named programs · 4 · from sources
What they call their work
Access to Freedom
Supports refugee journeys by funding safer routes, protection in transit, and resettlement services, with focus on recovery, stability, and cross-border family support.
Access to Information
Funds partners delivering independent news and content to North Koreans, strengthens digital resilience, and supports development of digital safety tools in highly restricted environments.
Access to Opportunity
Expands economic opportunity through training and employment support, particularly for women, focusing on market skills and stable livelihoods.
Powering the Ecosystem
Invests in organizational capacity, coordination, information sharing, and mentorship and incubation of emerging youth and refugee leaders across the North Korea-focused civil society field.
activities · 7 groups
What they do
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Human Rights Advocacy & Accountability 1 activity
- Advocating at the United Nations through a global coalitionBuilt and launched a coalition of 35 partners representing over 300 organizations across more than 100 countries to advocate for human rights and protection of vulnerable populations at the United Nations.
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SDG Advancement & Global Advocacy 1 activity
- Convening global summits and regional conferences on human rightsConvened a global summit engaging over 75 stakeholders across human rights, aid, development, and security communities, and organized regional conferences with practitioners and experts to assess civil society needs and strengthen coordination.
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Human Rights Advocacy Funding 1 activity
- Funding digital safety and independent news initiatives in restricted environmentsFunds partner organizations to deliver independent news and content, strengthen digital resilience, and develop digital safety tools in highly restricted environments.
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Women's Rights and Empowerment Grants 1 activity
- Funding economic opportunity and employment training programsFunds programs that provide training and employment support to expand economic opportunity, with a focus on building market-relevant skills and pathways to stable livelihoods, particularly for women.
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Refugee and Immigrant Resettlement Services 1 activity
- Funding refugee protection and support programsFunds partner organizations to support refugees during high-risk journeys, including safer routes, protection in transit, resettlement, recovery, stability, employment, and cross-border family reunification.
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Community Capacity Building & Leadership Networks 1 activity
- Investing in organizational capacity and leadership developmentInvests in organizational capacity, coordination, information sharing, and mentorship and incubation of emerging youth and refugee leaders to strengthen the human rights and refugee support ecosystem.
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Uncategorized 2 activities
- Conducting research on North Korea and human rightsConducted multi-year research involving nearly 1,000 stakeholders globally, including over 250 interviews across 10 countries and surveys of 500 North Korean survivors in South Korea to inform advocacy and field-building efforts.
- Developing funding guides for the North Korea-focused impact fieldDeveloped a funding guide to inform and direct investment in the North Korea-focused impact field, supporting strategic philanthropy and coordinated action.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2025
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1 years on record · 2025–2025
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2025
Who runs it
board members · 3
- CHAN WOO CHUNG — CEO AND TRUSTEE
- NATHANIEL KRETCHUN — TRUSTEE
- STORM TIV — COO AND TRUSTEE
relationships · 6
Who they work with
- Asia Justice Coalition Partner — Includes Executive Director of the Asia Justice Coalition as a Founding Board Director.
- HanVoice Network — Grew out of HanVoice, a Canadian organization serving as a global coordination hub since 2020.
- HanVoice Partner — Partner organization whose team conducted stakeholder interviews, surveys, and summits on behalf of Kin Impact Fund
- Human Rights Watch Partner — Includes former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch as a Founding Board Director.
- Kin Impact Fund Network — Member of a network of organizations focused on expanding access to information, freedom, and opportunity in highly restricted environments.
- Open Technology Fund Partner — Includes Chief Strategy Officer of the Open Technology Fund as a Founding Board Director.
strategies · 5
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Barrier Reduction to Enable Local Actionmethodology: barrier-reduction support modelBy reducing risks and removing structural barriers, the organization empowers North Koreans to pursue self-determined outcomes, because removing constraints enables agency and catalyzes organic, resilient change.
- Centering Agents of Changemethodology: agent-of-change modelBy positioning North Koreans as active agents of change rather than passive recipients, the organization increases the legitimacy, relevance, and sustainability of change efforts, because locally driven action produces more effective and culturally grounded outcomes.
- Double-Horizon Investing for Immediate and Systemic Changemethodology: double-horizon investingBy combining investments that generate direct, near-term impact with those that foster long-term structural change, the organization advances both urgent needs and enduring transformation, because sustainable progress requires simultaneous action across time horizons.
- Interconnected Access Investmentmethodology: access-investmentBy investing in access to information, freedom, and opportunity as interconnected drivers, the organization enables individuals to shape their own lives and generate transformational change, because these elements are mutually reinforcing and amplify impact when addressed together.
- Strengthening the Social Change Ecosystemmethodology: ecosystem_strengtheningBy investing in organizational resilience, cross-sector coordination, and leadership development—particularly among youth and refugees—the organization scales effective solutions, because durable change depends on a robust, interconnected ecosystem of actors.