NonprofitsActionaid Usa

Social Science

Actionaid Usa

WASHINGTON, DC

Total revenue

$2.7M

Total expenses

$4.1M

Net assets

$2.3M

Grants received

$18.8M

112 grants

EIN

522277575

Tax year

2024

Mission

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice.

Programs

3 programs

Climate justice - we advanced climate justice through campaigns and youth leadership development. Building on our un loss & damage fund success, we launched our first youth climate reparations camp in minnesota. At cop29, we organized civil society mobilizations demanding fair climate finance. Through fund our future and summer of heat campaigns, we pressured citi and other financiers to stop funding fossil fuels and invest in just transition.

Expenses: $1.1MGrants: $367K

Emergency response - we delivered urgent humanitarian aid during 2024's major emergencies with a rights-based approach. In gaza, we supported over 457,000 people with food, water, healthcare, cash, education, and mental health services despite massive destruction and over 50,000 deaths. In lebanon, we assisted 3,700 people displaced by border violence with cash aid, winter supplies, and psychological care. When flooding in bangladesh affected 5 million people, our partners provided emergency food, medical supplies, and mental health support.

Expenses: $317KGrants: $297K

The remaining programs include politics and economics, right to food and agriculture, and land rights.

Expenses: $282KGrants: $188K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$2.7M
Program service revenue
Investment income$31K
Other revenue
Total revenue$2.7M

Expenses

Grants paid$2.0M
Salaries & benefits$1.6M
Fundraising$528K
Other expenses$568K
Total expenses$4.1M
Total assets$3.9M
Net assets$2.3M

People

19 listed

NameRoleCompensation

NIRANJALI AMERASINGHE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$155K

40 hrs/wk

RICHARD PAYLING-WRIGHT

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Board

$126K

40 hrs/wk

MEREDITH SLATER

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Board

$118K

40 hrs/wk

BRANDON WU

DIRECTOR OF POLICY & CAMPAIGNS

Board

$112K

40 hrs/wk

MARGOT HOERRNER

BOARD CHAIR (UNTIL DECEMBER 2024)

Board

1 hrs/wk

CYNTHIA CABRERA

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GEOFFREY KNOX

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

BURHAN RAZI

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANNE-MAREA GRIFFIN

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

ALKA KOTHARI

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

RACHEL CARLE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

FARAN SAEED

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

VICTORIA WIGODZKY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JENNIFER AMUZIE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

