Uyghur American Association Inc

What it reported doing in 2015

UAAs Uyghur Human Rights Project produced two in-depth reports and two briefings. A report on bilingual education was launched with a panel discussion in Washington, DC in May 2015 and in December 2015 UHRP released a report on political prisoners featuring profiles of eight prisoners of conscience as well as a petition for their release, which was also translated into Chinese. The two briefings were an alternate report for Chinas review before the UN Committee on Torture, as well as an analysis of Chinas New Counter-Terrorism law. The reports were distributed electronically to over 3,000 recipients on the email list and made available on the website. Hard copies were also printed and distributed. UHRP issued several dozen press releases in both Chinese and English. Media outlets such as Voice of America, CNN, MSNBC, South China Morning Post, Al-Jazeera, the Economist, Reuters, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal cited the press releases. UAA engaged in social media outreach over Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and a message board maintained on the UAA website. UHRP also published dozens of blog posts in Chinese and English, and produced new installments in a multimedia oral history project. In the ongoing initiative to connect Uyghur rights advocacy with Chinese democracy supporters, UHRP continued to develop its Chinese website and released new original research in Chinese. UHRPs Chinese Twitter has attracted thousands of followers in China and globally, and the Chinese website has in some months surpassed traffic to the English site. The Chinese Outreach Coordinator addressed Chinese democracy activists in several conferences and increased the prominence of Uyghur human rights within Chinese democracy forums. For outreach and advocacy, UHRP staff spoke at a number of NGO and academic forums, and published writing in diverse online forums. UAA worked and met with Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Initiatives for China, the U.S. Department of State, CECC, UNPO, Reporters Without Borders, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, UNHCR, Human Rights in China, the International Campaign for Tibet and Freedom House, among many others. UAA organized many well-attended events for the Uyghur American community. The events ranged from those with a cultural focus, such as Uyghur New Year and National Day to those with a more activist character, such as demonstrations. Uyghur community ties in the United States were kept strong by the mobilizing actions of UAA. The organization offers moral support to Uyghur residents in the USA that is invaluable to maintaining a healthy and productive Uyghur contribution to American life.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -2,915.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 24%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: -19.3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings