Public Charity

PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT

PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT is a Public Charity headquartered in OAKLAND, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $15.4M revenue, $10.8M expenses, $10.1M total assets. 39 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $10.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 884139028 OAKLAND, CA Civil Rights NTEE: R20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$15.4M
Total Expenses$10.8M
Total Assets$10.1M
Grant Records39
Funding Total$10.0M
Filing Years2023–2025

Mission

PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT (PRP) CLOSES THE GAP BETWEEN THE PROMISE OF OUR LAWS AND THE LIVED REALITY OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE U.S. TO EQUITABLY ENFORCE LAWS THAT PROTECT PEOPLE'S CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

Where $100 goes at Public Rights Project

How Public Rights Project divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 3 years.

$69 Programs the work itself
$18 Management running the organization
$13 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $69 for programs

$69
We empower city, state and tribal government officials protecting civil rights through: litigation, training and professional development, convening and connecting, storytelling and living our values
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Alida Garcia
DIRECTOR, TREASURER & SECRETARY Andrew Sommer
DIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIR Bachul Koul
DIRECTOR Brynne Craig
DIRECTOR Chiraag Bains
CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Dawn Raftery

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$6,872,282 28 grants
Economic Development
$1,234,548 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$978,565 2 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$326,000 2 grants
Human & Social Services
$75,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $15.4M $10.8M $10.1M
2024 $6.6M $6.7M $5.4M
2023 $8.6M $3.4M $5.5M

Between 2023 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $8.6M to $15.4M (+78%), with total assets most recently reported at $10.1M.

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