Center for a Humane Economy Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THERE ARE MANY PATHWAYS FOR IMPROVING THE LIVES OF ANIMALS, BUT ENCOURAGING CORPORATIONS TO EMBED ANIMAL PROTECTION VALUES INTO THEIR PRODUCTION PRACTICES, SUPPLY CHAINS, MARKETING EFFORTS AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES MAY BE THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL. THE CENTER IS THE FIRST ORGANIZATION IN THE FIELD OF ANIMAL PROTECTION SOLELY FOCUSED ON INFLUENCING THE WORKINGS OF BUSINESSES TO FORGE A HUMANE ECONOMIC ORDER. THE CENTER WORKS WITH CORPORATIONS TO ALERT THEM TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN A CULTURE WHERE CONSUMERS, INVESTORS AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS ABHOR CRUELTY AND EMBRACE INNOVATION.
- Income
- $3.9 million
- Spending
- $3.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 74%
- Reserves
- 6.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 84%
- Employees
- 16
- Volunteers
- 125
- Highest pay
- $126,954, director of philanthropy
Source: Form 990 for the year ending October 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 89 out of 100. Higher than 61% of charities in its peer group (animals, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.8 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 19% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 17% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 50% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1574% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending October 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 50% of charities in its peer group (animals, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending October 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)
- $2.4 million spent. *WORKED TO SHUT DOWN ILLEGAL BUSINESS OF ANIMAL FIGHTING THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS AND WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.*FILED LAWSUIT TO STOP U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FROM KILLING HALF A MILLION BARRED OWLS.*BLOCKED CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS BY ANTI-WOLF LAWMAKERS TO ELIMINATE PROTECTION OF WOLVES.*BUILT COALITION OF 200+ ORGANIZATIONS TO DEMAND THAT CONGRESS END THE MILK MANDATE IN SCHOOL LUNCHES.*SUCCEEDED IN STOPPING EATS ACT THAT WOULD UNDO IMPORTANT STATE LAWS TO PROTECT ANIMALS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. *CONTINUED TO PUSH U.S. FDA TO WIND DOWN ANIMAL TESTING AND CHOOSE ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF NEW DRUG SCREENING.*INCREASED PRESSURE ON ADIDAS AND REMAINING SHOE SELLERS TO ABANDON USE OF KANGAROO SKINS IN SOCCER SHOES.SEE SCHEDULE O FOR EXPANSIVE DETAIL ON THESE AND OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF CENTER FOR A HUMANE ECONOMY (CENTER) IS BUILDING A HUMANE ECONOMY BY TRIGGERING CHANGE WITHIN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT TO BENEFIT ANIMALS. THE CENTER AND ITS SISTER ORGANIZATIONS SUCCEEDED IN 2024 IN STOPPING THE SO-CALLED EATS ACT, WHICH WAS FORMULATED TO UNDO THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE LAWS TO PROTECT ANIMALS USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. PUSHED BY FACTORY FARMING SPECIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING THE CHINESE-OWNED SMITHFIELD FOODS, THE EATS ACT AIMS TO IMPOSE GESTATION-CRATE CONFINEMENT AS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD NATIONWIDE, EVEN AFTER MILLIONS OF AMERICAN VOTERS SAID THEY WANT MEAT AND EGGS SOLD IN THEIR STATES TO BE SOURCED FROM FARMS THAT ALLOW THE ANIMALS TO STAND UP, LIE DOWN, AND TURN AROUND. