813311 Human Rights Organizations

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in promoting causes associated with human rights either for a broad or specific constituency. Establishments in this industry address issues, such as protecting and promoting the broad constitutional rights and civil liberties of individuals and those suffering from neglect, abuse, or exploitation; promoting the interests of specific groups, such as children, women, senior citizens, or persons with disabilities; improving relations between racial, ethnic, and cultural groups; and promoting voter education and registration. These organizations may solicit contributions and offer memberships to support these causes.

Examples Census gives

• Civil liberties organizations
• Senior citizens' advocacy organizations
• Human rights advocacy organizations
• Veterans' rights organizations

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Promoting the interests of organized labor and union employees are classified in Industry 813930, Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations.
• Providing legal services for human rights organizations are classified in Industry Group 5411, Legal Services.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 813311

The Census index assigns these 7 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Associations for retired persons, advocacy
• Civil liberties organizations
• Developmentally disabled advocacy organizations
• Human rights advocacy organizations
• Intellectually and developmentally disabled advocacy groups
• Senior citizens advocacy organizations
• Veterans' rights organizations

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 813311

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 813311, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $34 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 9499), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 94990Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.UK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

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