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Our Mission:Urgent Action Fund partners with courageous women’s and LBTQI movements worldwide to support activists striving to create cultures of justice, equality, and peace.
Our Sister Funds:In partnership with our two sister funds, Urgent Action Fund-Africa and Urgent Action Fund-Latin America, we strengthen the resilience of feminist movements worldwide to realize equal rights for women, girls, and trans* people.
Each sister Urgent Action Fund is an independent and autonomous organization. Building on our shared history, we use a common rapid response funding model and work collaboratively to advocate for women’s human rights.
Collectively, we support women’s leadership and activism in more than 110 countries, including areas affected by armed conflict, escalating violence, political volatility, and extreme repression.
Make a Gift:Support women’s and LBTQI human rights globally by making a donation online at www.urgentactionfund.org or sending a check to: Urgent Action Fund, 660 13th Street, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94612.
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We can’t feel safe in a country where money
decides, how, when, and who to destroy.
— Women’s Justice Russia
Photo credits:Front and inside cover: Rucha ChitnisBoard and staff: Megan Drace
Featured: Front cover: Jamia Brown, Rethink New OrleansInside cover: Dai’Zha Robinson, Rethink New OrleansLian Gogali,The Women’s School Indonesia
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Foundation for a Just Society
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Rights Organizations of America)
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Foundation of Greater Kansas City
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FoundationMarin Community
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ProtectDefenders.EURadler, White, Parks,
& Alexander, LLPRobert Bosch StiftungRose Foundation for
Communities and the Environment
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TiczonMelissa ExteinMary FallahEdward FarleyLeia FerrariJean Rannells Saul and
Carla FickeStacy Straaberg Finfrock
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JongeKaryn KaplanDanny KaufmanNan Holmes and Steve
KaufmanAnna KireyHannah Kranzberg
Kate KroegerLisa KynviMargaret LadnerJennifer LentferPeter Schattner and Dr.
Susan LessinHelen LeviShira LevineKeely Tongate and
Adam LevyXiu LiRebecca LiebmanSara and Andy LittJudy LubowRuth LudwinDonna LuffChristopher LynchJessica MahonyGabriella MannNathalie MargiMichael Hirschhorn and
Jimena MartinezIhab MassoudLauren MaxwellAnne and Kevan
McCarten-GibbsDavid McConnellBoli MedappaMaria MejiaLauren MillerRebecca MillsUrsula MiniszewskiNadine MoawadDebbie Belote and
Virginia MorganMarea MurrayMargaret NessMargaret NewellIris NgHuong NguyenElaine NonnemanZona NorwoodDevi O’MalleyWendy OsborneKim Oxholm
Saul PalderAlice PangAnn Parker-WayCatherine and Bill
ParrishAnalia PenchaszadehLinda PeriMalaika PettigrewMatthew PickardAlexandra PittmanAlexander PokludaJudy Studenski and
Noami PridjianBahman and Mona
RabiiDeborah RiceJulie RichardsonElisabeth and Robert RixFrancine RizzottoSusan RosenbergAnna RosenbluthPeter RothblattCynthia RothschildChloe SafierDebbie and Louis
SalkindCecilia SantosShira SapersteinSonia SaraiyaRobin SchillerJohn ScholefieldMathias SchweighoferJulia ScrogginPatricia Viseur SellersSumita SenAnasuya SenguptaYumi SeraHealy ShenCatherine and Rony
Shimony
Andrew and Siyane Huzar
Rebecca SotoAshleigh SpiererTina SpringerCaitlin Stanton and
Randy TriggMonica StantonTimothy StantonElizabeth StoneNorma StoneTina TahmoureszadehJenelle ThomsonBarbara and Larry
TongateCara ToolinOlivia TrabyshFiona TraheJane Lewenthal and
Tomo TsukayamaJyri TuulosSoo UhmJeffrey UrmanEmily UtzEvan VandegriffCarly VandegriffVictoria Velazquez-
