NAMATI

Innovations in Legal Empowerment

Washington, DC | www.namati.org

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NAMATI

EIN: 45-2796201

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as of September 2023

IRS BMF 509(a)(1)
as of September 18, 2023

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Mission

Law is supposed to be a sacred thread that ties us together, and protects each one of us. But for billions of people around the world the law is broken. It’s an abstraction, or worse, a threat, but not something we can use to exercise our basic rights. Namati is building a global movement of grassroots legal advocates who give people the power to understand, use, and shape the law. These advocates form a dynamic, creative frontline that can squeeze justice out of even broken systems. Legal empowerment advocates treat their clients as empowered citizens rather than victims requiring an expert service. Instead of “I will solve this problem for you,” our message is: “We will solve this together, and you will grow stronger in the process.”

Ruling year info

2013

Chief Executive Officer

Vivek Maru

Main address

1616 P St. NW Suite 101

Washington, DC 20036 USA

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EIN

45-2796201

Subject area info

Public interest law

Human rights

Public safety

Population served info

Adults

Ethnic and racial groups

Low-income people

NTEE code info

Crime, Legal Related N.E.C. (I99)

IRS subsection

501(c)(3) Public Charity

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

Tax forms

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Communication

Blog

Affiliations

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Programs and results

Reports and documents

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Law has the power to advance equality: by protecting against abuse, and giving people a chance to shape their own lives. And yet the World Justice Project estimates that five billion people live outside the protection of the law. For these people, law is an abstraction, or worse, or a threat, but not something they can use to exercise their basic rights. They are unfairly driven from their land, denied essential services, extorted by officials, excluded from society, and intimidated by violence. At the root of each of these problems there are profound imbalances of power—between farmers and a mining company, say, or between members of a historically stateless community and the government where they live. Moreover, there are also massive gaps between stated legal protections and lived experience. People’s lives cannot improve if they do not have the power to exercise their rights. Development cannot succeed without justice.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Land Justice and Environmental Justice

Through a legal empowerment approach, land and environmental justice aims to increase land tenure security, gain recognition for community land rights and
significantly reduce environmental and social harm in mining, agricultural, or development projects.

Population(s) Served

Adults

Citizenship Justice

Namati’s Right to Citizenship work is based on the belief that equal, full citizenship rights should be realized by all Kenyans. Yet, 5 million+ Kenyans are citizens in law, but are discriminated against when trying to acquire basic citizenship documents. These Muslim-majority ethnic and tribal groups in Kenya are subjected to an arbitrary vetting process when applying for ID cards, birth certificates, and passports. As a result, many remain without documentation and are unable to access basic rights and public services such as education, healthcare, financial services, voting, and other entitlements due to them as citizens. Namati supports discriminated communities to access key citizenship documents through legal empowerment

Population(s) Served

Adults

Health Justice

Namati Mozambique deploys a network of health advocates, or defensores de saúde, to empower communities to know their rights to health services under law and to seek accountability – and where applicable, redress – from the system.

Population(s) Served

Adults

Where we work

Awards

The Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2016

Skoll Foundation

External reviews

Videos

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of remedies achieved

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Ethnic and racial groups, Health, Social and economic status

Related Program

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

A remedy is a meaningful change that improves the lives of clients and communities at large.

Number of people positively affected

Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Ethnic and racial groups, Health, Social and economic status

Related Program

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

The people who directly benefit from legal remedies achieved through Namati’s cases.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn more about Sustainable Development Goals.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Reports and documents

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

What is the organization aiming to accomplish?

We advance social and environmental justice by building a movement of people who know, use, and shape the law.

Namati and our partners train and deploy community paralegals—also known as barefoot lawyers—to support communities in taking on some of the greatest injustices of our times: protecting community lands, enforcing environmental law, and securing basic rights to healthcare and citizenship. Together with the communities we serve, we strive to translate the lessons from our grassroots experience into positive, large-scale changes to laws and systems.

Namati also convenes the Legal Empowerment Network, over 2,700 organizations and 10,360 individuals from every part of the world. We are learning from one another, advocating together, and joining forces to bring justice everywhere.

