Animal Wellness Action
Public records raise at least one point you should look into before giving.
What it says it does
TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, WE PROMOTE ENACTING AND ENFORCING GOOD PUBLIC POLICIES. ENACTING GOOD LAWS DEPENDS UPON ELECTING GOOD LAWMAKERS, AND WE REMIND VOTERS WHICH CANDIDATES CARE ABOUT AND SUPPORT ANIMAL ISSUES.
- Income
- $2.4 million
- Spending
- $2.9 million
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 200
- Highest pay
- $165,000, general counsel & board se
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 (4)
- $1.3 million spent. *FDA MODERNIZATION - CONTINUED TO PUSH FDA TO ADHERE TO FDA MODERNIZATION ACT 3.0 AND END ANIMAL TESTING* BARRED OWLS - FILED FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO STOP KILLING OF HALF A MILLION BARRED OWLS* BEAR BAITING - PROMOTED FINAL RULEMAKING ACTION BY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO IMPOSE A BAN ON BEAR BAITING* BIG CATS - WORKED TO STOP ASSAULTS ON MOUNTAIN LIONS, BOBCATS AND OTHER NATIVE CATS IN THE WEST* WOLVES - BLOCKED CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR WOLVES* WILD HORSES - WORKED TO STOP ROUNDUP OF WILD HORSES AT A NATIONAL PARK* DAIRY COWS - CONTINUED SEEKING TO HALT MISTREATMENT OF DAIRY COWS THROUGH HYPER PRODUCTION OF MANDATED MILK IN NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM OUR NATION NEEDS A STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL VOICE FOR ANIMALS IN THE POLITICAL SPHERE, AND THAT'S THE NOTION THAT ANIMATES OUR WORK EVERY DAY AT ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION. THERE IS AN ASYMMETRY IN POWER RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ANIMALS, AND THAT'S WHY THE LAW MUST SPEAK AND SHIELD ANIMALS FROM HUMAN MALICE, GREED, INDIFFERENCE, AND CRUEL CUSTOMS OR HABITS. WE NEED PUBLIC POLICIES TO ADDRESS CRUELTY IN ALL ITS FORMS AND TO WIPE IT AWAY - WHETHER THE ABUSE HAPPENS IN A FIGHTING PIT, ON A FACTORY FARM OR IN A DRUG-TESTING LABORATORY, AT A HORSE SLAUGHTER PLANT IN MEXICO, OR IN A FOREST OR FIELD WHERE TROPHY HUNTERS OR COMMERCIAL TRAPPERS LAY IN WAIT TO KILL ANIMALS FOR THEIR HEADS OR THEIR BEAUTIFUL COATS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CAMPAIGNS - WHETHER IT'S OUR CAGE-FREE FUTURE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE, OUR ANIMAL FIGHTING IS THE PITS CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE THE SCOURGES OF DOGFIGHTING AND COCKFIGHTING, AND OR OUR KANGAROOS ARE NOT SHOES CAMPAIGN TO BAR ATHLETIC SHOE RETAILERS FROM KEEPING THE SKINS OF MAJESTIC MARSUPIALS IN THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS -- IT FEELS SOMETIMES LIKE WE ARE PLAYING 15 OR 20 GAMES OF CHESS AT ONE TIME. WE ARE MAKING BOLD AND STRATEGIC MOVES, AND WE ARE LOCKED IN POLITICAL STRUGGLE WITH OUR OPPONENTS WHO SEEM HELLBENT ON DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO. WITH EACH MOVE, THE GOAL IS TO POSITION US FOR ULTIMATE SUCCESS, EVEN IF IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THERE. BUT "WINNING" A CAMPAIGN DOES NOT TRANSLATE INTO OUR POLITICAL ADVERSARIES "LOSING" THEIR WAY OF LIFE OR THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO FIND A BETTER WAY FORWARD FOR THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE TAKING ACTIONS AT ODDS WITH THE WELLNESS OF ANIMALS. RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IS OFTEN NOT GROUNDED ON REASON, BUT ON REFLEX. RESEARCHERS DON'T NEED TO TORMENT BEAGLES OR PRIMATES WHEN NON-ANIMAL TESTING METHODS, SUCH AS LIVER-ON-A-CHIP TECHNOLOGY, ALLOW THEM TO SEARCH OUT TOXICITIES FOR DRUGS AND TO RELY ON MORE PREDICTIVE HUMAN BIOLOGY. FARMERS DON'T NEED TO CONFINE ANIMALS SO SEVERELY THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO MOVE; KEEPING THEM IN LESS CROWDED CONDITIONS IS LESS STRESSFUL FOR THEM AND DOESN'T CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE DISEASE SPREADS SO RAPIDLY. ADIDAS DOES NOT NEED TO USE KANGAROO SKINS FOR ITS SHOES, WHEN SUSTAINABLE FABRICS GET THE JOB DONE BETTER FOR THE SHOE BUYER. HUNTERS CAN USE NON-TOXIC AMMUNITION WHEN THEY GO AFIELD, RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO RELY ON POISONOUS LEAD AMMUNITION THAT THEY SCATTER IN THE ENVIRONMENT; THAT MEANS THEIR BULLETS WON'T KEEP KILLING EAGLES, HAWKS, FOXES, AND OTHER WILDLIFE LONG AFTER THEY'VE LEFT THE BARREL. IN THE MARCH OF HUMAN PROGRESS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF MORAL PURPOSE AND HUMAN INNOVATION THAT CAN SHOW US THE WAY FORWARD. MAKING SIMPLE CHANGES, AND EMBRACING BETTER METHODS OF CONDUCTING SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, OR SPORT, LEADS TO BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT'S GOOD FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY. WHEN YOU TAKE A BROAD LOOK AT OUR POLICY GOALS FOR ANIMALS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE WORKING TO CLOSE OUT INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE DOGGED ANIMALS FOR DECADES OR CENTURIES. BUT WE ARE ALSO TACKLING, AND SOFTENING, MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL USES OF ANIMALS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE WITH US FOR DECADES TO COME. THERE'S LITTLE DEBATE ANY LONGER THAT GREYHOUND RACING, ANIMAL FIGHTING, AND HORSE SLAUGHTER ARE DEEPLY UNPOPULAR. THEY'VE ALL GOT TO GO, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING WITH DILIGENCE TO CREATE STRONG LEGAL STANDARDS AND ENFORCE THOSE STANDARDS WITH VIGOR. THE LAWS WE PASS TO PHASE OUT THESE PRACTICES WILL STAND AS STATUTORY MONUMENTS TO THE MORAL PROGRESS WE ARE COLLECTIVELY CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING IN OUR SOCIETY. FOR MORE DEEPLY EMBEDDED PRACTICES, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON, WITH THE GOAL OF METHODICALLY REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF ANIMALS USED. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN ANIMAL TESTING IN SCIENCE AND IN INTENSIVE CONFINEMENT OF ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE. THESE BUSINESSES, WHICH SEEM TOO NORMAL TO THE PEOPLE IMMERSED IN THIS CONDUCT, ARE SEEING ERODING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THEM. THEY DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE LONG HISTORICAL TIMELINES; RATHER, THEY ARE MORE RECENT INNOVATIONS THAT GAINED SOME FAVOR IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AND EVEN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. PUTTING DOMESTICATED PIGS AND CHICKENS IN WAREHOUSES IS JUST DECADES OLD, AND CANNOT BE FOUND IN THE LONG SWEEP OF HUMAN HISTORY SINCE THE ADVENT OF AGRICULTURE. FACTORY FARMING IS, IN ITS BROADEST FORM, A FORM OF HUMAN INNOVATIONS. BUT IT IS HUMAN CREATION DETACHED FROM CONSCIENCE. WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS HUMAN INNOVATIONS ATTACHED TO CONSCIENCE. THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE BEST OF HUMAN GENIUS AND CONSCIENCE IN ALIGNMENT. SO MANY PRACTICES THAT CAUSE HARM TO ANIMALS PERSIST BECAUSE THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE DAILY GAZE OF THE PUBLIC - A CASE OF "OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND." BUT IT'S OUR DUTY TO KEEP THESE SUBJECTS "TOP OF MIND" FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO SHOW THERE'S A BETTER WAY. USING ANIMALS FOR DRUG SCREENING, ACCORDING TO SO MANY TOP SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD, IS HIGHLY INEFFICIENT AND UNRELIABLE. WE CAN DEVELOP BETTER, SAFER DRUGS AT LOWER COSTS BY SHIFTING TO DRUG-SCREENING STRATEGIES GROUNDED ON HUMAN BIOLOGY. WE WILL HAVE HEALTHIER ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE WHEN WE MOVE TOWARD MORE EXTENSIVE SYSTEMS. ONE REASON FOR THE SURGE IN EGG PRICES IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT FEELS COMPE
