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Boston civil rights and social justice organizations

There are 298civil rights and advocacy organizations in the greater Bostonmetro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro civil rights and social justice organizationsemploy 926 people, earn more than $150 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $221 million.
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Types of civil rights and social justice organizations in Boston

Job trends for Boston civil rights and social justice organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
31
1-10
36
11-25
11
26-100
17
101 to 1,000
0
1,000+
0
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Sizes of civil rights and social justice organizations in Boston

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
70
$250k to $1M
30
$1M to $5M
26
$5M to $25M
8
$25M to $100M
0
$100M+
0
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Directory of civil rights and social justice organizations in Boston

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1-20 of 298

Accelerate Change

Accelerate Change helps social change organizations build capacity and innovate to advance economic equality, healthcare, immigrant integration, and more.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$7.7m
Employees
0
EIN
82-3400062
IRS type
501(c)(3)

ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts

Defends freedoms through litigation and education. Provides legal support to advance civil liberties and rights. Located in Boston, MA.
Revenue
$10.0m
Assets
$28.6m
Employees
49
EIN
47-3686152
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Gay and Andlesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD)

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation.
Revenue
$8.0m
Assets
$9.1m
Employees
34
EIN
04-2660498
IRS type
501(c)(3)

One Fair Wage

One Fair Wage improves labor conditions nationally, promoting public good through education and services to underserved communities, with HQ in Cambridge.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$7.3m
Employees
42
EIN
85-0692228
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cultural Survival

Cultural Survival is a global leader in the fight to protect indigenous lands, languages, and cultures around the world. In partnership with indigenous peoples, they advocate for native communities whose rights, cultures, and dignity are under threat.
Revenue
$15.6m
Assets
$14.8m
Employees
14
EIN
23-7182593
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Disability Rights Fund (DRF)

DRF supports DPO in the developing world to take the lead in advocating for the human rights of persons with disabilities at local and national levels, utilizing the mechanism of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Revenue
$13.7m
Assets
$14.2m
Employees
10
EIN
27-5026293
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Keshet

Keshet promotes full equality of LGBTQ Jews and their families in Jewish life, providing education and support to build affirming communities.
Revenue
$6.6m
Assets
$8.8m
Employees
34
EIN
48-1278664
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review

ICER is an independent organization providing evidence-based healthcare solutions to achieve higher-value care for Americans.
Revenue
$9.2m
Assets
$15.5m
Employees
43
EIN
46-3250612
IRS type
501(c)(3)

MuckRock Foundation

MuckRock is a non-profit news site that promotes transparency by requesting, analyzing, and sharing government documents.
Revenue
$3.3m
Assets
$2.1m
Employees
34
EIN
81-1485228
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Center for Public Interest Research

The Center for Public Interest Research conducts research, organizing, community service, and public education around critical public interest issues.
Revenue
$3.3m
Assets
$6.0m
Employees
53
EIN
04-2863170
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Visions (Visions Inc)

VISIONS Inc is a pioneering multicultural training and consulting organization that initiates a positive learning journey for people and groups to become catalysts for change.
Revenue
$3.0m
Assets
$2.0m
Employees
36
EIN
52-1378064
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Promise Education Fund

American Promise Education Fund educates, inspires and empowers Americans to strengthen democracy through citizen-led constitutional amendments.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$1.8m
Employees
29
EIN
47-4601462
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lawyers for Civil Rights

Lawyers' committee for Civil Rights and economic justice, Inc. (the organization") is a nonprofit, nonpartisan legal organization that fosters equal opportunity and fights discrimination on behalf of people of color and immigrants.
Revenue
$3.0m
Assets
$4.6m
Employees
17
EIN
04-3490614
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)

The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) is the largest organization in New England promoting the rights and integration of immigrants and refugees.
Revenue
$3.7m
Assets
$4.5m
Employees
61
EIN
22-3115048
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (BAGLY)

BAGLY provides community-based leadership development, health promotion and social support programs for Massachusetts LGBTQ youth communities, and is a leader in local and national LGBTQ youth advocacy work and workforce development.
Revenue
$3.0m
Assets
$4.6m
Employees
32
EIN
04-2785336
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Vot-Er

Vot-Er envisions a healthy country powered by a more inclusive American democracy. It promotes civic engagement and equitable healthcare access in Boston.
Revenue
$3.2m
Assets
$2.4m
Employees
36
EIN
86-2040929
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Turnup Activism

Turnup Activism is a hub for civic engagement, youth voter registration, and social justice campaigns through mobile apps and training programs.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$2.0m
Employees
4
EIN
83-3917641
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Disability Policy Consortium

Disability Policy Consortium advocates for public policy that positively impacts the lives of people with disabilities by redefining the government's role. Their programs focus on advocacy for persons with disabilities.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$1.6m
Employees
27
EIN
04-3570281
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Haymarket People's Fund

Haymarket People's Fund is an anti-racist and multi-cultural foundation that is committed to strengthening the movement for social justice in New England.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$12.7m
Employees
5
EIN
04-2586725
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Parents for Peace

Parents for Peace is a civil rights or social justice alliances or advocate in Brookline, MA whose mission is: Parents for Peace empowers families to prevent extremism, offering support and a help-line.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$627.7k
Employees
10
EIN
47-4142897
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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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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