Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650494157
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Coral Gables, FL, USA
Phone
3053902786
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Human Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,970,392
Expenses
$2,101,628
Assets
$88,665
Liabilities
$207,288

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSE ANTONIO COSTA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • HUGO ACHA (EMPLOYEE): $157,500 total reported compensation
  • HUGH OROZCO (EMPLOYEE): $102,375 total reported compensation
  • MAGDELIVIA HIDALGO (EMPLOYEE): $101,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The foundation for human rights in cuba (fhrc) is 501(c)3 non-profit organization established in 1992 to promote a nonviolent transition to a free and democratic cuba with zero tolerance to human rights abuses. Fhrc seeking to empower human rights defenders and activists who are working for change in cuba through non-violent means. These includes prisoners of conscience and their families independent journalists, legal defense, bloggers and any marginalized sector of the society. Fhrc feels a profound responsibility to support and empower the cuban civil society in its efforts to obtain this transition.

What it reported doing in 2025

Nec: succinectly, the key achievements of fhrc in cuba that are partially related to the generous support of ned 1. To empower the victims of repression with a tool to expose the identities of their repressors. This tool is our electronic data base that collects pictures, names, ranks and other information of those who repress cuban citizens either violently, judicially, administratively or other means. The data base is a deterrent because their names and information feeds the department of state for the imposition of individual sanctions. These tools are matched with name and shame campaigns to cuba exposing the repressors in flyers and digital communications. 2. The exceptional outreach of our media that debunks, the myths of the official propoganda, breaking the government's monopoly on information and dissemitation of ideas. 3. The exceptional outreach of our media that debunks the myths of the official propagandam breaking the governments's monopoly on information and dissemination of ideas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 92% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.7%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.34; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.