What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?

1. Paralegals work with communities to solve justice problems at the grassroots. Together, they protect community lands, enforce environmental law, and secure basic rights to healthcare and citizenship. These remedies improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every year.

2. The individuals who work closely with the paralegals learn about their rights and how to realize them using the law. They often go on to support others in their communities, creating ripples of empowerment.

3. We draw on grassroots experience to advocate for changes that make the system better for everyone. Paralegals rigorously collect data on every case they handle. We assess that information to identify where systems are failing and how they can improve. Together with the communities with which we work, we use that information to advocate for reforms to laws and policies. These changes can positively affect entire nations.

What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?

Namati is the first and only global organization dedicated to legal empowerment. Since our founding in 2011 we have demonstrated how paralegals can advance justice in four areas – citizenship, health, land, and environment – and we have convened a 7500+ member global network dedicated to legal empowerment.

We operate in Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Kenya, India, Myanmar and the United States, where we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We undergird a mission-driven culture with integrated systems – finance, human resources, communications, and others – that support our functioning as an integrated whole, while respecting the context and independence of our offices. We currently administer nearly 40+ awards from a broad range of funders, and have received clean financial audits every year since inception.

We employ nearly 160 staff across our offices, including over 50 paralegals directly employed by Namati. We often jointly implement with partner organizations –such as the Nubian Rights Forum in Kenya or Than Lwin Thisar in Myanmar – who bring local knowledge and legitimacy. Our joint implementing partners employ another nearly 150 paralegals.

We are a learning organization. We study all our efforts rigorously. We collect data on every case and have developed common indicators that allow us to learn comparatively across issues and countries. We seek to continuously improve our work and to grow the evidence base for our field.

Namati’s work has been featured in/on Democracy Journal, Amanpour & Co. New York Times, the Guardian, WIRED, the Washington Post, among others, and has been documented by the Sundance Institute. Vivek Maru, Namati’s CEO, gave a TED Talk in 2017 which has been viewed over a million times. In 2016, Namati was honored with the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and in 2017, the Schwab Foundation named Vivek Maru and colleague Sonkita Conteh two of its Social Entrepreneurs of the Year. Namati has a perfect score, 100/100, on Charity Navigator and has earned Guidestar’s Gold Seal of Transparency. Since Namati’s inception they have received clean audits without qualification.

What have they accomplished so far and what's next?

Please download our annual reports. The most recent one is here: https://namati.org/impact-report-2020/

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

We shared information about our current feedback practices.

How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

Financials

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Fiscal year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

Financial documents

Yes, financials were audited by an independent accountant.

Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

NET GAIN/LOSS: in

Note: When component data are not available, the graph displays the total Revenue and/or Expense values.

Liquidity in 2022

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

33.22

Average of 10.72 over 10 years

Months of cash in 2022

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

42.3

Average of 8.1 over 10 years

Fringe rate in 2022

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

22%

Average of 18% over 10 years

Funding sources

Source: IRS Form 990

Assets & liabilities

Source: IRS Form 990

Financial data

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

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Revenue & expenses

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

Fiscal year ending: Download Data

Revenue
Contributions	$2,140,660
Government Grants	$2,403,115
Program Services	$17,777
Investments	$0
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$3,598
Total Revenue	$4,565,150

Expenses
Program Services	$1,710,051
Administration	$257,634
Fundraising	$309
Total Expenses	$1,967,994
Net Gain/Loss	$2,597,156

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$9,492
Advertising & Promotion	$0
Information Technology Expenses	$9,789
Insurance Expenses	$433
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$12,992
Pension Plan Contributions	$18,077
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$3,846,342
Government Grants	$43,331
Program Services	$0
Investments	$2,095
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$9,375
Total Revenue	$3,901,143

Expenses
Program Services	$3,086,456
Administration	$383,785
Fundraising	$411
Total Expenses	$3,470,652
Net Gain/Loss	$430,491

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$33,181
Advertising & Promotion	$845
Information Technology Expenses	$54,559
Insurance Expenses	$2,479
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$5,841
Pension Plan Contributions	$37,627
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$2,514,355
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$0
Investments	$21,556
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$27,167
Total Revenue	$2,563,078

