2021 Impact Report
2021 Impact Report
Tahirih in 2021
Tahirih Atlanta staff members
Tahirih San Francisco Bay Area staff members
Staff Demographics
Inclusion is indispensable to our ability to serve our clients. Tahirih celebrates and honors people’s diverse identities, and we are committed to ending racism and White supremacy in all its forms — including within our organization. Most of our leadership, staff, and Board of Directors identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC) and the majority identify as women or non-binary. Nearly half identify as survivors of or witnesses to gender-based violence.
A 2019 survey of nonprofit staff from across the United States provided a benchmark for assessing our staff diversity. Compared to other nonprofits, Tahirih staff includes a larger proportion of individuals who identify as Asian, multi-racial, or Hispanic, Latin American, or Spanish, as well as a higher percentage of staff who are immigrants or the children of immigrants.
There is always room for improvement and learning, but we are proud to offer a look at our organizational diversity.
Illustration of Tahirih Houston staff drawn by Ron Lapitan
Survivors
64% of Tahirih staff identify with the term “survivor.”
Immigrants
29% of Tahirih staff identify as immigrants and 47% have immigrant parents.
Immigrant Survivors
Out of the 29% of Tahirih staff who identified themselves as immigrants, 60% identified themselves as survivors as well.
Disability
34% of Tahirih staff identify themselves as having a disability.
Race and Ethnicity
14% Black or African American
10% Asian
1% American Indian, Native American, or Alaska Native
13% Multi-racial
8% N/A
53% White and/or Hispanic
Note: 30% of those who identified as White also identified as Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin.
Hispanic Origin
34% of Tahirih staff identify themselves as Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin.
Languages
17 different languages are spoken at Tahirih.
38% of Tahirih staff speak Spanish.
10% of Tahirih staff speak French.
3% of Tahirih staff speak Arabic.
Tahirih staff members also speak Moroccan, Somali, Bengali, Farsi, Haitian-Creole, Amharic, Italian, Bangla, Russian, Kannada, Berber, and Creole.
Board Demographics
Immigrants, Survivors, and Former Tahirih Clients
Our board of directors is composed of individuals who identify as immigrants and/or survivors, and former Tahirih clients.
Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC)
78% of Tahirih board members are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).
Women
72% of Tahirih board members are women.
BIPOC Women
61% of Tahirih board members are BIPOC women.
Many people worked on my case. The attorneys were incredible, they supported me. Sometimes it was difficult for me to remember what I lived through; they always understood me. I always felt the empathy and good things from Tahirih. Tahirih helped me restore my self-confidence to be able to move on with my life.
Blanca, Tahirih Houston client
2020 Financials
In 2020, Tahirih had an operating budget of $11.8M. Thanks to the generosity of our Pro Bono Network of attorneys, medical professionals, and other experts, the value of in-kind donated services was $20.4M, bringing our total budget to $32.2M.