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR MARCH TO PERSUADE THE ATHLETIC SHOE INDUSTRY TO PURGE ITS GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS OF KANGAROO SKINS, RATCHETING UP PRESSURE ON ADIDAS AND THE REMAINING SHOE-SELLERS WHO HAVE BEEN STUBBORNLY USING THE HIDES OF THESE ICONIC MARSUPIALS TO MAKE UPPERS FOR SOCCER SHOES. AND WE CONTINUED TO PUSH THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION - AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES CONSCRIPTED TO SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE AGENCY FOR NEW DRUGS IN THE MARKETPLACE - TO BEGIN A WIND-DOWN OF THE ERA OF ANIMAL TESTING AND TO CHOOSE SAFER, FASTER, LESS COSTLY ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF SCREENING NEW DRUGS. THE YEAR IN REVIEW: OUR EFFORTS TO DRIVE THE MORAL EVOLUTION SOCIETY'S MAJOR INSTITUTIONS IN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY, THE WORKINGS OF BUSINESS HAVE ENORMOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR ANIMALS. IN 2024, THE CENTER WORKED TO DRIVE CHANGES IN MANY OF THE BIGGEST SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY. CAGE-FREE FUTURE *IN 2024, WE BLOCKED THE EATS ACT IN CONGRESS THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT BY ACTORS IN GOVERNMENT TO RIG THE PRIVATE PRODUCTION OF ANIMALS REARED FOR FOOD. THE EXPOSING AGRICULTURAL TRADE SUPPRESSION (EATS) ACT WAS FORMULATED TO UNDO THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE LAWS TO PROTECT ANIMALS USED IN AGRICULTURE, INCLUDING PROP 12 IN CALIFORNIA AND QUESTION 3 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THOSE MEASURES SOUGHT TO HALT THE IN-STATE SALE OF PORK AND EGGS FROM PIGS KEPT IN TWO-FOOT-BY-SEVEN-FOOT CAGES AND OF LAYING HENS JAMMED IN BATTERY CAGES. TO DO THIS, WE RALLIED DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO DEFEND THESE ANTI-EXTREME-CONFINEMENT LAWS, AND THE PROPONENTS OF EATS WEREN'T ABLE TO OVERCOME OUR OPPOSITION AND THEIR LEGISLATION NEVER GOT TO THE HOUSE OR SENATE FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATION. IN OUR EFFORTS, WE HAD THE SUPPORT OF THOUSANDS OF FARMERS WHO NOW SHUN INTENSIVE SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION AND PUT MORE EXTENSIVE SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION TO WORK. THE ALLIANCE OF ANIMAL WELFARE ADVOCATES AND MORE HUMANE-MINDED FARMERS IS A POWERFUL IMPEDIMENT TO THE ADVANCE OF THE EATS ACT. IT CERTAINLY GAVE US A LIFT WHEN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, IN THE PRIOR YEAR AND IN A CLOSE DECISION, REJECTED THE LEGAL CLAIMS BY THE NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL (NPPC) TO GUT PROP 12. BY PIVOTING THEN TO CONGRESS, THE NPPC SEEMED DESPERATE TO FIND ANY WAY TO HOLD ONTO THEIR FACTORY FARMING SYSTEMS. WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO BE READY TO DEFEND THESE STATE LAWS IN 2025 AS SOME FARM-STATE LAWMAKERS GIN UP THIS ASSAULT ON STATES' RIGHTS AND ANIMAL WELFARE. *EVEN THOUGH THE NPPC LOST BEFORE THE HIGH COURT, THE TRADE GROUP AND ITS ALLIES KEEP TRYING TO FIND A WINNING LEGAL DOCTRINE IN THE FEDERAL COURTS. IN A