Humanistsinternationalinc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522194803
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022389088
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,762
Expenses
$323,218
Assets
$3,786,134
Liabilities
$1,966

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GARY MCLELLAND (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • ANDREW COPSON (PRESIDENT)
  • MAGGIE ARDIENTE (PRESIDENT)
  • ROSLYN MOULD (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GARY MCLELLAND (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $122,250 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We build, support, and represent the global humanist movement and work to champion human rights and secularism.

What it reported doing in 2025

Supporting humanists at risk provided comprehensive protection, resources, and strategic crisis management for humanists at risk globally while expanding research into international persecution. The organization maintained a dedicated resource library covering safety, temporary relocation, and asylum, while delivering specialized training and advice to member and associate organizations to build community- the program successfully expanded its data collection, analysis, and case study research, deepening the evidence base for long-term advocacy and collaborative campaigns with specialist human rights organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 52.8%; rating input score 53
  • Fundraising efficiency: $40.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -129.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.71; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 52.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $171K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $122K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.