Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133695377
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4125622408
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $310,593
- Expenses
- $361,516
- Assets
- $26,322
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LEO GERARD (PRESIDENT)
- CHARLES KERNAGHAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CHARLES KERNAGHAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $120,606 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization exposes human and labor rights abuses committed by u.s. And e.u. Companies producing goods in the developing world . The organization works to support workers struggling for their rights and undertakes public education, research and social advocacy to empower people in our own country and abroad to meet this challenge in the global economy to develop the democratic networks and institutions that will help to ensure economic justice and dignity for workers in the developing world.
What it reported doing in 2016
The institute was incorporated in 1993 as the national labor committee in support of worker and human rights, and is a human rights advocacy organization dedicated to direct research, promotion and public education regarding the human rights of workers in the global economy. Through longstanding relationships with human, womens and labor rights ngos in the developing world, the institute supports workers' efforts to learn and win their rights, while documenting working conditions and abuses in production destined for the u.s. And europe and providing valuable information for u.s. Citizens and policy makers.the institute's direct research, reports, web resources and videos combining case studies with economic data, trade statistics, information on public policy and the practices of u.s. And european union multinational corporations sourcing production in poor, developing countries have become an important resource for members of congress and other policy-makers, labor and religious leaders and the press.in recent years, us and european corporations, especially in the apparel and toy sectors, have sought the institute's help to ensure that the factories where they contract production comply with fundamental worker rights and local labor law. The institute's campaigns offer americans an opportunity to take concrete action toward ending worker abuses, child labor and human trafficking; supporting workers in their efforts to win improved conditions; demanding transparency and accountability multinational corporations with regard to conditions in the factories where their products are produced and, ultimately, building support for legislation that will provide more systematic protection for the rights of workers in the global economy.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $26.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Pass
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -16.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 33.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $325K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2016
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.