2020 Financial Statement
| WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTIONS | WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS | TOTAL | |
REVENUE AND SUPPORT |
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| Donated (In-Kind) Professional Services | $20,417,618 | $0 | $20,417,618 |
| Grants, Contracts, and Contributions | 9,155,158 | 750,507 | 9,875,665 |
| Fundraising Sales, Net of Expense | |||
| Investment Income | 39,162 | 0 | 39,162 |
| Other Income | 44,218 | 0 | 44,218 |
| Net Assets Released from Program Restrictions | 943,761 | -943,761 | 0 |
| Net Assets Released from Time Restrictions | 1,305,606 | -1,305,606 | 0 |
| Total Revenue | 31,905,523 | -1,528,860 | 30,376,663 |
EXPENSES |
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| Program | |||
| Services | 25,988,203 | 25,988,203 | |
| Advocacy | 1,941,520 | 1,941,520 | |
| Total Program Services | 27,929,723 | 27,929,723 | |
| Supporting Services | |||
| General and Administrative | 2,692,691 | 2,692,691 | |
| Fundraising | 1,605,582 | 1,605,582 | |
| Total Supporting Services | 4,298,273 | 4,298,273 | |
| Total Expenses | 32,227,996 | 32,227,996 | |
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS |
-1,851,333 | -1,851,333 | |
| Net Assets – Beginning of Year | 7,903,149 | 7,903,149 | |
NET ASSETS – END OF YEAR |
$6,051,816 | $6,051,816 |
2020 Financial Statement
| TOTAL | |
REVENUE AND SUPPORT |
|
| Donated (In-Kind) Professional Services | $20,417,618 |
| Grants, Contracts, and Contributions | 9,875,665 |
| Fundraising Sales, Net of Expense | |
| Investment Income | 39,162 |
| Other Income | 44,218 |
| Net Assets Released from Program Restrictions | 0 |
| Net Assets Released from Time Restrictions | 0 |
| Total Revenue | 30,376,663 |
EXPENSES |
|
| Program | |
| Services | 25,988,203 |
| Advocacy | 1,941,520 |
| Total Program Services | 27,929,723 |
| Supporting Services | |
| General and Administrative | 2,692,691 |
| Fundraising | 1,605,582 |
| Total Supporting Services | 4,298,273 |
| Total Expenses | 32,227,996 |
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS |
-1,851,333 |
| Net Assets – Beginning of Year | 7,903,149 |
NET ASSETS – END OF YEAR |
$6,051,816 |
Revenue and Support
67% Donated Professional Services
33% Grants, Contracts, and Contributions
Total Expenses
87% Program Services
8% Administration
5% Fundraising
Our full 2020 financial statements and Independent Audit Report issued by Marcum, LLP can be viewed here. Our 2021 financial statements and audit report were not available at the time of this publication but will be available online upon completion.
Thank you!
A very special thanks to our donors who made our work possible through generous financial support in 2021:
Corporations and Organizations
AEC Trust
Aegon Transamerica Foundation
Airbnb
Akerman LLP
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Aon Houston
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Arnold Ventures
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Baker Botts LLP
CenterPoint Energy
Citi Private Bank
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Coffin Renner LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Dechert LLP
DLA Piper LLP
Duane Morris LLP
Dykema Gossett PLLC
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Fidelity Title Insurance Companies
First American
Freddie Mac
Gonzalez Olivieri LLC
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hicks Davis Wynn, PC
Hogan Lovells LLP
Holland & Knight
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg
Host Hotels & Resorts
Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative
Human & Civil Rights Orgs of America / WGA
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Innisfree Hotels Inc.
Jones Day
Jusco Realty Corporation and The P. Austin Family Foundation
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
LyondellBasell
Major, Lindsey & Africa
Mayer Brown LLP
McCarter & English LLP
McDermott Will and Emery
McKool Smith
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Moss Landscaping
One Planet Ops Inc.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Patrick and Susan Keefe Foundation
Paul Hastings LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton and Garrison Fund
PepsiCo, Inc.
Phillips 66 Legal Department
Porter Hedges LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shell Oil Company
Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Susman Godfrey LLP
Uber Technologies Inc.
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Visa Inc.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
W&T Offshore, Inc.
Foundations
Aaron and Lilie Straus Foundation
The Abell Foundation
Atkinson Foundation
Baltimore Civic Fund
Baltimore Community Foundation
Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle
Bronner Family Foundation
The Brown Foundation, Inc
Collective Future Fund
Estee Lauder Charitable Foundation
Firedoll Foundation
Fondation CHANEL
Foundation for a Just Society
The Fund for Change
The George Foundation
George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.
