Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2017.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
8 people listed on the 990; $63K paid to officers and key staff.
Charity Ryerson’s $91K as Executive Dir. is at the 26th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charity Ryerson | $90,558 | $80,000 | $74,000 | $70,500 | $70,000 | $63,207 |
| Elizabeth Deligio | — | — | — | — | $2,250 | — |
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
Uses law creatively to stop corporate harm to people and the planet.
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Engaged in education and advocacy around transitional justice, including; providing technical support to the Colombian transitional justice bodies, focused on how the transitional justice process can create legal accountability for companies who profited from the armed conflict; training Colombian attorneys on human rights civil…
Operated a Legal Design Lab that engaged in innovative legal strategy development, educational activities, hosting numerous events related to corporate accountability, engagement with law school clinics, and submitting two amicus briefs to the Supreme Court in support of the formerly-trafficked plaintiffs in the Nestl USA v.
Developed and used trade law strategies to address forced labor in multiple industries and regions, including forced labor investigations and filing two petitions with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), challenging the importation of goods under Section 307 of the Tariff Act.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $776K | $941K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1K | |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $893K | $945K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $638 | $90K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $893K | $855K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $9K | $9K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $230K | $230K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $308K | $290K | $6K | $12K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $18K | $16K | $341 | $681 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $25K | $23K | $484 | $967 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $8K | $8K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $1K | $1K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $46 | $46 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $5K | $5K | $100 | $200 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $18K | $17K | $354 | $708 |
| TravelLn 17 | $3K | $3K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $230 | $217 | $4 | $9 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $3K | $3K | $59 | $118 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $42K | $41K | $2K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2K | $2K | $3 | $30 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $673K | $641K | $17K | $15K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $1.3M | $884K | $386K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $615K | $662K | −$46K | $759K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $696K | $600K | $96K | $805K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $961K | $924K | $38K | $709K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $798K | $981K | −$183K | $672K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $635K | $673K | −$38K | $855K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $634,969 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $634,969 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $673,122 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $944,778 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $854,574 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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