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2015 ANNUAL REPORT

Our MissionUrgent Action Fund partners with courageous women’s and LGBTI movements worldwide to support activists striving to create cultures of justice, equality, and peace.

The Sister Urgent Action FundsIn partnership with our two sister funds, Urgent Action Fund-Africa and Urgent Action Fund-Latin America, we strengthen the resilience of feminist movements worldwide to realize equal rights for women, girls, and trans* people.

Each sister Urgent Action Fund is an independent and autonomous organization. Building on our shared history, we use a common rapid response funding model and work collaboratively to advocate for women’s human rights.

Collectively, we support women’s leadership and activism in more than 110 countries, including areas affected by armed conflict, escalating violence, political volatility, and extreme repression.

Make a GiftSupport women’s and LGBTI human rights globally by making a donation online at www.urgentactionfund.org or sending a check to: Urgent Action Fund, 660 13th Street, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94612.

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As long as there is discrimination against women, I will continue to fight for the rights of

women, children, and my community.

— Bai Ali Indayla,

Human Rights Defender

http://www.urgentactionfund.org

Our Partners In ChangeGovernments, Foundations, and CorporationsAmazonSmileAmerican Jewish World

ServiceAnchor Point FundAnonymousArsenault Family

FoundationThe Benevity Community

Impact FundBoldeReachChannel FoundationThe Colina FoundationCrosby & Kaneda

Deutsche Bank Matching Gift Program

Dobkin Family FoundationDutch Ministry of Foreign

AffairsThe Edna Wardlaw

Charitable FundEileen FisherEuropean UnionThe Fledgling FundFord FoundationFoundation for a Just

Society

Goldman Sachs Matching Gift Program

Green FundLeocha FundLevi Strauss FoundationThe Mize Family FoundationMoriah FundNovo FoundationOak FoundationThe Ohrstrom FoundationOpen Society FoundationOrchard House FoundationPeace by Piece Fund

Polsky Family Charitable Foundation

Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment

Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Serendipity Charitable Gift Fund of the CFSBC

Sigrid Rausing TrustSol and Doris R. Swiss

Foundation Charitable Trust

Tikva Grassroots Empowerment Fund

Timken-Sturgis FoundationTwanda FoundationUnited Kingdom Foreign

and Commonwealth Office

United Methodist WomenVirginia Lopez FoundationWomen Donors NetworkXpu Foundation

Individuals and FamiliesAnonymous Ranil AbeysekeraSandip AgrawalMert AltintasAngelika ArutyunovaZeynep AtikerJane BarryKathleen Barry and

Bob BurnettAmy Batchelor and

Bradley FeldWillow Battista and

Liam EarlyLouise BellJoanne BergholdElizabeth BernsteinNancy BernsteinMerrill BlackXiomara BlancoRita and Irwin BlittCassandra BlumeAnne BowhaySamuel BrewczynskiGregory BrownDavid BrownCharlotte Bunch and

Roxanna CarrilloRachel Choa-HowardDonna ChiarelliMona ChunJoanie Misrack CiardelliSarah ClarkCarol CohnJanet ColeLinda ColeElizabeth ColtonMartine ConwayClare Coss and

Blanche CookRoger CreusEllie CrossJeremy DavisLouise DavisMarlene Dehlinger

Carol Anne DouglasMary Downton and James

Downton JrMarta Drury and Kerry

Lobel, girls just wanna have funD, a donor advised fund of the Horizon Foundation

Diana DuarteLisa DusseaultWendy EmrichElaine EnarsonEllen EpsteinMichael ErtelJill ErtlJodie EvansMelissa ExteinSara FerreeMercedes FitchettKay and Michael ForsytheSarah FrenchAriella FutralBeau GaerlanGretchen Gagel McCombMariam Gagoshashvili and

Sopo PruidzeLorena GalliotJudith GerbergJohn GillilandAntje GoeldnerLynda GoldsteinMargery GoldmanLouise GomezRachel GordonJulia GreenbergTerry GreenblattSarah GuntherKatherine and Jeff HaasJosie HaddenSara HahnDaniel HallAlexis HalsteadEmily HannermanXiaopei He

Josie HeathMari HickmanSusan Hirsch and

Susan LealMichael Hirschhorn and

Jimena MartinezNan Holmes and Steve

KaufmanLorraine and Victor HonigKaren HossfeldCatherine HowardRachel HumphreyMary HurleyMeerim Ilyas and

Kristie YooMahnaz Ispahani BartosCara JonesAnneke de JongeSaskia de JongeDanny KaufmanDr. Nathan Kaufman

and Lynn FrancoCarolyn KnightPamela KoslynHannah KranzbergVioleta KrasnicMaja KristinKate KroegerRoze-Fleur KuhnSiyana Kukularova and

Andrew HuszarRachel-Alouki LabbéMargaret LadnerAnn Lederer and

Robert HicklerShimrit LeeShira LevineJane LewenthalDolly LiMitch LimbKaty LoveJudy LubowKhalid MakhamrehMeredith Malnick