FEDERAL COURT IN MASSACHUSETTS, WE FENDED OFF A NEW LEGAL CHALLENGE TO QUESTION 3, WHICH VOTERS APPROVED NEARLY A DECADE AGO TO HALT THE SALE OF EGGS, PORK, AND VEAL THAT COME FROM THE WORST KINDS OF FACTORY FARMS. AS WITH THE EATS ACT IN CONGRESS, WE'LL HAVE TO CONFRONT THEIR APPEALS AS OUR POLITICAL ADVERSARIES PLY EVERY PATH TO HOLD ONTO THEIR EXTREME ANIMAL-HOUSING PRACTICES. OUR DEFENSIVE MANEUVERS IN CONGRESS AND THE COURTS ARE ALSO CLEARING THE WAY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE FARM-ANIMAL-WELFARE POLICIES TAKING EFFECT IN THE STATES. FOR INSTANCE, IN JANUARY 2025, MICHIGAN LAW WILL REQUIRE THAT ALL EGGS SOLD IN THE STATE COME EXCLUSIVELY FROM CAGE-FREE OPERATIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO EXPAND CAGE-FREE AND CRATE-FREE LAWS, AND NOT TO SEE ANY BACKTRACKING ON THE PROGRESS WE'VE ACHIEVED. NEARLY HALF OF THE EGG INDUSTRY HAS CONVERTED TO CAGE-FREE PRODUCTION, AND NEARLY HALF OF ALL BREEDING SOWS ARE OUT OF GESTATION CRATES FOR THE BULK OF THEIR LIVES IN THE PIG INDUSTRY. WE HAVE A WAY TO GO, BUT THESE PERCENTAGES ARE UP FROM SINGLE-DIGIT NUMBERS JUST TWO DECADES AGO; IN FACT, THE FIRST STATE LAW TO LIMIT ANY FORM OF EXTREME CONFINEMENT WAS FLORIDA BANNING GESTATION CRATES IN 2002. RELYING ON ANIMAL-HOUSING STRATEGIES BUILT AROUND IMMOBILIZING ANIMALS IS, ON ITS FACE, A FORM OF EXTREME MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS, AND HOUSING SYSTEMS BUILT ON EXTREME PRIVATION MUST GO. BE THEY PIGS OR HENS, THESE ANIMALS HAVE NEEDS AND WANTS LIKE ANY CREATURE, AND THE MOST BASIC IDEA IS THAT ANIMALS BUILT TO MOVE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MOVE. KANGAROOS AREN'T SHOES BUILDING ON OUR WORK IN 2023 TO SECURE COMMITMENTS FROM PUMA, NIKE, AND NEW BALANCE TO HALT THEIR SOURCING OF KANGAROO SKINS FOR ATHLETIC SHOES, WE WORKED WITH U.K.-BASED SOKITO TO END ITS SOURCING OF KANGAROO SKIN. WE ALSO RATCHETED UP PRESSURE ON ADIDAS AND TWO JAPANESE BRANDS - MIZUNO AND ASICS, WHICH ALSO USE KANGAROO SKINS FOR
- THE OBJECTIVE OF CENTER FOR A HUMANE ECONOMY (CENTER) IS BUILDING A HUMANE ECONOMY BY TRIGGERING CHANGE WITHIN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT TO BENEFIT ANIMALS. THE CENTER AND ITS SISTER ORGANIZATIONS SUCCEEDED IN 2024 IN STOPPING THE SO-CALLED EATS ACT, WHICH WAS FORMULATED TO UNDO THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE LAWS TO PROTECT ANIMALS USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. PUSHED BY FACTORY FARMING SPECIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING THE CHINESE-OWNED SMITHFIELD FOODS, THE EATS ACT AIMS TO IMPOSE GESTATION-CRATE CONFINEMENT AS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD NATIONWIDE, EVEN AFTER MILLIONS OF AMERICAN VOTERS SAID THEY WANT MEAT AND EGGS SOLD IN THEIR STATES TO BE SOURCED FROM FARMS THAT ALLOW THE ANIMALS TO STAND UP, LIE DOWN, AND TURN AROUND. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR MARCH TO PERSUADE THE ATHLETIC SHOE INDUSTRY TO PURGE ITS GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS OF KANGAROO SKINS, RATCHETING UP PRESSURE ON ADIDAS AND THE REMAINING SHOE-SELLERS WHO HAVE BEEN STUBBORNLY USING THE HIDES OF THESE ICONIC MARSUPIALS TO MAKE UPPERS FOR SOCCER SHOES. AND WE CONTINUED TO PUSH THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION - AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES CONSCRIPTED TO SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE AGENCY FOR NEW DRUGS IN THE MARKETPLACE - TO BEGIN A WIND-DOWN OF THE ERA OF ANIMAL TESTING AND TO CHOOSE SAFER, FASTER, LESS COSTLY ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF SCREENING NEW DRUGS. THE YEAR IN REVIEW: OUR EFFORTS TO DRIVE THE MORAL EVOLUTION SOCIETY'S MAJOR INSTITUTIONS IN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY, THE WORKINGS OF BUSINESS HAVE ENORMOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR ANIMALS. IN 2024, THE CENTER WORKED TO DRIVE CHANGES IN MANY OF THE BIGGEST SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY. CAGE-FREE FUTURE *IN 2024, WE BLOCKED THE EATS ACT IN CONGRESS THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT BY ACTORS IN GOVERNMENT TO RIG THE PRIVATE PRODUCTION OF ANIMALS REARED FOR FOOD. THE EXPOSING AGRICULTURAL TRADE SUPPRESSION (EATS) ACT WAS FORMULATED TO UNDO THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE LAWS TO PROTECT ANIMALS USED IN AGRICULTURE, INCLUDING PROP 12 IN CALIFORNIA AND QUESTION 3 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THOSE MEASURES SOUGHT TO HALT THE IN-STATE SALE OF PORK AND EGGS FROM PIGS KEPT IN TWO-FOOT-BY-SEVEN-FOOT CAGES AND OF LAYING HENS JAMMED IN BATTERY CAGES. TO DO THIS, WE RALLIED DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO DEFEND THESE ANTI-EXTREME-CONFINEMENT LAWS, AND THE PROPONENTS OF EATS WEREN'T ABLE TO OVERCOME OUR OPPOSITION AND THEIR LEGISLATION NEVER GOT TO THE HOUSE OR SENATE FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATION. IN OUR EFFORTS, WE HAD THE SUPPORT OF THOUSANDS OF FARMERS WHO NOW SHUN INTENSIVE SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION AND PUT MORE EXTENSIVE SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION TO WORK. THE ALLIANCE OF ANIMAL WELFARE ADVOCATES AND MORE HUMANE-MINDED FARMERS IS A POWERFUL IMPEDIMENT TO THE ADVANCE OF THE EATS ACT. IT CERTAINLY GAVE US A LIFT WHEN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, IN THE PRIOR YEAR AND IN A CLOSE DECISION, REJECTED THE LEGAL CLAIMS BY THE NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL (NPPC) TO GUT PROP 12. BY PIVOTING THEN TO CONGRESS, THE NPPC SEEMED DESPERATE TO FIND ANY WAY TO HOLD ONTO THEIR FACTORY FARMING SYSTEMS. WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO BE READY TO DEFEND THESE STATE LAWS IN 2025 AS SOME FARM-STATE LAWMAKERS GIN UP THIS ASSAULT ON STATES' RIGHTS AND ANIMAL WELFARE. *EVEN THOUGH THE NPPC LOST BEFORE THE HIGH COURT, THE TRADE GROUP AND ITS ALLIES KEEP TRYING TO FIND A WINNING LEGAL DOCTRINE IN THE FEDERAL COURTS. IN A FEDERAL COURT IN MASSACHUSETTS, WE FENDED OFF A NEW LEGAL CHALLENGE TO QUESTION 3, WHICH VOTERS APPROVED NEARLY A DECADE AGO TO HALT THE SALE OF EGGS, PORK, AND VEAL THAT COME FROM THE WORST KINDS OF FACTORY FARMS. AS WITH THE EATS ACT IN CONGRESS, WE'LL HAVE TO CONFRONT THEIR APPEALS AS OUR POLITICAL ADVERSARIES PLY EVERY PATH TO HOLD ONTO THEIR EXTREME ANIMAL-HOUSING PRACTICES. OUR DEFENSIVE MANEUVERS IN CONGRESS AND THE COURTS ARE ALSO CLEARING THE WAY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE FARM-ANIMAL-WELFARE POLICIES TAKING EFFECT IN THE STATES. FOR INSTANCE, IN JANUARY 2025, MICHIGAN LAW WILL REQUIRE THAT ALL EGGS SOLD IN THE STATE COME EXCLUSIVELY FROM CAGE-FREE OPERATIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO EXPAND CAGE-FREE AND