Tahirih in 2024

Staff Demographics
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.
Survivors
42% of Tahirih staff identify with the term “survivor.”

Immigrants
28% of Tahirih staff identify as immigrants and 44% have immigrant parents.

Immigrant Survivors
Out of the 28% of Tahirih staff who identified themselves as immigrants, 42% identified themselves as survivors as well.

Disability
40% of Tahirih staff identify themselves as having a disability.

Race and Ethnicity
12% Black or African American
7% Asian
9% Multi-racial
3% Indigenous Peoples
4% Middle Eastern
46% White (29% identified as white and Hispanic)
Hispanic Origin
35% of Tahirih staff identify themselves as Hispanic, Latine/a/o, or of Spanish origin.

Languages
11 different languages are spoken fluently at Tahirih.
42% of Tahirih staff speak Spanish.
4% of Tahirih staff speak French.
Tahirih staff members also speak Arabic, Italian, Farsi, Somali, Russian, Hindi, Akan, and Frafra.
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)
75% of Tahirih board members are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).

Women
70% of Tahirih board members are women.

BIPOC Women
55% of Tahirih board members are BIPOC women.


I am so grateful to my lawyers and social services advocates at Tahirih. Without their help, I wouldn’t have been able to reconstruct a life in which my daughters and I are safe.
Brenda, Tahirih client
2023 Financials
In 2023, Tahirih had an operating budget of $11.2 million. Thanks to the generosity of our Pro Bono Network of attorneys, medical professionals, and other experts, the value of in-kind donated services was $25.9 million, bringing our total budget to $37.1M.
2023 Financial Statement
WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTIONS | WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS | TOTAL | |
REVENUE AND SUPPORT |
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Donated (In-Kind) Professional Services | $25,881,734 | $0 | $25,881,734 |
Grants and Contributions | 9,006,197 | 703,000 | 9,709,197 |
PPP Loan Forgiveness | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Income | 7,098 | 0 | 7,098 |
Investment Income | 62,652 | 0 | 62,652 |
Net Assets Released from Program Restrictions | 298,905 | (298,905) | 0 |
Net Assets Released from Time Restrictions | 1,208,333 | (1,208,333) | 0 |
Total Revenue and Support | 36,464,919 | (804,238) | 35,660,681 |
EXPENSES |
 |  |  |
Program Services | Â | Â | Â |
Services | 31,929,622 | 0 | 31,929,622 |
Advocacy | 1,856,523 | 0 | 1,856,523 |
Total Program Services | 33,786,145 | 0 | 33,786,145 |
Supporting Services | Â | Â | Â |
General and Administrative | 2,511,226 | 0 | 2,511,226 |
Fundraising | 779,829 | 0 | 779,829 |
Total Supporting Services | 3,291,055 | 0 | 3,291,055 |
Total Expenses | 37,077,200 | 0 | 37,077,200 |
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS |
(612,281) | (804,238) | (1,416,519) |
Net Assets – Beginning of Year | 3,002,809 | 2,323,456 | 5,326,265 |
NET ASSETS – END OF YEAR |
2,390,528 | 1,519,218 | $3,909,746 |
2022 Financial Statement
TOTAL | |
REVENUE AND SUPPORT |
|
Donated (In-Kind) Professional Services | $25,881,734 |
Grants and Contributions | 9,709,197 |
PPP Loan Forgiveness | 0 |
Other Income | 7,098 |
Investment Income | 62,652 |
Net Assets Released from Program Restrictions | 0 |
Net Assets Released from Time Restrictions | 0 |
Total Revenue and Support | 35,660,681 |
EXPENSES |
 |
Program | Â |
Services | 31,929,622 |
Advocacy | 1,856,523 |
Total Program Services | 33,786,145 |
Supporting Services | Â |
General and Administrative | 2,511,226 |
Fundraising | 779,829 |
Total Supporting Services | 3,291,055 |
Total Expenses | 37,077,200 |
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS |
(1,416,519) |
Net Assets – Beginning of Year | 5,326,265 |
NET ASSETS – END OF YEAR |
$3,909,746 |
Revenue and Support

73% Donated Professional Services
27% Grants, Contracts, and Contributions
Total Expenses

