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HUAIROU COMMISSION WOMEN HOMES & COMMUNITY
BROOKLYN, NY · EIN 061805406 · Form 990 · FY2024 · NTEE Q33 · International Affairs · Medium ($1M-$10M) · huairou.org
revenue
$3.0M
expenses
$3.0M
net assets
$1.7M
employees
0
volunteers
14
program ratio
87%
mission · from form 990

Huairou Commission (HC) is a global network facilitating local-global program and policy advocacy initiatives that empower and strengthen a social movement of 100 grassroots womens groups & NGOs working to improve economic conditions & advance sustainable development and gender equality in 42 countries. Huairous significant activity was providing flexible program monies to grassroots women led member groups to run food security, care work and other mutual self-help resilience efforts. Fifty two (52) local women-led organizations received $1,288,624 to formalize their public roles in recovery

profile · synthesized from sources

Huairou Commission is a global network that strengthens a movement of grassroots women's organizations across 42 countries. It supports local women-led groups to lead in sustainable development, gender equality, and resilience initiatives through funding, policy advocacy, and capacity building. The organization is governed by a council of grassroots leaders, ensuring decision-making power remains with its members.

named programs · 3 · from sources

What they call their work

Community Resilience Fund
Supports grassroots women-led initiatives in food security, sustainable agriculture, water conservation, and climate resilience; currently supports 75,000 women across multiple countries
Global Grassroots Women’s Congress (GGWC)
Biennial gathering of grassroots women leaders to debate, plan, and make decisions on organizational governance, strategic direction, and collective action
Governing Council
Elected body of 15 members, including 10 grassroots women leaders, that oversees organizational decision-making and elects an Executive Committee between annual meetings
activities · 5 groups

What they do

  • Women's Leadership & Peace Network Building 4 activities
    • Building leadership capacity of grassroots women
      Trains and mentors grassroots women to serve in leadership roles such as trainers, mobilizers, risk mappers, monitors, fund managers, and advocates through structured programs including the Leadership Development Program and Grassroots Academies. Developed a co-created toolkit capturing six tools used by grassroots leaders to strengthen community action.
    • Facilitating peer learning and knowledge exchange among grassroots groups
      Organizes Peer Learning Exchanges, Grassroots Academies, and local-to-local dialogues to share knowledge, practices, and strategies among grassroots women’s groups across regions and countries. Includes convening international Grassroots Academies during global gatherings and regional forums to identify advocacy priorities.
    • Negotiating formal partnerships between women’s groups and governments
      Negotiates formal agreements with government institutions to institutionalize grassroots women’s groups in resilience planning and secure public funding for their initiatives. Examples include Memorandums of Agreement and inclusion of grassroots recommendations in national policy dialogues.
    • Organizing grassroots women’s movements across multiple countries
      Operates as a women-led social movement with grassroots groups in over 38 countries, organizing poor urban, rural, and indigenous women to improve living conditions and quality of life. The network spans more than 45 countries and includes federated structures for joint planning and implementation.
  • Human Rights Advocacy & Accountability 1 activity
    • Advocating for grassroots women’s inclusion in global policy
      Engages in international policy fora such as the United Nations to advocate for the inclusion of grassroots women leaders in global development, human settlements, and disaster risk reduction frameworks. Holds ECOSOC status since 2005 and has secured positions for women on advisory bodies including UN Women and UN-Habitat.
  • Urban Resilience Planning & Advocacy 1 activity
    • Conducting action-research on community resilience
      Conducts case studies and action-research on community resilience, including disaster risk assessments led by women’s groups, and publishes findings with policy recommendations. Co-published a report featuring eight grassroots initiatives and conducted research in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia to inform climate resilience policy.
  • Flexible Grants to Grassroots Organizations 1 activity
    • Funding grassroots women-led resilience initiatives
      Channels financial resources directly to grassroots women's groups to support disaster risk reduction and resilience-building initiatives in poor, risk-prone communities. In one reporting year, distributed $1,288,624 in program funding to 52 local women-led organizations.
  • Integrated Community-Led Development Programs 1 activity
    • Supporting community-led resilience and development initiatives
      Designs and invests in community-led actions to improve housing, infrastructure, basic services, and livelihoods linked to sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. Supported 2,675 women to lead such initiatives and generated 294 community-led risk maps and governance analyses.
financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$2.95M
Contributions & grants$3.00M102%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$12K0%
Other revenue$-62K
expenses
Total expenses$2.96M
Program expenses87%
Admin / overhead11%
Fundraising2%
Salaries & benefits$326K
Grants paid out$2.12M
Largest expense lineProfessional Fees
balance sheet
Total assets$1.90M
Cash$1.83M
Investments$0
Liabilities$169K
Net assets$1.73M
Liquid reserves7.4 mo
4 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue -3.2%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

paid leadership · 3
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Glenn Dolcemascolo Program Director 40 $106K
Sandra Schilen Executive Director & non Voting Governing Council Dir. 40 $81K
Violet Shivutse Chair 16 $10K
board members · 12
  • Diocelinda Iza Quinatoa — Director
  • Godavari Dange — Regional Representative
  • Haydee Rodriguez — Regional Representative
  • Laxmitara Dangol — Director
  • Limota Goroso Giwa — Director
  • Maria Forbes — Director
  • Maria Teresa Rodriguez — Director
  • Marlene Tamaki — Regional Representative
  • Relinda Sosa Perez — Director
  • Sengul Akcar — Treasurer
  • Sobina Lama — Director
  • Veronica Kanyongo — Director
relationships · 48

