Worker Rights Consortium Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Washington, DC EIN: 06-1596009

Independent labor rights monitoring organization, conducting investigations of working conditions in factories around the globe. Our purpose is to combat sweatshops & protect the rights of workers who make apparel & other products.

Worker Rights Consortium Inc at a glance

In short: Worker Rights Consortium Inc gave $186K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $62K), mostly in District of Columbia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$185,833
-46.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$61,944
-46.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$55,000
Total assets
$968,022
-75.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
District of Columbia (66% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Worker Rights Consortium Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2025

Solidarity Center: $123KSolidarity Center$123KNational Economic and Social Rights Initiative: $55KNational Economic and SocialRights Initiative$55KWorkers United: $8KWorkers United$8K

The largest 2025 recipient was Solidarity Center ($123K). Together the top 3 received $186K.

Grant Size Distribution

13 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K3$50–100K7$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 7 grants of 13 (54%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

Cities

WashingtonNew YorkPhiladelphia

How Worker Rights Consortium Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+3%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K0 grants2019 1 grant2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 3 grants2023 3 grants2024 3 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $169K (2020) to $466K (2023). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $186K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Solidarity Center Washington, DCWomen Worker Justice in Central America$122,500
National Economic and Social Rights Initiative New York, NYWorking to raise awareness of and promote participation in wsrn's efforts to increase corporate accountability for labor rights in global apparel supply chains.$55,000
Workers United Philadelphia, PAWorker Rights Advocacy Activities$8,333
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$968,022$2,665,219$3,645,095$185,8333$91,437
2024$3,950,006$3,316,721$3,735,400$347,5003$44,259
2023$3,617,572$2,979,569$3,837,470$465,6673$15,406
2022$4,761,346$4,626,475$2,829,368$179,8002$714
2021$1,652,712$2,681,576$3,017,474$193,2752$461
2020$1,748,351$3,060,023$2,489,322$168,8061$-800
2019$936,975$1,872,352$2,155,487——$554

About Worker Rights Consortium Inc

Based on IRS filings

Worker Rights Consortium Inc is a public charity focused on Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $968K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $186K. Net investment income was $91K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Worker Rights Consortium Inc is led by Scott Nova, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 6 of 24 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Scott Nova

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $171K (2019) → $183K (2025)

  • Craig Westemeier

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Martinez Ortega

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Levinson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angeles Solis

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alixe Holcomb

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cal Watson

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Pearce

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Grace Orellana

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joshua Gavsie

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Madison Allen

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sam Harasen

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tanvi Kamath

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aidan Moore

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Caro Bewley

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gray Ren

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Benjamin Hensler

    General Counsel

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $154K (2019) → $182K (2025)

  • Jessica Champagne Deputy Dir

    Of Strategy & Field Ops.

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $136K (2022) → $149K (2025)

  • Rola Abimourched Deputy Dir

    Of Investigations & Gender

    Of Investigations & Gender Equity → Of Investigations & Gender, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $116K (2022) → $126K (2025)

  • Liana Foxvog Director Of

    Supply Chain Strategies

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $106K (2023) → $114K (2025)

  • Vincent Holmes Director Of

    Development & Strategic Pa

    Development & Strategic Partnerships → Development & Strategic Pa, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $109K (2024) → $112K (2025)

