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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: November 2025 Expires: November 2027

Center for Reproductive Rights

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(917) 637-3600
199 Water Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY, 10038
https://reproductiverights.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Center for Reproductive Rights meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to promote public awareness of laws and policies affecting population and human reproduction in the United States of America and throughout the world and to further the exercise of free choice in matters relating to reproductive health and human reproduction."

Year, State Incorporated:
1992, DE

Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) reports that it uses the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world. The organization's litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work, combined with expertise in the use of constitutional, international, and comparative human rights law, seek to transform how reproductive rights are understood by courts, governments, and human rights bodies. CRR states that it has helped strengthen reproductive health laws and policies and expanded access to reproductive health care in more than 65 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America, and the Caribbean, as well as in the United States.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, Center for Reproductive Rights's program expenses were:

Programs $61,783,791
Government and external affairs $10,123,007
Communications $6,498,817
Total Program Expenses $78,405,615

Chief Executive
Nancy Northup, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$634,684

Chair of the Board
Michele Coleman Mayes

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Fromer Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, New York Public Library.

Board Size
23

Paid Staff Size
266

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Telephone appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Membership appeals, Workplace Giving, Cryptocurrency

Fundraising costs were 6% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $101,154,744, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Center for Reproductive Rights's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
In-kind contributions $36,713,125
Contributions $25,947,137
Foundation grants $23,188,952
Bequests $5,368,342
Foreign governments and international organization grants $5,265,362
Special events, net $4,671,826
Investment return $2,834,216
Other income $85,646
Total Income $104,074,606

Programs: 79% Fundraising: 6% Administrative: 15%

Total Income $104,074,606
Total expenses: $99,531,630
  Program expenses $78,405,615
  Fundraising expenses $5,921,591
  Administrative expenses $15,204,424
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $4,542,976
Beginning Net Assets $87,127,266
Other Changes In Net Assets $-58,883
Ending Net Assets $91,611,359
Total Liabilities $25,433,929
Total Assets $117,045,288

Note 1: According to the organization's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024, CRR received in-kind contributions totaling $36,713,125 in the form of legal services.

Note 2: In the above financial section, "other changes in net assets" represents loss on foreign currency exchange.

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Report completed by:
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