Who they work with

  • 100 grassroots women's groups & NGOs Network — Global network of grassroots women's organizations working to improve economic conditions and advance gender equality.
  • Asian Development Bank Government — Funded pilot programs and supported publications on community resilience and disaster risk reduction in Southeast Asia.
  • Bihar State Disaster Management Authority Partner — Engaged in joint planning exercise with grassroots organizations to deploy women’s knowledge in disaster preparedness and response
  • CEPRENDENAC Partner — Regional partner in Central America collaborating with grassroots women's groups on disaster risk reduction training and representation
  • ECOSOC Government — Participates in the High Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development convened by ECOSOC.
  • FAO Government — Holds advisory roles for grassroots women and their allies within FAO.
  • Fundación Guatemala Partner — Worked with grassroots women in Guatemala to form monitoring groups tracking access to government social stipends during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • GROOTS International Network — Founding member organization; Huairou Commission originated from collaborative efforts with GROOTS networks globally.
  • Global Land Tool Network Partner — Grassroots women leaders serve on the International Advisory Board and apply gender evaluation criteria to land rights issues.
  • Integrity and Values Framework Network — Provides behavioral guidelines for all Huairou employees globally.
  • International Land Coalition Partner — Holds advisory roles for grassroots women and their allies within the International Land Coalition.
  • Kampala Capital City Authority Partner — Participated in Grassroots Academy in Uganda alongside ministries and civil society organizations
  • MLAHARA Partner — Partnered in Kenya to establish community watch-dog groups that protect women’s land rights and support legal remedies against land dispossession.
  • Ministry of Agriculture (Kenya) Partner — Signed formal agreement with Shibuye Community Health Workers to ensure farm subsidies reach poor households in drought-affected regions
  • Ministry of Environment (Guatemala) Partner — Coordinated Forest, Biodiversity and Climate Change Group in which grassroots women participated and helped establish a gender commission
  • Mothers Center Partner — Partnered in the Czech Republic to lead Local-to-Local Dialogues resulting in family-friendly public spaces and increased political representation for women.
  • NGO leaders Partner — Partners with NGO leaders to advance grassroots women’s roles in community resilience.
  • NYCHA Partner — Collaborated with Huairou Commission and NCNW to distribute over 28,000 meals per month during the pandemic.
  • National Congress of Neighborhood Women Partner — Partnered with Huairou Commission and NYCHA to distribute meals during the pandemic and supports community advocacy and development initiatives.
  • Nepal Reconstruction Authority Partner — Participated in national workshops on community post-disaster recovery efforts in Nepal
  • Network for Family Network — National network in the Czech Republic whose local chapter, the Mothers Center, conducted Local-to-Local Dialogues and advanced women into elected government positions.
  • Ntengwe Partner — Engaged in peer learning exchanges with Zimbabwean grassroots organizations to share climate-resilient farming and conservation practices.
  • Oxfam Novib Partner — Co-published the report "Sparks of a New Economy" as part of the FAIR for All program.
  • Participatory Development Action Platform Partner — Partnered in Bangladesh to conduct risk and vulnerability mapping and develop community resilience action plans in Mirpur, Dhaka district.
  • SWID, Uganda Partner — Collaborated to facilitate risk mapping and the formal appointment of grassroots women as risk experts in Jinja Municipality.
  • Shibuye Partner — Collaborated in Kenya to facilitate Local-to-Local Dialogues that secured land rights through engagement with County Assembly members.
  • Slum/Shack Dwellers International Partner — Collaborates with Huairou Commission to scale up Community Resilience Funds through partnerships with grassroots organizations and financial institutions.
  • UCLG Partner — Collaborated on the publication "Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment" related to the 2019 Congress and World Summit.
  • UN DESA Government — Holds advisory roles for grassroots women and their allies within UN DESA.
  • UN DRR Government — Engages in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction to advance community-led resilience strategies.
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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.

  • Flexible Funding Enables Locally-Led Resilience and Innovation
    methodology: flexible_funding_for_grassroots_resilience
    By providing flexible financing and locally adapted fund management, we produce stronger community resilience and scalable innovation because grassroots women’s groups can design and lead context-specific responses to crises and development challenges.
  • Grassroots Innovation Scaled Through Multi-Level Partnerships and Policy Engagement
    methodology: scaling_grassroots_innovation
    By connecting grassroots women-led solutions to institutional partners and policy spaces through coalitions and multi-stakeholder platforms, we produce large-scale systemic change because local innovations gain legitimacy, influence public agendas, and reshape development policy across levels.
  • Grassroots Women-Led Decision-Making Drives Transformative Change
    methodology: bottom-up_governance
    By centering grassroots women in leadership and organizational governance, we produce systemic change and resilient communities because their lived experience and local knowledge enable more effective, equitable solutions to social and environmental challenges.
  • Movement Building Through Integrated Theory of Change Frameworks
    methodology: theory_of_change
    By applying a unified theory of change—such as the "Movement Building Resilient Diamond"—we produce coordinated transformation across leadership, resilience, and advocacy because it aligns diverse grassroots actions within a shared, mutually reinforcing strategy for global impact.
  • Peer and Collective Learning Builds Collective Power and Leadership
    methodology: peer_learning
    By using peer learning, collective analysis, and structured leadership practices, we produce sustained movement building and leadership development because grassroots women reinforce each other’s agency, share proven strategies, and co-create knowledge as experts of their own realities.