Expenses
Program Services	$2,577,763
Administration	$572,912
Fundraising	$60,455
Total Expenses	$3,211,130
Net Gain/Loss	($648,052)

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$23,736
Advertising & Promotion	$2,620
Information Technology Expenses	$25,620
Insurance Expenses	$2,240
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$2,244
Pension Plan Contributions	$46,439
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$2,799,251
Government Grants	$0
Program Services	$12,250
Investments	$21,243
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$25,629
Total Revenue	$2,858,373

Expenses
Program Services	$3,223,782
Administration	$739,527
Fundraising	$85,396
Total Expenses	$4,048,705
Net Gain/Loss	($1,190,332)

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$21,623
Advertising & Promotion	$8,726
Information Technology Expenses	$47,751
Insurance Expenses	$2,960
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$4,171
Pension Plan Contributions	$67,382
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$12,266

Revenue
Contributions	$5,334,499
Government Grants	$853,420
Program Services	$0
Investments	$22,430
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$16,896
Total Revenue	$6,227,245

Expenses
Program Services	$3,256,810
Administration	$719,706
Fundraising	$138,082
Total Expenses	$4,114,598
Net Gain/Loss	$2,112,647

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$21,906
Advertising & Promotion	$5,786
Information Technology Expenses	$21,809
Insurance Expenses	$3,431
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$4,143
Pension Plan Contributions	$78,734
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$21,427

Revenue
Contributions	$3,588,653
Government Grants	$635,839
Program Services	$0
Investments	$22,608
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$4,247,100

Expenses
Program Services	$4,055,703
Administration	$860,619
Fundraising	$226,519
Total Expenses	$5,142,841
Net Gain/Loss	($895,741)

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$22,852
Advertising & Promotion	$6,381
Information Technology Expenses	$21,387
Insurance Expenses	$3,687
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$2,315
Pension Plan Contributions	$96,211
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$30,501

Revenue
Contributions	$4,369,578
Government Grants	$595,377
Program Services	$0
Investments	$15,009
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$4,979,964

Expenses
Program Services	$4,268,835
Administration	$912,859
Fundraising	$258,091
Total Expenses	$5,439,785
Net Gain/Loss	($459,821)

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$22,517
Advertising & Promotion	$6,827
Information Technology Expenses	$17,577
Insurance Expenses	$5,195
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$2,700
Pension Plan Contributions	$117,545
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$7,290,235
Government Grants	$1,053,971
Program Services	$0
Investments	$0
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$8,344,206

Expenses
Program Services	$4,903,206
Administration	$1,054,925
Fundraising	$294,455
Total Expenses	$6,252,586
Net Gain/Loss	$2,091,620

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$23,916
Advertising & Promotion	$7,953
Information Technology Expenses	$19,685
Insurance Expenses	$13,672
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$8,315
Pension Plan Contributions	$133,429
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$8,225,246
Government Grants	$1,965,285
Program Services	$0
Investments	$0
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$1,699
Total Revenue	$10,192,230

Expenses
Program Services	$4,824,362
Administration	$1,153,898
Fundraising	$402,110
Total Expenses	$6,380,370
Net Gain/Loss	$3,811,860

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$28,601
Advertising & Promotion	$2,908
Information Technology Expenses	$18,174
Insurance Expenses	$14,267
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$0
Pension Plan Contributions	$173,130
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$0

Revenue
Contributions	$11,187,332
Government Grants	$3,397,971
Program Services	$0
Investments	$124,213
Special Events	$0
Sales	$0
Other	$0
Total Revenue	$14,709,516

Expenses
Program Services	$7,973,910
Administration	$1,821,691
Fundraising	$296,379
Total Expenses	$10,091,980
Net Gain/Loss	$4,617,536

Functional expenses
Accounting Fees	$34,859
Advertising & Promotion	$9,982
Information Technology Expenses	$19,142
Insurance Expenses	$21,273
Interest Expenses	$0
Investment Management Fees	$0
Legal Fees	$30,612
Pension Plan Contributions	$304,486
Professional Fundraising Expenses	$9,834

