Taraaz

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854250521
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Phone
3234748614
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Human Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,783
Expenses
$116,411
Assets
$63,765

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROYA PAKZAD (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • ROYA PAKZAD (CEO)
  • MIRIAM DAVIS (Secretary)
  • ANNA FRIZ (CFO)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Researching and advocating for human rights in the digital age

What it reported doing in 2024

Activities center around the follwing: 1) conducting human rights impact assessments informed by the un guidung principles on business and human rights methodology and other human-centric design principles. 2) developing open-sourced and creative common licensed educational material and guiding tools to audit and evaluate human rights impacts of digital products and services and to mitigate potential adverse impacts. 3) producing cross-disciplinary research papers and policy reports on topics including but not limited to human rights implications of technical designs, the digital divide between and within countries, discriminatory outcomes of algorithmic decision-making systems on vunerable groups, and more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.3%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 65.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.7% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $115K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.