PatienceElizabeth ViscegliaConnor WallaceTali WeinbergCarol WeissMarissa WeselyEffie WesterveltJanine WileyCheryl WilfongRose WorksJesse WrennCarrie WrightXin XinJudith Zimmer
Assets: $3,187,185Liabilities: $158,630Net Assets: $3,028,555
AUDITED FINANCIALS FOR 2016
Board of DirectorsPatricia Viseur Sellers, Chair, USA/BelgiumMaryam Al-Khawaja, Vice-Chair, Bahrain Paulette Meyer, Treasurer, USACharlotte Bunch, Secretary, USAKamala Chandrakirana, IndonesiaMariam Gagoshashvili, Georgia Roshmi Goswami, IndiaNadine Moawad, Lebanon
StaffKate Kroeger, Executive Director Shalini Eddens, Director of Programs Caitlin Stanton, Director of PartnershipsMeerim Ilyas, Senior Program Officer Nathalie Margi, Senior Advocacy OfficerHuong Nguyen, Senior Learning & Impact OfficerSoo Uhm, Senior Leadership Giving OfficerYvonne Leland, Operations ManagerOlivia Trabysh, Development & Communications
Coordinator
ConsultantsDorinne Ah-KamChloe Batista Ingrid BenedictVirisila BuadromoCarol CantwellDesign Action Collective Megan Drace Melissa Extein Alex HolyKaren IshimaruNeshani Jani
Rich Lawler Anne McCarten-GibbsRhonda PointdexterAmro Radwan Mary Jane RealRamdass SegariShreya ShahSunAnn SutthisunsaneeHelga van KampenGitta Zomorodi
Urgent Action Fund is led by our global Board of Directors and guided by our Advisory Network of 100+ leading human rights activists.
Board of Directors & Staff
EXPENSES$2,241,803
INCOME$3,516,424*
Administration Individuals
Foundations
Government
Programs
Fundraising
25%1%
74%82%
9%9%
* includes funds restricted for use in future years
2016 by the Numbers
21% of grants supported LBTQI activists
173 Rapid Response Grants
96% of US grants directly supported women or trans* people of color-led activism
36%28%
36%
Grants to sister fundsOpportunity
grants
Security grants
Rapid Advocacy Grants
The UAF team (“on-call” Program staff & local advisors) review the application & communicate with the group to learn
more about the situation
24–72 hours later — a grant decision is made / funds are on their way
HOW RAPID RESPONSE GRANTMAKING WORKS
Activists identify a political window
of opportunity
UAF’s 24/7/365
online application
Protecting the most targeted The 2016 US Presidential election emboldened racial violence and increased hate crimes. In response, a youth group sought a rapid response grant and used it to mobilize security trainings on police brutality, public attacks, and lifesaving techniques like first aid and CPR for adolescent girls of color, queer, and transgender youth in New Orleans.
Upholding equitable healthcare When the Spanish Interior Ministry arbitrarily revoked the charitable status of the country’s leading family planning services provider, activists took to the streets to advocate for access to sexual and reproductive health care. A rapid response grant sponsored legal assistance and media coverage to fortify women’s rights over their own bodies. It also secured healthcare access for LBTQI persons, immigrants, those suffering from HIV/AIDS, and the less able bodied who often seek care from women’s health clinics.
Chronicling the gendered side of warConflict in Syria and Iraq has led to extensive human rights violations against Yazidi women. In an effort to highlight the gendered nature of crimes against humanity and collect legal evidence, a rapid response grant covered documentation and coalition building expenses, which bridged networks Yazidi women refugees fleeing ISIS captivity, gender based violence advocates, and Turkish local and state actors.
RESISTANCE UNDETERRED
OUR IMPACT
Top 5 Issue Areas 1. Freedom from Violence 2. Civic & Political Rights 3. Sexual & Reproductive Rights 4. Economic Inequality & Labor Rights5. Environmental Justice, Climate
Change & Land Rights
Rapid Security Grants
A WHRD or THRD* comes under threat
Our Grants at Work
*WHRD stands for women’s human rights defender*THRD stands for trans human rights defender