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Balance sheet

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

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Assets	Jan 01, 2012	Dec 31, 2012	Change
Contributions	$2,140,660
Cash & Equivalents	$0	$602,511	$602,511
Accounts Receivable	$0	$45,379	$45,379
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$0	$2,406,702	$2,406,702
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$59,664	$59,664
Other	$0	$6,460	$6,460
Total Assets	$0	$3,120,716	$3,120,716

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2012	Dec 31, 2012	Change
Accounts Payable	$0	$151,609	$151,609
Grants Payable	$0	$371,951	$371,951
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$0	$0
Total Liabilities	$0	$523,560	$523,560

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2012	Dec 31, 2012	Change
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets	$0	$2,585,985	$2,585,985
Permanently Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Total Restricted Net Assets	$0	$2,585,985	$2,585,985
Unrestricted Net Assets	$0	$11,171	$11,171
Net Assets	$0	$2,597,156	$2,597,156

Assets	Jan 01, 2013	Dec 31, 2013	Change
Contributions	$3,846,342
Cash & Equivalents	$602,511	$1,627,045	$1,024,534
Accounts Receivable	$45,379	$40,000	($5,379)
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$2,406,702	$1,350,845	($1,055,857)
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$0	$502,065	$502,065
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$59,664	$29,832	($29,832)
Other	$6,460	$30,721	$24,261
Total Assets	$3,120,716	$3,580,508	$459,792

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2013	Dec 31, 2013	Change
Accounts Payable	$151,609	$99,572	($52,037)
Grants Payable	$371,951	$453,289	$81,338
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$0	$0
Total Liabilities	$523,560	$552,861	$29,301

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2013	Dec 31, 2013	Change
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets	$2,585,985	$2,944,856	$358,871
Permanently Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Total Restricted Net Assets	$2,585,985	$2,944,856	$358,871
Unrestricted Net Assets	$11,171	$82,791	$71,620
Net Assets	$2,597,156	$3,027,647	$430,491

Assets	Jan 01, 2014	Dec 31, 2014	Change
Contributions	$2,514,355
Cash & Equivalents	$1,627,045	$528,271	($1,098,774)
Accounts Receivable	$40,000	$3,001	($36,999)
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$1,350,845	$1,367,275	$16,430
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$502,065	$508,663	$6,598
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$29,832	$73,454	$43,622
Other	$30,721	$33,730	$3,009
Total Assets	$3,580,508	$2,514,394	($1,066,114)

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2014	Dec 31, 2014	Change
Accounts Payable	$99,572	$87,808	($11,764)
Grants Payable	$453,289	$61,667	($391,622)
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$0	$0	$0
Total Liabilities	$552,861	$149,475	($403,386)

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2014	Dec 31, 2014	Change
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets	$2,944,856	$2,364,919	-$579,937
Permanently Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Total Restricted Net Assets	$2,944,856	$2,364,919	($579,937)
Unrestricted Net Assets	$82,791	$0	($82,791)
Net Assets	$3,027,647	$2,364,919	($662,728)

Assets	Jan 01, 2015	Dec 31, 2015	Change
Contributions	$2,799,251
Cash & Equivalents	$528,271	$478,164	($50,107)
Accounts Receivable	$0	$0	$0
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$1,370,276	$154,639	($1,215,637)
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$508,663	$510,624	$1,961
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$73,454	$63,729	($9,725)
Other	$33,730	$82,316	$48,586
Total Assets	$2,514,394	$1,289,472	($1,224,922)

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2015	Dec 31, 2015	Change
Accounts Payable	$86,221	$135,341	$49,120
Grants Payable	$61,667	$0	($61,667)
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$1,587	$2,400	$813
Total Liabilities	$149,475	$137,741	($11,734)

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2015	Dec 31, 2015	Change
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets	$2,099,204	$519,750	-$1,579,454
Permanently Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Total Restricted Net Assets	$2,099,204	$519,750	($1,579,454)
Unrestricted Net Assets	$265,715	$631,981	$366,266
Net Assets	$2,364,919	$1,151,731	($1,213,188)