  • Fiona Naughton

    Secretary

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christian Heller

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Ferrari Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (63)
  • Former: Jill Esbenshade Director (2022–2025) — September & Then Secretary · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Kyle Muncy Treasurer (2022–2025) — September & Then Director · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Julie Farb Chair (2025) — Then Past Chair · Filing note: Until nov
  • Former: Julie Martinez Ortega Director (2019–2024) — Sept. & Then Chair · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Rachel Duffy (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Michael Ferrari (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Carmen Metoyer (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Kelsey Coleman (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Madeline Rogers (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Nicole Snyder (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Shreya Basu (2023–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Cal Watson Secretary (2024) — Sept. & Then Director · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Jill Esbenshade Treasurer (2024)
  • Former: Kyle Muncy Director (2024) — Sept. & Then Treasurer · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Kyle Muncy (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Julie Farb (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Sarim Karim (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Alek Palacios (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Bryanna Gonzalez (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Rachana Nettem (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Ricardo Perez (2022–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Sarah Guzman (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Cal Watson Dir (2023) — Oct. & Then Secretary · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Jill Esbenshade Secretary (2023)
  • Former: Kimberly Capehart (2023) — Director of Administration
  • Former: Rachel Duffy Chair (2023) — Oct. & Then Director · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Geoff Chatas (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Juliana Swift (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Aria Wanek (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Blythe Serrano (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Victor Barratt-McCartney (2021–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Angeles Solis Chair (2022) — September & Then Director · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Rachel Duffy Director (2022) — September & Then Chair · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Elizabeth Carroll (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jessica Champagne (2019–2021) — Deputy Director for Strategy & Field Ops
  • Former: Jill Esbenshade (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Julie Su (2019–2021) — Dirctor
  • Former: Alixe Holcomb Secretary Then (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Clara Raftery (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Delaney Ho (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Kimberly Johnson (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Shromona Mandal (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Angeles Solis Director Then (2021) — Chair
  • Former: Chelsea W. Rudman (2021) — Strategic Partnerships Director & Development
  • Former: Juliana Swift Chair Then (2021) — Director
  • Former: Julie Martinez Ortega Treas (2021) — Then Director
  • Former: Kyle Muncy Director Then (2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Amber Chan (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Citlalli Aparicio (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Julie Farb Secretary (2020) — Oct. & Then Director · Filing note: Until
  • Former: Mike Ferrari (2020) — Director
  • Former: Patricia Alvaro (2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Alaina Storch (2019) — Director
  • Former: Alixe Holcomb Former Director (2019) — Board Chair
  • Former: Ana Jimenez (2019) — Board Chair
  • Former: April Lopez (2019) — Director
  • Former: Corina Yballa (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Hermanson (2019) — Director
  • Former: Maxwell Pearce (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mehlam Bhuriwla (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Patricia Alvaro Former Dir (2019) — Then Treasurer
  • Former: Scott Fleming (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Scott Kelley (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Scott Nova — Executive Director: $183KScott NovaExecutive Director$183KBenjamin Hensler — General Counsel: $182KBenjamin HenslerGeneral Counsel$182KJessica Champagne Deputy DIR — Of Strategy & Field Ops.: $149KJessica Champagne…Of Strategy & Field Ops.$149KRola Abimourched Deputy DIR — Of Investigations & Gender: $126KRola Abimourched Deputy…Of Investigations & Gender$126KLiana Foxvog Director of — Supply Chain Strategies: $114KLiana Foxvog Director ofSupply Chain Strategies$114KVincent Holmes Director of — Development & Strategic PA: $112KVincent Holmes Director…Development & Strategic PA$112K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $183K, to Scott Nova (Executive Director). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Worker Rights Consortium Inc

How much does Worker Rights Consortium Inc give each year?

Worker Rights Consortium Inc gave $186K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $348K across 3 grants.

What is Worker Rights Consortium Inc's typical grant size?

Worker Rights Consortium Inc's median grant in 2025 was $55,000, and its average grant was $61,944, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Worker Rights Consortium Inc give grants?

Worker Rights Consortium Inc gives mostly in District of Columbia: 66% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was New York (30%).

Does Worker Rights Consortium Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Worker Rights Consortium Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.

How large is Worker Rights Consortium Inc?

Worker Rights Consortium Inc reported $968K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.7M.

What is Worker Rights Consortium Inc?

Worker Rights Consortium Inc is a public charity focused on Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, based in Washington, DC. It holds $968K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Worker Rights Consortium Inc's EIN?

Worker Rights Consortium Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 06-1596009. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 7, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 7, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 23, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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