Oxfam America

Legal name: Oxfam-america Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237069110
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Boston, MA, United States
Phone
(800) 776-9326
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,074,205
Expenses
$78,316,208
Assets
$65,862,477
Liabilities
$11,833,359

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

Leadership & pay

38 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAXMAN ABBY (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MAXMAN ABBY (PRESIDENT & CEO): $525,298 total reported compensation
  • CUMMINGS GINA (VP OF POLICY & PRACTICE): $335,970 total reported compensation
  • KURMANN THOMAS (VP RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT): $335,323 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Oxfam is a global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice. How do I intern or volunteer with Oxfam America? Interested in being a volunteer or intern at Oxfam America? We're looking for highly motivated people to support our mission and bring excellent interpersonal and communication skills to the task. Internships and volunteer positions provide a substantive, challenging work experience and will expand your understanding of Oxfam America's work. You will receive a confirmation email and will be contacted if you are selected as a candidate. If there are no open positions that match your interests, you can still add your information to our database, so that we can send you notifications of new jobs based on your interests.

What it reported doing in 2025

Saving lives emergency response and preparedness: oxfam america and partners delivered life-saving assistance and protected dignity across some of the world's most fragile, conflict-affected regions. In gaza, oxfam advocated for unrestricted humanitarian access and a permanent ceasefire while reaching over 59,000 people with food, clean water, hygiene supplies. In the drc, oxfam restored water systems, distributed hygiene kits, supported survivors of gender-based violence, and strengthened peacebuilding, reaching more than 193,000 people. In south sudan, oxfam provided essential wash and protection services to over 10,000 displaced people in jonglei state; supported refugees and returnees near renk with clean water and sanitation; distributed dignity kits; and rehabilitated traditional water reservoirs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • 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: 95.3%; rating input score 95; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 71.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $55.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $525K · 38 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.6M reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 30 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 17 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 13/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.