- $611,206 spent. *CONTINUED TO WORK WITH CONGRESS TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR AN ANIMAL PROTECTION AGENDA AND FOR LAWS THAT PROVIDE THAT PROTECTION*BLOCKED EATS ACT IN CONGRESS, WHICH SEEKS TO REPEAL LAWS HALTING SALE OF PORK AND EGGS FROM PIGS KEPT IN SMALL CAGES AND LAYING HENS JAMMED IN BATTERY CAGES*PREVAILED IN FEDERAL APPEALS COURT UPHOLDING BAN ON ANIMAL FIGHTING ON EVERY INCH OF U.S. SOIL*CONTINUED TO CAMPAIGN TO END MILK MANDATE IN SCHOOLS OUR NATION NEEDS A STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL VOICE FOR ANIMALS IN THE POLITICAL SPHERE, AND THAT'S THE NOTION THAT ANIMATES OUR WORK EVERY DAY AT ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION. THERE IS AN ASYMMETRY IN POWER RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ANIMALS, AND THAT'S WHY THE LAW MUST SPEAK AND SHIELD ANIMALS FROM HUMAN MALICE, GREED, INDIFFERENCE, AND CRUEL CUSTOMS OR HABITS. WE NEED PUBLIC POLICIES TO ADDRESS CRUELTY IN ALL ITS FORMS AND TO WIPE IT AWAY - WHETHER THE ABUSE HAPPENS IN A FIGHTING PIT, ON A FACTORY FARM OR IN A DRUG-TESTING LABORATORY, AT A HORSE SLAUGHTER PLANT IN MEXICO, OR IN A FOREST OR FIELD WHERE TROPHY HUNTERS OR COMMERCIAL TRAPPERS LAY IN WAIT TO KILL ANIMALS FOR THEIR HEADS OR THEIR BEAUTIFUL COATS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CAMPAIGNS - WHETHER IT'S OUR CAGE-FREE FUTURE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE, OUR ANIMAL FIGHTING IS THE PITS CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE THE SCOURGES OF DOGFIGHTING AND COCKFIGHTING, AND OR OUR KANGAROOS ARE NOT SHOES CAMPAIGN TO BAR ATHLETIC SHOE RETAILERS FROM KEEPING THE SKINS OF MAJESTIC MARSUPIALS IN THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS -- IT FEELS SOMETIMES LIKE WE ARE PLAYING 15 OR 20 GAMES OF CHESS AT ONE TIME. WE ARE MAKING BOLD AND STRATEGIC MOVES, AND WE ARE LOCKED IN POLITICAL STRUGGLE WITH OUR OPPONENTS WHO SEEM HELLBENT ON DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO. WITH EACH MOVE, THE GOAL IS TO POSITION US FOR ULTIMATE SUCCESS, EVEN IF IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THERE. BUT "WINNING" A CAMPAIGN DOES NOT TRANSLATE INTO OUR POLITICAL ADVERSARIES "LOSING" THEIR WAY OF LIFE OR THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO FIND A BETTER WAY FORWARD FOR THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE TAKING ACTIONS AT ODDS WITH THE WELLNESS OF ANIMALS. RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IS OFTEN NOT GROUNDED ON REASON, BUT ON REFLEX. RESEARCHERS DON'T NEED TO TORMENT BEAGLES OR PRIMATES WHEN NON-ANIMAL TESTING METHODS, SUCH AS LIVER-ON-A-CHIP TECHNOLOGY, ALLOW THEM TO SEARCH OUT TOXICITIES FOR DRUGS AND TO RELY ON MORE PREDICTIVE HUMAN BIOLOGY. FARMERS DON'T NEED TO CONFINE ANIMALS SO SEVERELY THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO MOVE; KEEPING THEM IN LESS CROWDED CONDITIONS IS LESS STRESSFUL FOR THEM AND DOESN'T CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE DISEASE SPREADS SO RAPIDLY. ADIDAS DOES NOT NEED TO USE KANGAROO SKINS FOR ITS SHOES, WHEN SUSTAINABLE FABRICS GET THE JOB DONE BETTER FOR THE SHOE BUYER. HUNTERS CAN USE NON-TOXIC AMMUNITION WHEN THEY GO AFIELD, RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO RELY ON POISONOUS LEAD AMMUNITION THAT THEY SCATTER IN THE ENVIRONMENT; THAT MEANS THEIR BULLETS WON'T KEEP KILLING EAGLES, HAWKS, FOXES, AND OTHER WILDLIFE LONG AFTER THEY'VE LEFT THE BARREL. IN THE