91% Program Services
7% Administration
2% Fundraising
Our full 2023 financial statements and Independent Audit Report issued by Marcum, LLP can be viewed here. Our 2024 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 2024:
Corporations and Groups
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Baker Botts LLP
Berry Appleman & Leidan LLP
Brower Piven
Cargill
Chamberlain Hrdlicka
CISCO
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Clifford Chance US LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
DLA Piper LLP
Fenwick & West LLP
Fogler, Brar, O’Neil and Gray LLP
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation
Girls Rights Project
Gonzalez Olivieri LLC
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hogan Lovells LLP
Host Hotels & Resorts
Jackson Walker, LLP
Kilpatrick Townsend
King & Spalding LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Local Spiritual Assembly of Houston
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott Will and Emery LLP
Meta (Facebook)
Millbank LLP
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morrison & Foerster Foundation
One Planet Group
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Panasonic
PayPal
Reed Smith LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Sidley Austin Foundation
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Steptoe & Johnson
Troutman Pepper LLP
Uber Technologies Inc.
Vinson & Elkins LLP Houston
Visa Inc.
Wells Fargo Advisors
WilmerHale LLP
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
Winston & Strawn LLP
Zinn Petroleum Company
Foundations
Aaron and Lillie Straus Foundation Inc.
Aegon Transamerica Foundation
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Atkinson Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Blue Shield of California Foundation
California Access to Justice Commission
Cestone Family Foundation
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Clarence B. and Joan F. Coleman Charitable Foundation
Cobb EMC
Collective Future Fund
Corner Foundation, Inc.
Ecolab Foundation
Firedoll Foundation
Fondation CHANEL
George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.
Georgia Bar Foundation
Goldseker Foundation
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Haskell Fund
Hickey Family Foundation
Houck Family Foundation
Houston Endowment
Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative
Human & Civil Rights Orgs of America / WGA
Immigrant Justice Corps
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation
Julian Grace Foundation
KAM Family Foundation
Leafglen Foundation
Marek Family Foundation
Maryland Legal Services Corp
Pinpoint Foundation
Potomac Health Foundation
Rabbani Trust
Shell USA, Inc.
Sobrato Philanthropies
State Bar of Texas, Corporate Counsel Section
Stonewall Community Foundation
Straus Family Trust
Summit Charitable Foundation
Texas Access to Justice Foundation
The Abell Foundation
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The Asian American Foundation
The Brown Foundation, Inc
The Community Corps
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The George Foundation
The Imlay Foundation
The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
The Tinybell Charitable Fund
The UPS Foundation
van Loben Sels/RembeRock Foundation
Venable Foundation
Wayfarer Foundation
Weissberg Foundation
William Randolph Hearst Foundations
Zellerbach Family Foundation
Governments
City of Baltimore, Mayor’s Office on Neighborhood Safety and Engagement
City of San Jose
Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept of Criminal Justice Services
Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept of Social Services
Contra Costa County
County of Fairfax
County of Santa Clara
Dekalb County, Human Services
District of Columbia, Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs
District of Columbia, Office for Victim Services and Justice Grants
Fort Bend County, District Attorney’s Office
Harris County, Community Services Department
Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Early Childhood Resiliency Fund
Prince George’s County, Community Partnerships Grant Program
State of California, Dept of Social Services
State of California, Office of Emergency Services
State of Georgia, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
State of Maryland, Governor’s Office on Crime Control and Prevention
State of Texas, Dept. of Health and Human Services
State of Texas, Office of the Governor
US DOJ, Office for Victims of Crime
US DOJ, Office on Violence Against Women
US HHS, Office on Trafficking in Persons
US HUD, Community Funding Project
Individuals
$25,000+
Lawrence and Nicole Blatt
Paul Glist and Karla Jamir
Daniel and Bahia Muriello
Jeff Smisek and Diana Strassman
Albert and Anne Chao
$10,000–$24,999
Stephen and Bev Bonovich
William and Jennifer Burgy
Wesley Callender and Patricia Davis
Eli Dickinson and Kat Zambon
Jamie Gorelick and Richard Waldhorn
Sarah Iqbal
Frank Kendall and Elizabeth Halpern
Robert Lorenz and Christine Comstock
Kamran and Melanie Mouzoon
Roxanne Vedovi
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
Katherine Ashley
Carolyn Brehm
David Canales and Ana Castellano
Tara Hogan Charles and Mark Charles
Ward and Christina Coe
Jacqueline Cogswell
Andrew Connor
Dr. Anisa Cott, MD and David Martin
Robert Vedovi
Maria Garton
Mitch and Don Gibbons
Harry Heiman and Abby Friedman
Charles Henck
Douglas and Suzanne Henck
Jessica Hough
Monica Karuturi and Kumaran Sathyamoorthy
David and Mara Khorram
Marcos Lopez
Shabnam Mogharabi
Jennifer Okwudili
Joshua and Ashleigh Sekoski
David and Morgan Shin
Mehrnaz Vahid-Ahdieh and Shahin Ahdieh
$3,000–$4,999
Robert Ahdieh and Krista Forsgren
Tahirih Baker and John Thomas
Brigida Benitez
Ambika Biggs and Brendan Murray
The Chen and Lang Family
Jessica Eidson Tsang
Homeira Hoffman
Lawrence Miller
Dirk Padfield
Elissa Preheim
Lawrence Schneider and Susan Ness
Sophie Wang
Natara Williams and Chermon James
