Save Animals Facing Extinction
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What it says it does
SAVE ANIMALS FACING EXTINCTION ("SAVE ANIMALS") IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE EARTH'S MOST PRECIOUS WILDLIFE BY PROMOTING CONSERVATION AND EFFECTIVE POLICY AT STATE, FEDERAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS.
- Income
- $203,797
- Spending
- $460,684
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 1
- Highest pay
- $96,000, vice president & treasurer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $145,045 spent. AWARENESS: EXPENDITURES RELATED TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES AND BUILDING SAVE ANIMALS MEMBERSHIP THROUGH A STRONG, CREDIBLE PUBLIC PRESENCE. IN SERVICE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOALS RELATED TO INFLUENCING GOVERNMENT POLICY, SAVE ANIMALS' GREATEST STRENGTH IS ITS EVER-GROWING GRASSROOTS MEMBERSHIP OF ACTIVISTS, SUPPORTERS, AND SMALL-DOLLAR DONORS INTERESTED IN CREATING CHANGE. SAVE ANIMALS' ENDEAVORS AT RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THREATS TO WILDLIFE AND WHAT THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING TO PROTECT CRITICAL SPECIES HAVE BUILT, AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND, THE ORGANIZATION'S PROFILE AND MEMBERSHIP BASE. DURING 2024, THERE WERE 8,124 DIRECT VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENTS BY SAVE ANIMALS SUPPORTERS, COMPLEMENTED BY AN ADDITIONAL 81,837 VOLUNTEER SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS.
- $108,784 spent. MEMBER ENGAGEMENT: EXPENDITURES RELATED TO SAVE ANIMALS' EFFORTS TO INFORM MEMBERS ABOUT THREATS TO WILDLIFE AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS, ADVOCATE FOR CONSERVATION AND EFFECTIVE POLICY, AND ENGAGE SAVE ANIMALS MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS IN OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE AN IMPACT THROUGH GRASSROOTS ACTIVITY. ONE OF THE PRIMARY AVENUES FOR MEMBER COMMUNICATION IS SAVE ANIMALS' MEDIA PRESENCE AND ENGAGEMENT, WHICH SERVE BOTH TO FURTHER SAVE ANIMALS AS AN IMPORTANT AND CREDIBLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND TO AMPLIFY ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THE ORGANIZATION. SAVE ANIMALS ALSO COMMUNICATES EXTENSIVELY VIA EMAIL TO KEEP MEMBERS INFORMED AND READY TO MOBILIZE WITH GRASSROOTS ACTION WHEN AND WHERE IT CAN BE MOST EFFECTIVE. IN 2024, OVER 3.7 MILLION INFORMATIONAL AND ALERT COMMUNICATIONS WERE SENT TO SAVE ANIMALS SUPPORTERS, ACHIEVING AN AVERAGE READERSHIP ENGAGEMENT RATE OF 32.2%.
- $108,784 spent. POLITICAL ADVOCACY: EXPENDITURES RELATED TO SAVE ANIMALS' GOALS OF ENDEAVORS AT RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THREATS TO WILDLIFE AND WHAT THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING TO PROTECT CRITICAL SPECIES HAVE BUILT, AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND, THE ORGANIZATION'S PROFILE AND MEMBERSHIP BASE. INFLUENCING STATE, FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES TO BETTER PROTECT CRITICAL WILDLIFE. EXPENDITURES IN THIS AREA INCLUDE COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT FOR WORK ENACTING, IMPLEMENTING AND PROTECTING RESTRICTIONS ON WILDLIFE POACHING, AND PRODUCTIONS AND TRAFFICKING OF PRODUCTS MADE ENDANGERED SPECIES, AND ADVERTISING TO VOTERS AND INDIRECT LOBBYING OF ELECTED OFFICIALS URGING SUPPORT FOR THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND OTHER MEASURES ALIGNED WITH SAFE'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. IN PURSUIT OF THESE AIMS, SAVE ANIMALS HAS GENERATED MORE THAN 600,000 MEMBER CONTACTS TO ADVOCATE FOR SPECIFIC POLICY, LEGISLATIVE, AND RULE-MAKING GOALS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2017.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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