EHAB ELSAWAF

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Staff

$100K

40 hrs/wk

DOUGLAS HERTZLER

SENIOR POLICY ANALYST

Staff

$99K

40 hrs/wk

TRISTAN QUINN-THIBODEAU

SENIOR POLICY CAMPAIGNER

Staff

$87K

40 hrs/wk

BRENNA KUPFERMAN

SENIOR PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

Staff

$86K

40 hrs/wk

OYEBOADE ADELEYE

OFFICE & HR MANAGER

Staff

$81K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 112 of 112

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.1M
FOR A PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT ECONOMIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE SYSTEMS WORK FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS GLOBALLY
2024
$400K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$150K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$100K
WORK ON CLIMATE-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION
2024
$75K
TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF FORESTED AND OTHER LANDSCAPES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE
2024
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$10K
International/Foreign
2024
$8K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$6K
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
2024
$3K
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$300
Matching gifts for general operating support
2024
$150
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
2024
$1.5M
FOR A PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT ECONOMIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE SYSTEMS WORK FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS GLOBALLY
2023
$1M
TO SUPPORT HIGHLY CLIMATE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND STATES BY GALVANIZING POPULAR SUPPORT FOR THE JUST CONTRIBUTION OF THE UNITES STATES, AND OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, TO THE UNITED NATIONS LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND
2023
$265K
FOR CONVENING AND CONNECTING MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA ON FEMINIST ALTERNATIVES TO NEOLIBERALISM
2023
$225K
TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE AND BIOFUELS ON FOOD SECURITY, LAND USE, AND CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TARGETED POLICY DEVELOPMENT
2023
$215K
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILL CONSTRAINTS AND BUILD AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED TO INVEST IN PUBLIC SERVICES WORKERS GLOBALLY
2023
$200K
Grants Contributions
2023
$150K
TO WORK TOWARDS A SIGNIFICANT AND SUSTAINABLE INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS, THROUGH RESEARCH, ADVOCACY AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE GLOBAL TAX AND EDUCATION MOVEMENT
2023
$150K
Environment and Science
2023
$100K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$77K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$56K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$20K
Peacebuilding
2023
$11K
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$8K
CHARITABLE DONATIONS
2023
$8K
SOCIAL SCIENCES
2023
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$200
GIFT MATCHING
2023
$100
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$1M
FOR A PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT ECONOMIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE SYSTEMS WORK FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS GLOBALLY
2022
$650K
AFGHANISTAN HUMANITARIAN AID
2022
$564K
EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS
2022
$300K
TO STRENGTHEN THE TAX AND EDUCATION ALLIANCE TO LEVERAGE INCREASED TAX JUSTICE FOR THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN DIALOGUE AND ARTICULATION WITH OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES
2022
$250K
CONSERVATION AND SCIENCE
2022
$210K
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2022
$165K
ACTION AID WILL RECEIVE A GRANT OF $165,000 FOR COVID-RELATED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED BY THE FEMINIST HUMANITARIAN NETWORK OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING ACROSS NIGERIA, ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, SOUTH SUDAN, AND VENEZUELA ON IMPROVING HEALTH, FOOD SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF THOSE AFFECTED, MANY OF WHOM ARE EXPERIENCING PROTRACTED CRISES, INCLUDING CONFLICT AND DROUGHT, THE EFFECTS OF WHICH ARE COMPOUNDED BY COVID-19.
2022
$150K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$150K
TO WORK TOWARDS A SIGNIFICANT AND SUSTAINABLE INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS, THROUGH RESEARCH, ADVOCACY AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE GLOBAL TAX AND EDUCATION MOVEMENT
2022
$150K
TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE AND BIOFUELS ON FOOD SECURITY, LAND USE, AND CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TARGETED POLICY DEVELOPMENT
2022
$137K
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
2022
$100K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$80K
FOR CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PLATFORM UPGRADE
2022
$59K
HUMAN RIGHTS
2022
$55K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$50K
FOR ITS MEETING ON CLIMATE AND DEBT
2022
$30K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$15K
Action Aid Somaliland
2022
$10K
INTERNATIONAL
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$8K
GLOBAL WEE/WECS ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATION HUB - STEERING COMMITTEE
2022
$45K
GLOBAL WEE/WECS ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATION HUB - STEERING COMMITTEE
2021
$36K
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
2021
$35K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$35K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$936K
EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS
2020
$709K
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
2020
$500K
TO SUPPORT RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN LIBERIA, BANGLADESH, COLOMBIA, ZIMBABWE AND SOMALILAND WITH CRITICAL IDENTIFIED NEEDS INVOLVING PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUPPLIES.
2020
$375K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE ECONOMIC RIGHTS WORK OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS PROGRAM
2020
$291K
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
2020
$250K
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2020
$150K
To mitigate the impact of industrial agriculture and biofuels on food security, land use, and climate change through strategic communications and targeted policy development
2020
$140K
to build awareness about the need for investment in public sector workers, in order to accelerate global progress towards UN Sustainable Development goals and advance human rights
2020
$100K
to educate civil society on monetary and fiscal policy, and to mobilize and strengthen domestic resources around the world
2020
$60K
FOR ANTIRACISM STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
2020
$42K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$41K
TOWARD ILO C190 RATIFICATION
2020
$40K
to support stakeholders in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda to link issues of education finance, tax justice and the growth of private actors in education
2020
$26K
General Unrestricted
2020
$25K
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
2020
$20K
ENVIRONMENTAL
2020
$17K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$10K
INTERNATIONAL
2020
$5K
GENERAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
2020
$100K
GLOBAL ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION
2019
$8K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$28K
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
2018
$24K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$9K
Unrestricted
2018
$6K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2018
$10
Matching Grant
2018
$1.8M
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
2017
$951K
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
2017
$500K
GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS
2017
$151K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$18K
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
2017

Funded by

$18.8M from 48 funders · 112 grants · 2017–2024

Gates Foundation

$5.5M · 6 grants · 2017–2022

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

$4.8M · 8 grants · 2020–2024

Open Society Action Fund Inc

$1M · 1 grant · 2023

Open Society Institute

$955K · 5 grants · 2020–2023

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

$691K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Center For Disaster Philanthropy Inc

$665K · 2 grants · 2020–2022

Avaaz Foundation

$650K · 1 grant · 2022

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

$613K · 6 grants · 2018–2024

Details

EIN522277575
NTEE codeV35
Subsection03
Ruling date2001-11
Formed2000
Employees16
Volunteers10
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