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US nonprofit · EIN 861189798 · Washington, DCiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 861189798) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2023.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Refugee Congress

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.4m
$1.1m liabilities
Net assets
$340k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
2
2.4 years on average
Staff
3
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Refugee Congress' network

2 peoplei2 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (2). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

2 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 2 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Felix ShipkevichBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Sohrab SharghiBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Biar AtemTreasurer2024
Dauda SesayVice Chair2024
Drocella MugoreweraBoard Secretary2024
Lourena GboeahBoard Chair2024
Nili YossingerExecutive Director2024

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Nili YossingerExecutive Director40$145k
Felix ShipkevichBoard Member0$0
Sohrab SharghiBoard Member2$0
Lourena GboeahBoard Chair4$0
Dauda SesayVice Chair2$0
Biar AtemTreasurer2$0
Drocella MugoreweraBoard Secretary2$0

About

Legal name
Refugee Congress
EIN
861189798
Address
1310 L St Nw Ste 450, Washington, DC, 20005-4862
State
District of Columbia
Mission
promote the well-being, integration, and rights of refugees, asylum-seekers, and other vulnerable migrants by elevating their voices, informing policy, and fostering community leadership (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
R01 Civil rights, social action and advocacy
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2017
IRS ruling date
1 October 2021
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
1, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Nili Yossinger (Form 990-N, tax year 2023)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥2years on the filingsFelix Shipkevich
≥2years on the filingsSohrab Sharghi

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.4m
Total liabilities
$1.1m
Net assets or fund balances
$340k
Contributions and grants received
$928k
Program service revenue
$697k
Grants and similar paid out
$699k
Employees
3

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1.6m$1.2m$396k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Refugee Congress likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
District of Columbia
Entity type
Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
Status
Active - In Good Standing
Formed
2 November 2017
Registered agent
Hilary A. Binder (city and state not held)