2024-11-06T15:12:27-05:00 2024-06-30 811374244 Schutz CPA Ltd PO Box 898 Stillwater MN 55082 990 2023-07-01 363292374 The Advocates For Human Rights ADVO 330 South Second Avenue Suite 800 Minneapolis MN 55401 Robin Phillips Executive Direc 6123413302 2024-11-05 true true Jennifer Schutz P01272516 6514395990 2024-11-06 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z 4227873 false X www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org X 1983 MN To promote and protect human rights in the United States and around the world. 28 28 40 1850 0 0 3309880 3451351 473742 553057 42053 15049 104591 133473 3930266 4152930 74445 0 0 2265522 2719472 44676 61313 193413 930109 1392628 3314752 4173413 615514 -20483 4488423 4437448 868799 712467 3619624 3724981 X To promote and protect human rights in the United States and around the world. 1794086 Refugee and Immigrant Rights: The Advocates provides free legal representation to asylum seekers, unaccompanied children, trafficking victims, Afghan evacuees, and detained immigrants in the Upper Midwest. With pro bono assistance from hundreds of attorneys, The Advocates is the primary asylum legal service provider in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. During FY2024, The Advocates provided immigration legal help in more than 3,900 matters. In addition, The Advocates provided approximately 1,200 people with pro se materials, information, and other resources to advance their immigration cases. In addition to legal services, The Advocates collaborates on the Immigration Court Observer Project to engage hundreds of volunteers in monitoring immigration court hearings and advocates for human rights-based immigration policies at the local, state, and national level. 639207 Research, Education and Advocacy: The Advocates uses a human rights approach to document abuses, provide training and technical assistance to human rights defenders worldwide, engage people who have experienced human rights violations in advancing policy changes, and increase awareness of human rights. The Advocates is a leader in human rights advocacy at the local, national, and international level on our priority issues including death penalty abolition, violence against women and LGBTIQ+ persons, human trafficking, and the rights of noncitizens. The Advocates brings international human rights principles to the community and classrooms through curricular resources and training manuals; presentations, lectures, conferences, continuing education courses, and public forums; and through two unique websites. 536464 International Justice: The Advocates develops innovative, sustainable strategies to hold governments accountable for human rights abuses and to strengthen institutions in the international justice system. The Advocates engages our clients, diaspora communities, and international human rights partners in monitoring and documenting human rights conditions in countries around the world, and using local, regional, international, and transitional justice mechanisms to improve human rights worldwide. With the assistance of pro bono volunteers, in FY2024 The Advocates partnered with human rights defenders in more than 50 countries on 5 continents to build their capacity to engage in advocacy at the United Nations to end gender-based violence, the use of the death penalty, and violence and discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and/or sex characteristics. 476028 Womens Human Rights: 198991 Nepal School Project: 675019 3644776 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true false true false false false true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 12 0 true 40 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false X 28 28 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false MN X X X Robin Phillips 6123413302 330 South Second Avenue Suite 800 Minneapolis MN 55401 Robin Phillips Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 133513 0 13998 X Kevin Zhao Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Hon Diane B Bratvold Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Hon Tom Fraser Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kathy Lenzmeier Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dan Supalla Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Emily Wessels Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Hiba Al Hasnawi Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Koneck Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Matt Ralph Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sam Walling Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim ONeal Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Howard Meyers III Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jen Miernicki Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jill Field Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dean Eyler Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cheryl Olseth Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kelly McLain Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alison McElroy Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Julie H Firestone Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Will Manske Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Kariuki Ries Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Vander Haar Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nancy Speer Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bridget Chivimbiso Chigunwe Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Bercaw Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bindi