MARCH OF HUMAN PROGRESS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF MORAL PURPOSE AND HUMAN INNOVATION THAT CAN SHOW US THE WAY FORWARD. MAKING SIMPLE CHANGES, AND EMBRACING BETTER METHODS OF CONDUCTING SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, OR SPORT, LEADS TO BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT'S GOOD FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY. WHEN YOU TAKE A BROAD LOOK AT OUR POLICY GOALS FOR ANIMALS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE WORKING TO CLOSE OUT INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE DOGGED ANIMALS FOR DECADES OR CENTURIES. BUT WE ARE ALSO TACKLING, AND SOFTENING, MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL USES OF ANIMALS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE WITH US FOR DECADES TO COME. THERE'S LITTLE DEBATE ANY LONGER THAT GREYHOUND RACING, ANIMAL FIGHTING, AND HORSE SLAUGHTER ARE DEEPLY UNPOPULAR. THEY'VE ALL GOT TO GO, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING WITH DILIGENCE TO CREATE STRONG LEGAL STANDARDS AND ENFORCE THOSE STANDARDS WITH VIGOR. THE LAWS WE PASS TO PHASE OUT THESE PRACTICES WILL STAND AS STATUTORY MONUMENTS TO THE MORAL PROGRESS WE ARE COLLECTIVELY CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING IN OUR SOCIETY. FOR MORE DEEPLY EMBEDDED PRACTICES, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON, WITH THE GOAL OF METHODICALLY REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF ANIMALS USED. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN ANIMAL TESTING IN SCIENCE AND IN INTENSIVE CONFINEMENT OF ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE. THESE BUSINESSES, WHICH SEEM TOO NORMAL TO THE PEOPLE IMMERSED IN THIS CONDUCT, ARE SEEING ERODING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THEM. THEY DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE LONG HISTORICAL TIMELINES; RATHER, THEY ARE MORE RECENT INNOVATIONS THAT GAINED SOME FAVOR IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AND EVEN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. PUTTING DOMESTICATED PIGS AND CHICKENS IN WAREHOUSES IS JUST DECADES OLD, AND CANNOT BE FOUND IN THE LONG SWEEP OF HUMAN HISTORY SINCE THE ADVENT OF AGRICULTURE. FACTORY FARMING IS, IN ITS BROADEST FORM, A FORM OF HUMAN INNOVATIONS. BUT IT IS HUMAN CREATION DETACHED FROM CONSCIENCE. WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS HUMAN INNOVATIONS ATTACHED TO CONSCIENCE. THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE BEST OF HUMAN GENIUS AND CONSCIENCE IN ALIGNMENT. SO MANY PRACTICES THAT CAUSE HARM TO ANIMALS PERSIST BECAUSE THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE DAILY GAZE OF THE PUBLIC - A CASE OF "OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND." BUT IT'S OUR DUTY TO KEEP THESE SUBJECTS "TOP OF MIND" FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO SHOW THERE'S A BETTER WAY. USING ANIMALS FOR DRUG SCREENING, ACCORDING TO SO MANY TOP SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD, IS HIGHLY INEFFICIENT AND UNRELIABLE. WE CAN DEVELOP BETTER, SAFER DRUGS AT LOWER COSTS BY SHIFTING TO DRUG-SCREENING STRATEGIES GROUNDED ON HUMAN BIOLOGY. WE WILL HAVE HEALTHIER ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE WHEN WE MOVE TOWARD MORE EXTENSIVE SYSTEMS. ONE REASON FOR THE SURGE IN EGG PRICES IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT FEELS COMPELLED TO KILL EVERY ANIMAL ON A GIANT FACTORY FARM WHEN THERE IS EVEN A SINGLE INFECTED ANIMAL, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE INFECTION WILL SPREAD TO MILLIONS OF ANIMALS JAMMED TOGETHER ON THESE FARMS. VULNERABLE ANIMALS ALSO MEAN A HIGHLY VULNERABLE SUPPLY CHAIN. THERE'S SO MUCH TO OUR WORK. IT'S HARD.