Assets	Jan 01, 2016	Dec 31, 2016	Change
Contributions	$5,334,499
Cash & Equivalents	$478,164	$945,622	$467,458
Accounts Receivable	$0	$0	$0
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$154,639	$1,822,478	$1,667,839
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$510,624	$546,117	$35,493
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$63,729	$31,865	($31,864)
Other	$82,316	$101,869	$19,553
Total Assets	$1,289,472	$3,447,951	$2,158,479

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2016	Dec 31, 2016	Change
Accounts Payable	$135,341	$129,457	($5,884)
Grants Payable	$0	$40,602	$40,602
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$2,400	$451	($1,949)
Total Liabilities	$137,741	$170,510	$32,769

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2016	Dec 31, 2016	Change
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets	$614,223	$1,599,891	$985,668
Permanently Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Total Restricted Net Assets	$614,223	$1,599,891	$985,668
Unrestricted Net Assets	$537,508	$1,677,550	$1,140,042
Net Assets	$1,151,731	$3,277,441	$2,125,710

Assets	Jan 01, 2017	Dec 31, 2017	Change
Contributions	$3,588,653
Cash & Equivalents	$945,622	$813,005	($132,617)
Accounts Receivable	$0	$0	$0
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$1,822,478	$1,097,118	($725,360)
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$546,117	$563,020	$16,903
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$31,865	$0	($31,865)
Other	$101,869	$102,012	$143
Total Assets	$3,447,951	$2,575,155	($872,796)

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2017	Dec 31, 2017	Change
Accounts Payable	$129,457	$198,659	$69,202
Grants Payable	$40,602	$0	($40,602)
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$451	$451	$0
Total Liabilities	$170,510	$199,110	$28,600

Fund balance	Jan 01, 2017	Dec 31, 2017	Change
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets	$1,599,891	$886,707	-$713,184
Permanently Restricted Net Assets	$0	$0	$0
Total Restricted Net Assets	$1,599,891	$886,707	($713,184)
Unrestricted Net Assets	$1,677,550	$1,489,338	($188,212)
Net Assets	$3,277,441	$2,376,045	($901,396)

Assets	Jan 01, 2018	Dec 31, 2018	Change
Contributions	$4,369,578
Cash & Equivalents	$813,005	$1,185,359	$372,354
Accounts Receivable	$0	$0	$0
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$1,097,118	$817,102	($280,016)
Receivable, Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investment, Securities	$563,020	$0	($563,020)
Investment, Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets (LBE - Depreciation)	$0	$26,162	$26,162
Other	$102,012	$158,351	$56,339
Total Assets	$2,575,155	$2,186,974	($388,181)

Liabilities	Jan 01, 2018	Dec 31, 2018	Change
Accounts Payable	$198,659	$276,580	$77,921
Grants Payable	$0	$0	$0
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$451	$0	($451)
Total Liabilities	$199,110	$276,580	$77,470

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Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitions

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

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Business model indicators

Profitability	2017	2018	2019	2020	2022
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation	-$156,347	-$136,470	$1,520,601	$3,554,231	$1,756,121
As % of expenses	-3.1%	-2.5%	24.4%	55.8%	17.4%
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation	-$188,212	-$149,550	$1,507,520	$3,541,150	$1,746,954
As % of expenses	-3.7%	-2.7%	24.1%	55.5%	17.3%

Revenue composition
Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted)	$4,247,100	$4,979,964	$8,344,206	$10,192,230	$14,709,516
Total revenue, % change over prior year	-31.8%	17.3%	67.6%	22.1%	0.0%
Program services revenue	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Membership dues	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Investment income	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
Government grants	15.0%	12.0%	12.6%	19.3%	23.1%
All other grants and contributions	84.5%	87.7%	87.4%	80.7%	76.1%
Other revenue	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Expense composition
Total expenses before depreciation	$5,110,976	$5,426,705	$6,239,505	$6,367,289	$10,082,813
Total expenses, % change over prior year	25.2%	6.2%	15.0%	2.0%	0.0%
Personnel	46.8%	49.5%	48.2%	59.2%	51.3%
Professional fees	11.4%	12.5%	13.0%	7.7%	9.3%
Occupancy	3.0%	2.7%	2.5%	2.2%	1.4%
Interest	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Pass-through	26.9%	24.1%	25.2%	26.1%	28.2%
All other expenses	11.9%	11.3%	11.1%	4.8%	9.9%

