Witness, Inc.
Witness, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
Witness makes it possible for anyone, anywhere to use video and technology to protect and defend human rights. We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change.
About
Training: The cornerstone of Witness' program model is building skills and capacity with marginalized and vulnerable communities using video and technology for human rights. Our priority cross-cutting themes address the world's most complex and urgent challenges and focus on the most vulnerable groups: war crimes, land defense, and state violence. We fill critical gaps in the use of video for human rights, ensuring that videos can be trusted and verified; that activists can stay safe and manage risk; that evidentiary videos can be found amidst mass volume; that movements and groups can use visual storytelling in strategic and impactful ways; and that new and existing technologies can enable greater citizen participation. We have program managers based in five regions (Asia & the Pacific, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the United States) around the world. Each year, they provide a series of in-person trainings to poor communities, human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and lawyers, sharing concrete resources, guidance, and tools around the safe, ethical, and effective use of video and technology for human rights. Between July 2018 and June 2019, Witness conducted approximately 55 trainings with activities communities in 27 countries, including Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, and the United States. Topics covered spanned a range of issues, such as environmental degradation and climate injustice, state violence, and war crimes. They addressed key skill set areas, including video as evidence, video advocacy, archiving, ethics, and security. Trainings are always tailored to the local context.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as documented in the filing, is “Witness helps people use video and technology to protect and defend human rights.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were described as: “See schedule o”.
- The non-profit is legally allowed to operate in the state of DE, as reported.
- The filing provides the non-profit's address in 2020 as 80 HANSON PLACE NO 510, BROOKLYN, NY, 11217.
- The non-profit has a total of 32 employees, as reported on their form for 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $3,318,777.
- The organization has 11 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2001.
- The organization pays $2,745,281 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $546,885 in fundraising expenses.