Time's Up (organization)

This article is about the advocacy group. For the advocacy movement, see Me Too movement. For other uses, see Time's Up (disambiguation).

Time's Up
FoundedJanuary 1, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01-01)
Legal statusDefunct
PurposeAdvocacy and support for victims of workplace sexual harassment
Subsidiaries
  • Time's Up Now
  • Time's Up Foundation
  • Time's Up Legal Defense Fund
Websitewww.timesupnow.com Edit this at Wikidata

Time's Up (stylised in all caps) was a non-profit organization that raised money to support victims of sexual harassment. The organization was founded on January 1, 2018, by Hollywood celebrities in response to the Weinstein effect and the Me Too movement. As of January 2020, the organization had raised $24 million in donations.

Time's Up collaborated with the National Women's Law Center to create the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund (TULDF), which provides legal and media support to individuals who have been subject to workplace sex discrimination, such as sexual harassment. The Time's Up Foundation raised money for the TULDF.[1][2]

The organization came under fire after its leadership's involvement in the attempted cover-up of the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations came to light.[3][4][5] In September 2021, Time's Up dissolved its 71-member advisory board, which included several prominent actors, as a result of the continued fallout from the group's handling of the controversy. It was also reported that its entire governing board would resign and be replaced.[6]

In late 2022, the three board members were Ashley Judd, Nina Shaw, and financial executive Gabrielle Sulzberger.[7] In January 2023 the organization announced it was ceasing operations.

  1. ^ Maddaus, Gene (December 22, 2020). "Time's Up Financial Reports Show Growth, Detail CEO Severance". Variety. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "Time's Up Legal Defense Fund: Three Years and Looking Forward" (PDF). National Women's Law Center. 2021.
  3. ^ "Leader of Time's Up movement Roberta Kaplan quits after backlash over her work with Andrew Cuomo". Sky News. United Kingdom. August 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Thomas, David (August 9, 2021). "Roberta Kaplan exits Time's Up board following Cuomo report". Reuters.
  5. ^ Villenueve, Marina (August 9, 2021). "Time's Up leader resigns after criticism about Cuomo ties". The Press-Democrat. Associated Press.
  6. ^ Maddaus, Gene (September 10, 2021). "Time's Up Dissolves Advisory Board That Included Natalie Portman, Jessica Chastain and Reese Witherspoon".
  7. ^ Rebecca Keegan (October 3, 2022). "#MeToo, Five Years Later: Why Time's Up Imploded". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 4, 2022.