Full cost components (estimated)	2017	2018	2019	2020	2022
Total expenses (after depreciation)	$5,142,841	$5,439,785	$6,252,586	$6,380,370	$10,091,980
One month of savings	$425,915	$452,225	$519,959	$530,607	$840,234
Debt principal payment	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Fixed asset additions	$0	$39,242	$0	$0	$27,500
Total full costs (estimated)	$5,568,756	$5,931,252	$6,772,545	$6,910,977	$10,959,714

Capital structure indicators

Liquidity	2017	2018	2019	2020	2022
Months of cash	1.9	2.6	7.2	14.8	42.3
Months of cash and investments	3.2	2.6	7.2	14.8	48.9
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets	3.5	2.9	5.5	12.0	41.9

Balance sheet composition	2017	2018	2019	2020	2022
Cash	$813,005	$1,185,359	$3,765,730	$7,840,776	$35,543,403
Investments	$563,020	$0	$0	$0	$5,532,286
Receivables	$1,097,118	$817,102	$379,581	$225,047	$832,332
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE)	$166,140	$205,382	$205,382	$205,382	$232,881
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE)	100.0%	87.3%	93.6%	100.0%	92.1%
Liabilities (as a % of assets)	7.7%	12.6%	6.2%	4.4%	2.5%
Unrestricted net assets	$1,489,338	$1,339,788	$2,847,305	$6,388,455	$35,244,058
Temporarily restricted net assets	$886,707	$570,606	N/A	N/A	N/A
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total restricted net assets	$886,707	$570,606	$1,154,707	$1,425,417	$6,206,229
Total net assets	$2,376,045	$1,910,394	$4,002,012	$7,813,872	$41,450,287

Key data checks

Key data checks	2017	2018	2019	2020	2022
Material data errors	No	No	No	No	No

Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

Documents

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Chief Executive Officer

Vivek Maru

LinkedIn profile

Vivek founded Namati in 2011 to grow the movement for legal empowerment around the world. Namati and its partners have built cadres of community legal workers – sometimes known as “barefoot lawyers”– in ten countries. The advocates have worked with over 65,000 people to protect community lands, enforce environmental law, and secure basic rights to healthcare and citizenship. Vivek received the Pioneer Award from the North American South Asian Bar Association in 2008. He was named an Ashoka Fellow in 2014 and a “legal rebel” by the American Bar Association in 2015. He, Namati, and the Global Legal Empowerment Network received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2016. In 2017, the Schwab Foundation named Vivek and Sonkita Conteh, director of Namati – Sierra Leone, two of its Social Entrepreneurs of the Year.

Number of employees

Source: IRS Form 990

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Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees

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Compensation

Other

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Highest paid employees

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Other

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Board of directors
as of 07/12/2022

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Board chair

Ruth Levine

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Matt Brown

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Chetan Gulati

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Chi Mgbako

Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic at Fordham Law School

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

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Board leadership practices

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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity

Indian

Gender identity

Male, Not transgender (cisgender)

Sexual orientation

Heterosexual or straight

Disability status

Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

There are no contractors recorded for this organization.

Professional fundraisers

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SOURCE: IRS Form 990 Schedule G

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Innovations in Legal Empowerment

Mission

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What we aim to solve

Our programs

Land Justice and Environmental Justice

Citizenship Justice

Health Justice

Where we work

Awards

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Totals By Year

Population(s) Served

Related Program

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What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?

What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?

What have they accomplished so far and what's next?

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Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown

Liquidity in 2022 info

33.22

Months of cash in 2022 info

42.3

Fringe rate in 2022 info

22%

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Vivek Maru

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Ruth Levine

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