Mahalo
San Francisco, CA

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL USA

EIN 26-3208869
Justice, Rights & Public Safety Community Organizing & Social Justice Indigenous communities
Mission

In partnership with Indigenous and tribal peoples, to campaign, investigate and lobby to defend their lives, protect their lands, and secure their rights to determine their own futures.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

About SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL USA

This profile corresponds to Survival International USA (EIN 26-3208869), the U.S. affiliate of Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples. The organization operates as a donor-facing 501(c)(3) and supports research, public campaigning, and advocacy to expose abuses against Indigenous and uncontacted peoples around the world.

Survival International USA amplifies Indigenous voices through investigative reports, global campaigns, and coordinated actions that target governments, corporations and conservation bodies when they are implicated in land theft, forced evictions or violent abuses. The group remains active in public-facing campaigns, report publication, and supporter mobilization across North America and internationally.

Notable achievements

Publication of major investigations into conservation-related abuses (2024)

Published a detailed report (April 2024) highlighting cases where UNESCO-designated sites and other protected areas overlap with Indigenous land and documenting evictions, abuses and rights violations; the report was used to galvanize international attention and the #DecolonizeUNESCO campaign.

Rapid public response and advocacy on the Yanomami crisis (2023)

Played a visible role in documenting and campaigning during the 2023 Yanomami health emergency in Brazil, issuing statements and calls for a coordinated six-point response that helped maintain international pressure on authorities and raised public awareness of the humanitarian crisis.

Launch of high-profile Uncontacted Peoples report and global campaign (2025)

Published a comprehensive report on the situation of uncontacted Indigenous peoples (2025) and launched coordinated global actions and events — including high-profile public advocacy — to push for stronger protections for the world’s most vulnerable tribal groups.

At a glance

Total assets
$1.1M
Annual revenue
$486K
Tax status
501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN
26-3208869
Location
San Francisco, CA
On Mahalo since
April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the United States (Tax ID/EIN 26-3208869); operates as the U.S. affiliate of Survival International.
Part of the wider Survival International movement, legally registered in the UK as Survival International Charitable Trust (registered charity number 267444).
Listed and active in major nonprofit data platforms and oversight/registration systems used by donors and regulators (public nonprofit directories and state charitable registration).

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