- $452,003 spent. * SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED FOUR TOP ALLIES IN CONGRESS DURING 2024 ELECTIONS* DEFEATED THREE ANTI-ANIMAL WELFARE INCUMBENTS IN U.S. HOUSE* WORKED TO SUPPORT DOZENS OF STATE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE OUR NATION NEEDS A STRONG ORGANIZATIONAL VOICE FOR ANIMALS IN THE POLITICAL SPHERE, AND THAT'S THE NOTION THAT ANIMATES OUR WORK EVERY DAY AT ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION. THERE IS AN ASYMMETRY IN POWER RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ANIMALS, AND THAT'S WHY THE LAW MUST SPEAK AND SHIELD ANIMALS FROM HUMAN MALICE, GREED, INDIFFERENCE, AND CRUEL CUSTOMS OR HABITS. WE NEED PUBLIC POLICIES TO ADDRESS CRUELTY IN ALL ITS FORMS AND TO WIPE IT AWAY - WHETHER THE ABUSE HAPPENS IN A FIGHTING PIT, ON A FACTORY FARM OR IN A DRUG-TESTING LABORATORY, AT A HORSE SLAUGHTER PLANT IN MEXICO, OR IN A FOREST OR FIELD WHERE TROPHY HUNTERS OR COMMERCIAL TRAPPERS LAY IN WAIT TO KILL ANIMALS FOR THEIR HEADS OR THEIR BEAUTIFUL COATS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CAMPAIGNS - WHETHER IT'S OUR CAGE-FREE FUTURE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE, OUR ANIMAL FIGHTING IS THE PITS CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE THE SCOURGES OF DOGFIGHTING AND COCKFIGHTING, AND OR OUR KANGAROOS ARE NOT SHOES CAMPAIGN TO BAR ATHLETIC SHOE RETAILERS FROM KEEPING THE SKINS OF MAJESTIC MARSUPIALS IN THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS -- IT FEELS SOMETIMES LIKE WE ARE PLAYING 15 OR 20 GAMES OF CHESS AT ONE TIME. WE ARE MAKING BOLD AND STRATEGIC MOVES, AND WE ARE LOCKED IN POLITICAL STRUGGLE WITH OUR OPPONENTS WHO SEEM HELLBENT ON DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO. WITH EACH MOVE, THE GOAL IS TO POSITION US FOR ULTIMATE SUCCESS, EVEN IF IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THERE. BUT "WINNING" A CAMPAIGN DOES NOT TRANSLATE INTO OUR POLITICAL ADVERSARIES "LOSING" THEIR WAY OF LIFE OR THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO FIND A BETTER WAY FORWARD FOR THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE TAKING ACTIONS AT ODDS WITH THE WELLNESS OF ANIMALS. RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IS OFTEN NOT GROUNDED ON REASON, BUT ON REFLEX. RESEARCHERS DON'T NEED TO TORMENT BEAGLES OR PRIMATES WHEN NON-ANIMAL TESTING METHODS, SUCH AS LIVER-ON-A-CHIP TECHNOLOGY, ALLOW THEM TO SEARCH OUT TOXICITIES FOR DRUGS AND TO RELY ON MORE PREDICTIVE HUMAN BIOLOGY. FARMERS DON'T NEED TO CONFINE ANIMALS SO SEVERELY THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO MOVE; KEEPING THEM IN LESS CROWDED CONDITIONS IS LESS STRESSFUL FOR THEM AND DOESN'T CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE DISEASE SPREADS SO RAPIDLY. ADIDAS DOES NOT NEED TO USE KANGAROO SKINS FOR ITS SHOES, WHEN SUSTAINABLE FABRICS GET THE JOB DONE BETTER FOR THE SHOE BUYER. HUNTERS CAN USE NON-TOXIC AMMUNITION WHEN THEY GO AFIELD, RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO RELY ON POISONOUS LEAD AMMUNITION THAT THEY SCATTER IN THE ENVIRONMENT; THAT MEANS THEIR BULLETS WON'T KEEP KILLING EAGLES, HAWKS, FOXES, AND OTHER WILDLIFE LONG AFTER THEY'VE LEFT THE BARREL. IN THE MARCH OF HUMAN PROGRESS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF MORAL PURPOSE AND HUMAN INNOVATION THAT CAN SHOW US THE WAY FORWARD. MAKING SIMPLE CHANGES, AND EMBRACING BETTER METHODS OF CONDUCTING SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, OR SPORT, LEADS TO BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT'S GOOD FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY. WHEN YOU TAKE A BROAD LOOK AT OUR POLICY GOALS FOR ANIMALS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE WORKING TO CLOSE OUT INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE DOGGED ANIMALS FOR DECADES OR CENTURIES. BUT WE ARE ALSO TACKLING, AND SOFTENING, MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL USES OF ANIMALS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE WITH US FOR DECADES TO COME. THERE'S LITTLE DEBATE ANY LONGER THAT GREYHOUND RACING, ANIMAL FIGHTING, AND HORSE SLAUGHTER ARE DEEPLY UNPOPULAR. THEY'VE ALL GOT TO GO, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WORKING WITH DILIGENCE TO CREATE STRONG LEGAL STANDARDS AND ENFORCE THOSE STANDARDS WITH VIGOR. THE LAWS WE PASS TO PHASE OUT THESE PRACTICES WILL STAND AS STATUTORY MONUMENTS TO THE MORAL PROGRESS WE ARE COLLECTIVELY CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING IN OUR SOCIETY. FOR MORE DEEPLY EMBEDDED PRACTICES, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON, WITH THE GOAL OF METHODICALLY REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF ANIMALS USED. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN ANIMAL TESTING IN SCIENCE AND IN INTENSIVE CONFINEMENT OF ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE. THESE BUSINESSES, WHICH SEEM TOO NORMAL TO THE PEOPLE IMMERSED IN THIS CONDUCT, ARE SEEING ERODING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THEM. THEY DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE LONG HISTORICAL TIMELINES; RATHER, THEY ARE MORE RECENT INNOVATIONS THAT GAINED SOME FAVOR IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AND EVEN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. PUTTING DOMESTICATED PIGS AND CHICKENS IN WAREHOUSES IS JUST DECADES OLD, AND CANNOT BE FOUND IN THE LONG SWEEP OF HUMAN HISTORY SINCE THE ADVENT OF AGRICULTURE. FACTORY FARMING IS, IN ITS BROADEST FORM, A FORM OF HUMAN INNOVATIONS. BUT IT IS HUMAN CREATION DETACHED FROM CONSCIENCE. WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS HUMAN INNOVATIONS ATTACHED TO CONSCIENCE. THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE BEST OF HUMAN GENIUS AND CONSCIENCE IN ALIGNMENT. SO MANY PRACTICES THAT CAUSE HARM TO ANIMALS PERSIST BECAUSE THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE DAILY GAZE OF THE PUBLIC - A CASE OF "OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND." BUT IT'S OUR DUTY TO KEEP THESE SUBJECTS "TOP OF MIND" FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO SHOW THERE'S A BETTER WAY. USING ANIMALS FOR DRUG SCREENING, ACCORDING TO SO MANY TOP SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD, IS HIGHLY INEFFICIENT AND UNRELIABLE. WE CAN DEVELOP BETTER, SAFER DRUGS AT LOWER COSTS BY SHIFTING TO DRUG-SCREENING STRATEGIES GROUNDED ON HUMAN BIOLOGY. WE WILL HAVE HEALTHIER ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURE WHEN WE MOVE TOWARD MORE EXTENSIVE SYSTEMS. ONE REASON FOR THE SURGE IN EGG PRICES IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT FEELS COMPELLED TO KILL EVERY ANIMAL ON A GIANT FACTORY FARM WHEN THERE IS EVEN A SINGLE INFECTED ANIMAL, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE INFECTION WILL SPREAD TO MILLIONS OF ANIMALS JAMMED TOGETHER ON THESE FARMS. VULNERABLE ANIMALS ALSO MEAN A HIGHLY VULNERABLE SUPPLY CHAIN. THERE'S SO MUCH TO OUR WORK. IT'S HARD. COMPLEX IN SO MANY WAYS. BUT OUR TEAM IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING GOOD OUTCOMES FOR ANIMALS AND SOCIETY. MAKING THE KIND OF GRAND CHANGE WE SEEK FOR DOMESTICATED AND WILD ANIMALS IS PERHAPS THE TOUGHEST FORM OF SOCIAL CHANGE. MORE
- $44,394 spent. * CONTINUED TO PROMOTE ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAWS AND LEGAL STANDARDS THROUGH OUR NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNCIL, CONSISTING OF 27 MEMBERS, INCLUDING DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT* OBTAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT ACT BY OBTAINING BACKING OF NATIONAL SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION
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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 7, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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