Swammi Secretary 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Peggy Grieve Treasurer 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Karen Evans Chair 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 133513 0 13998 1 false false false 1652238 1799113 262814 3451351 Contract Revenue 611710 526916 526916 Program Service Fees 611710 26141 26141 553057 15049 15049 207163 74943 132220 132220 Other 900001 1253 1253 1253 4152930 554310 0 147269 X 133513 117491 6676 9346 2150131 1922129 140051 87951 265668 246642 10547 8479 170160 153897 8962 7301 970 970 80968 80968 61313 61313 440819 428943 9639 2237 105021 56240 46716 2065 49732 46602 1836 1294 304656 281927 12689 10040 260244 259267 945 32 43399 32948 10176 275 1 1 1031 1031 23545 23146 232 167 Subscriptions & Resources 14404 13132 666 606 Postage 19187 17743 706 738 Printing and Duplication 22705 20852 1101 752 Telephone and Internet 18945 17451 874 620 7001 5396 1408 197 4173413 3644776 335224 193413 402039 115100 2159 3328 555084 568837 30122 701617 32978 52059 44916 44467 1480 449 2880157 2509124 584404 486934 4488423 4437448 216951 195217 651848 517250 868799 712467 X 3179405 3552570 440219 172411 3619624 3724981 4488423 4437448 -20483 125840 0 X false true X true false X 2202843 2093927 3483271 3309880 3451351 14541272 2202843 2093927 3483271 3309880 3451351 14541272 1041764 13499508 510 2287 26637 15049 44483 47153 296931 2862 3127 1253 351326 14937081 0.90380 0.91790 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 44916 44467 449 449 Security Deposit 10132 Right of Use Asset 476802 486934 Lease Liability 517250 517250 24479161 125840 20206591 20332431 4146730 6200 6200 4152930 24373804 20206591 20206591 4167213 6200 6200 4173413 Other revenues included on Form 990 (Part XI, line 4b) Inkind services excluded from 990 special event direct costs. Other expenses included on Form 990 (Part XII, line 4b) Inkind services excluded from 990 special event direct costs. true Europe including Iceland and Greenland Program services Advocacy & Education 24314 Central America and the Caribbean Program services Advocacy & Education 2283 South Asia Program services Education 3364 29961 29961 X X X X X true Future Funding LLC - Ellen Davis 3645 Pillsbury Ave S Minneapolis MN 55409 Grant writing false 312800 25200 287600 Gretchen Piper Consulting LLC 463 Highcroft Rd Wayzata MN 55391 Grant writing false 36113 -36113 312800 61313 251487 MN HRAD 207163 207163 68792 6151 207163 207163 68792 6151 74943 132220 X Supplies and Event Costs 262814 Est FMV false false false Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 Reviewed by finance committee and Board of Directors prior to filing. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c The Board of Directors members each sign a conflict of interest statement annually. At each meeting the Board reviews and addresses potential conflicts. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a The executive directors salary was initially set by, and is regularly reviewed by the Board of Directors Executive Committee and is based upon industry standards, Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b Salaries are reviewed with the Executive Committee when positions are filled and are based on industry standards. Any changes in compensation are reviewed by the finance committee, Executive Committee, and full Board of Directors as part of the annual budgeting process. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Available upon request. List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g Amounts include interpreters, consultants, graphic designers, court observers, and subcontractors. Part III response or note to any other line in Part III Continued from Schedule III, 4bCyprus, UK, and North Macedonia. During FY2024, we continued to facilitate a coalition of 80 human rights defenders to counter the anti-gender movement and protect human rights. Part III 4d Other Program Services - Womens Human Rights: The Advocates has 30 years of experience working with partners in Minnesota and around the world to document problems in the government response to violence against women and responding to the needs of womens human rights defenders. The Advocates works to end violence against women by changing laws and their implementation, as well as through trainings, advocacy, and monitoring and documentation of human rights abuses against women and girls. Through the WATCH court monitoring project, we mobilize volunteers to observe cases of violence against women and children and bring the public eye into the courtroom to ensure a trauma-informed response. We work with partners to enhance protections for women and provide training and technical assistance for The Advocates global womens human rights partners around legal analysis and advocacy. We forged new partnerships with civil society in Turkmenistan, Russia (diaspora), Cyprus, UK, and North Macedonia. During FY2024, we continued to facilitate a coalition of 80 human rights defenders to counter the anti-gender movement and protect human rights. Nepal School Project: For 25 years, The Advocates has partnered with the Sankhu-Palubari community in Nepal to provide the most at-risk children in the area with high-quality education as a genuine alternative to child labor and a pathway to academic success and economic opportunity. The Sankhu-Palubari Community School currently provides an entirely free education, including textbooks, uniforms, and a daily meal, to 375 students enrolled in pre-K through grade 10. Fifty-three percent of the students are girls.