Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2001.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
Who runs it and what they're paid
15 people listed on the 990; $766K paid to officers and key staff.
Niranjali Amerasinghe’s $161K as Executive Director is at the 48th percentile of top reported officer pay among 145 $1–10M social science nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niranjali Amerasinghe | $161,279 | $155,160 | $155,160 | $142,349 | $136,350 | $129,276 |
| Richard Payling-Wright | $122,683 | $125,925 | $123,698 | $113,484 | $102,869 | $104,429 |
| Meredith Slater | $113,299 | $117,844 | $113,796 | $104,400 | $100,000 | — |
| Brandon Wu | $113,755 | $111,980 | $110,000 | — | — | — |
| Ehab Elsawaf | — | $99,645 | — | — | — | — |
| Douglas Hertzler | — | $99,127 | $97,374 | — | — | — |
| Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau | — | $87,276 | $85,733 | — | — | — |
| Brenna Kupferman | — | $85,700 | — | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Empowering frontline communities to fight poverty and injustice for a better world.
Nothing here yet.
Women's Rights
In 2023, actionaid continued its longstanding support for women in the global south through the creation and dissemination of several impactful publications highlighting the success of our young urban women (yuw) programs across the world.
Climate Justice
In 2023, we launched fund our future, our global campaign involving more than 70 actionaid offices and hundreds of allies. We are calling for banks and investors to stop piling money into fossil fuels and industrial agriculture in the global south, to be replaced with public and private support for renewable energy and agroecological…
Emergency Response
In 2023, actionaid responded to major crises in gaza, TURKEY/SYRIA, and morocco. In february, two powerful earthquakes struck turkey and syria in the span of 12 hours. More than 55,000 people were estimated to have lost their lives, while many more were injured and displaced.
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.1M | $1.8M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $6.1M | $4.9M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.5M | $1.2M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $4.6M | $3.7M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $245K | $245K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $2.2M | $2.2M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $295K | $74K | $177K | $44K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.1M | $587K | $166K | $332K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $20K | $9K | $4K | $7K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $133K | $73K | $26K | $34K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $120K | $61K | $26K | $33K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $26K | $0 | $26K | $0 |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $170K | $128K | $30K | $12K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $6K | $6K | $0 | $0 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $73K | $12K | $34K | $27K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $33K | $33K | $0 | $0 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $162K | $79K | $39K | $44K |
| TravelLn 17 | $90K | $70K | $10K | $9K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $493 | $3 | $445 | $45 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $7K | $0 | $7K | $0 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $25 | $0 | $25 | $0 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.7M | $3.6M | $547K | $543K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $1.8M | $3.5M | −$1.8M | $535K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $2.7M | $4.1M | −$1.4M | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 Viewing | $3.8M | $4.7M | −$887K | $3.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $6.8M | $5.3M | $1.5M | $4.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $6.2M | $5.0M | $1.2M | $3.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $4.5M | $4.1M | $387K | $1.8M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,798,214 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,798,214 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,684,847 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $4,947,083 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,702,638 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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