4k
Employees
3
EIN
82-3537729
IRS type
501(c)(4)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. 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.
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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