Nathalie Margi and Joseph Dwyer

Anne McCarten-GibbsJessica McCarthyDavid McConnellBoli MedappaPaulette J. Meyer and

David A. FriedmanRebecca MillsAlex MokPeter MullerMarea MurrayMargaret NewellIris NgRosemary NguyenHuong NguyenElaine NonnemanZona NorwoodDevi O’MalleyMargo Okazawa ReyJulian OsterwalderKim OxholmGilles-Philippe PageCatherine ParrishSue PattersonAnalia PenchaszadehLinda PeriJudith PetersonChristine Pielenz and

Bill LavenTosca Bonardi Pinder and

Bart PinderRoos PollmannDr. Jean Rannells Saul

and Carla FickeMargaret Rayfield and

Hugo ThorneycroftIan RichardsonElisabeth and Robert RixSharon RoseSusan RosenbergCynthia RothschildMichael Sayre

Drs. Peter Schattner and Susan Lessin

Patricia Viseur SellersSumita SenTara ShannonJulie ShawCatherine and

Rony ShimonyJane SoderholmIngrid SrinathCaitlin Stanton and

Randy TriggTimothy StantonJulia StoneStacy Straaberg FinfrockShalini SubramaniamJames SuskinKathleen TkachBarbara and Larry TongateKeely TongateSoo Kyong UhmEmily UtzKara VeitchMarisa VillarrealWendy VolkmannDaniel WayneTali WeinbergMarissa WeselyKirsten Westby and

Phil BartellEffie WesterveltDiane Jordan Wexler and

Bruce BeronTimothy WhiteJo Lynne WhitingKatrin WildeCheryl WilfongCarole WomeldorfRose WorksXin XinJane Yett

Board of DirectorsPatricia Viseur Sellers, Chair, USA / BelgiumMariam Gagoshashvili, Vice Chair, GeorgiaPaulette Meyer, Treasurer & Secretary, USACharlotte Bunch, USAKamala Chandrakirana, IndonesiaRoshmi Goswami, IndiaRachel-Alouki Labbé, First Nations

of Canada – Abenaki Nadine Moawad, Lebanon

StaffKate Kroeger, Executive DirectorShalini Eddens, Director of ProgramsCaitlin Stanton, Director of PartnershipsMeerim Ilyas, Senior Program OfficerNathalie Margi, Senior Advocacy OfficerHuong Nguyen, Senior Learning & Impact OfficerDanny Kaufman, Development & Communications OfficerYvonne Leland, Operations Coordinator

ConsultantsMasha Katz BaerCarol CantwellDesign Action CollectiveMelissa ExteinAlex HolyKaren IshimaruAnne McCarten-GibbsRhonda PoindexterShake Technology

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF

Assets: $2,422,974

Liabilities: $54,015

Net Assets: $2,368,959

82%Programs

Administration

9% 9%

Fundraising

EXPENSES$2,241,803

67%Foundations

INCOME$3,183,131

Government

17% 16%

Individuals

AUDITED FINANCIALS FOR 2015

Urgent Action Fund is led by our global Board of Directors and guided by our Advisory Network of 100+ leading human rights activists.

THEORY CHANGEOFResilient feminist movements.

Laws, policies & social norms that promote equality & justice for women, girls, & trans* people.

Peaceful, just, & equitable societies.

Rapid Response

GrantmakingConvenings & Trainings

Advocacy & Alliance Building

LONG TERM RESULTS

INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES

CORE STRATEGIES

Improved security & well-being for women & trans* activists.

Timely & strategic advocacy by feminist movements.

Practices that promote collective leadership, sustaining activism, & integrated security.

More accessible resources for feminist movements.

Stronger and more diverse networks.

Increased influence in decision-making spaces.

OUR IMPACT

2015 By The Numbers

TOP 5 ISSUE AREAS:1 Freedom from Violence2 Sexual & Reproductive Rights3 Civil & Political Rights4 Environmental Justice, Climate Change,

& Land Rights5 Economic Inequality and Labor Rights

42 No. of countries where Urgent Action Fund provided support to activists.

19% of grants supported LGBTI activists. More than half supported trans* activists.

51%Security grants

143Rapid

responsegrants

Grants to sister funds

36% 13%

Opportunity grants

We support the resilience of women activists & feminist movements worldwide.

Escaping Violence Following the Taliban’s takeover of Kunduz, Afghanistan, women activists were targeted. In response, a series of rapid grants supported the evacuation of activists and their families, the establishment of an emergency shelter, and integrated security trainings to help activists mitigate future threats.

Lifting the Voices of Trans* Women of Color A rapid grant supported a trans*-led group in the US to mobilize an advocacy campaign on the alarming rates of police brutality against trans* women of color. The campaign included a public demonstration, community meetings with government officials, and a “Rest In Power” quilt project featuring the stories of trans* women who have been murdered.

Supporting Women and Girl Refugees In response to the refugee crisis in Europe, a rapid grant supported a feminist group in Croatia to provide psychological and legal support to refugee women and girls from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. As part of this, a delegation of women Nobel Peace Prize winners met with refugee women to document their experiences and advocate for their safe travel.