Girls Rights Project
Global Fund for Children
Global Giving
Goldseker Foundation
Grace Helen Spearman Charitable Foundation
Greater Houston Community Foundation
The Harry Heiman Family Foundation
Haskell Fund
Hickey Family Foundation
Houston Endowment
The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation
Julian Grace Foundation
Los Altos Community Foundation
Marek Family Foundation
Mohit-Blachford Family Foundation
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Oak Foundation USA
Paypal Community Impact Fund
Pinpoint Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Simmons Foundation
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
Sobrato Family Foundation
Stardust Fund
Staritch Foundation
The Steptoe Foundation
Straus Family Trust
Texas Bar Foundation
Tikkun Olam Women’s Foundation
Trellis Fund
van Löben Sels/RembeRock Foundation
Venable Foundation
William S. Abell Foundation
Weil Innovator
Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Foundation
Zellerbach Family Foundation
Governments
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Social Services
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Criminal Justice Services
County of Fairfax, Consolidated Community Funding Pool
County of Santa Clara
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, via USCRI subgrant
Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
District of Columbia, Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants
Harris County, Justice Administration Department
Maryland Legal Services Corporation
State of Maryland, Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention
State of Georgia, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
State of Texas, Department of Health and Human Services
State of Texas, Office of the Attorney General
State of Texas, Office of the Governor
Texas Access to Justice Foundation
Individuals
$300,000+
Jessica and Steve Sarowitz
$50,000–$99,999
Douglas and Suzanne Henck
$25,000–$49,999
Anne and Albert Chao
Diana and Frederick Elghanayan
Paul Glist and Karla Jamir
Jamie Gorelick and Richard Waldhorn
Gordon Rose
Diana Strassman and Jeff Smisek
$10,000–$24,999
Katherine Ashley
Stephen A. Bonovich
Jacqueline Cogswell
Christine Comstock and Robert Lorenz
Bo Cooper and Dana Sebren Cooper
Patricia Davis and Wesley Callender
Rita and Sepehr Egrari
Suzy and Jeff Elghanayan
Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro
Rachel and Thomas Harrison
Frank Kendal and Elizabeth Halpern
Leslie Nickel
Riaz Rabbani and Martha Jalali
Harriet and Alvin Saperstein
Mojgan and David Shin
Laila and Mehran Taslimi
Mehrnaz Vahid and Shahin Ahdieh
Rishi Varma and Michelle Lopez
Dawn Vermilya
$5,000–$9,999
Dr. Dina Al-Sowayel and Tony Chase
Tahirih Baker
Jamie Boucher and Cameron Boucher-Khan
May Chen and Yabo Lin
Lisa Cohen
Anisa Cott and David Martin
Paul Crimmins
Clio Dintilhac
Matthew Dowell
Jennifer and Joe Duran
Jackie Eghrari-Sabet and Sina A. Sabet
Guitty and Abdolhossein Ejtemai
Agus Galmarini
Maria Garton
Raed Gonzalez
Danai Gurira
Charles Henck
Angela Hogate
Lynne and Joe Horning
Jessica Hough
Shruthi Jayaram
Dawn Jenkins and Aaron Power
Monica Karuturi and Kumaran Sathyamoorthy
David and Mara Khorram
Leif and Ivonne King
Sandi Liotta
Laurelle Lo and David Talbot
Cynthia and Chad Mabry
Amy McGrath
Carole Megevand
Robert Meyer and Terri Edersheim
Shabnam Mogharabi
Joanne Moore
Gary and Louise Moss
Kamran and Melanie Mouzoon
Dana and Pete O’Brien
Kevin Peterson
Elissa Preheim
Jason and Megan Ryan
Hamid Samandari
James Sandman and Elizabeth Mullin
Rebecca Seidl
Ann and Tim Stout
John Thomson
Kelly Tullier and Hugh Johnston
Elizabeth and James Warner Fentress
Mary and Jeffrey Zients
Robert and Edith Zinn
$3,000–$4,999
Brigida Benitez
Douglas Carlen
Joan and Elinor Coleman and Allison Coleman Frey
George Grandison
Meimanat and Brydon Grant
Christine Hallen-Berg and Vincent LaBarbera
Justin Henck and Maya Dimitrova
Homeira Hoffman
Dawn Jenkins and Aaron Power
Christine and Craig LaFollette
Paul and Joann Lee
Lawrence Miller and Nadia Saad
Rosita Najmi and Craig Hammer
Pouyan Pourbeik
Josh and Ashleigh Sekoski
Mitra and Barry Solomon
Jennifer Tomsen
Enoch and Solana Varner
Taleia Wilson and Charlotte Bidard
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