CRATE-FREE LAWS, AND NOT TO SEE ANY BACKTRACKING ON THE PROGRESS WE'VE ACHIEVED. NEARLY HALF OF THE EGG INDUSTRY HAS CONVERTED TO CAGE-FREE PRODUCTION, AND NEARLY HALF OF ALL BREEDING SOWS ARE OUT OF GESTATION CRATES FOR THE BULK OF THEIR LIVES IN THE PIG INDUSTRY. WE HAVE A WAY TO GO, BUT THESE PERCENTAGES ARE UP FROM SINGLE-DIGIT NUMBERS JUST TWO DECADES AGO; IN FACT, THE FIRST STATE LAW TO LIMIT ANY FORM OF EXTREME CONFINEMENT WAS FLORIDA BANNING GESTATION CRATES IN 2002. RELYING ON ANIMAL-HOUSING STRATEGIES BUILT AROUND IMMOBILIZING ANIMALS IS, ON ITS FACE, A FORM OF EXTREME MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS, AND HOUSING SYSTEMS BUILT ON EXTREME PRIVATION MUST GO. BE THEY PIGS OR HENS, THESE ANIMALS HAVE NEEDS AND WANTS LIKE ANY CREATURE, AND THE MOST BASIC IDEA IS THAT ANIMALS BUILT TO MOVE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MOVE. KANGAROOS AREN'T SHOES BUILDING ON OUR WORK IN 2023 TO SECURE COMMITMENTS FROM PUMA, NIKE, AND NEW BALANCE TO HALT THEIR SOURCING OF KANGAROO SKINS FOR ATHLETIC SHOES, WE WORKED WITH U.K.-BASED SOKITO TO END ITS SOURCING OF KANGAROO SKIN. WE ALSO RATCHETED UP PRESSURE ON ADIDAS AND TWO JAPANESE BRANDS - MIZUNO AND ASICS, WHICH ALSO USE KANGAROO SKINS FOR THEIR SOCCER SHOES. OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS AT THEIR TURN CONDUCTED MULTIPLE PROTESTS AT ADIDAS FLAGSHIP STORES IN NEW YORK CITY, ENTERING THE STORES AND DEMANDING THE COMPANY HALT ITS FINANCING OF KANGAROO KILLING IN AUSTRALIA. THE CAMPAIGN TRULY WENT GLOBAL, WITH PROTESTS THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES AND ALSO ACROSS CANADA AND IN GERMANY, WHERE ADIDAS IS HEADQUARTERED. ADIDAS HAS DEFENDED ITS COMMERCE BY CLAIMING THAT AUSTRALIA HAS ASSURED THE COMPANY THAT THE "MANAGEMENT" OF KANGAROOS IS HUMANE. BUT IT'S AN EMPTY DEFENSE. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MANDATES THAT ANY ORPHANED JOEYS FOUND AFTER THE DUST SETTLES FROM THE NIGHT-TIME SHOOTS MUST BE KILLED BY BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, SUCH AS HITTING THEM IN THE HEAD WITH A ROCK OR SLAMMING THEIR SKULLS AGAINST A TRUCK FENDER. THE MERE ACKNOWLEDGEME
- THE OBJECTIVE OF CENTER FOR A HUMANE ECONOMY (CENTER) IS BUILDING A HUMANE ECONOMY BY TRIGGERING CHANGE WITHIN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT TO BENEFIT ANIMALS. THE CENTER AND ITS SISTER ORGANIZATIONS SUCCEEDED IN 2024 IN STOPPING THE SO-CALLED EATS ACT, WHICH WAS FORMULATED TO UNDO THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE LAWS TO PROTECT ANIMALS USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. PUSHED BY FACTORY FARMING SPECIAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING THE CHINESE-OWNED SMITHFIELD FOODS, THE EATS ACT AIMS TO IMPOSE GESTATION-CRATE CONFINEMENT AS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD NATIONWIDE, EVEN AFTER MILLIONS OF AMERICAN VOTERS SAID THEY WANT MEAT AND EGGS SOLD IN THEIR STATES TO BE SOURCED FROM FARMS THAT ALLOW THE ANIMALS TO STAND UP, LIE DOWN, AND TURN AROUND. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR MARCH TO PERSUADE THE ATHLETIC SHOE INDUSTRY TO PURGE ITS GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS OF KANGAROO SKINS, RATCHETING UP PRESSURE ON ADIDAS AND THE REMAINING SHOE-SELLERS WHO HAVE BEEN STUBBORNLY USING THE HIDES OF THESE ICONIC MARSUPIALS TO MAKE UPPERS FOR SOCCER SHOES. AND WE CONTINUED TO PUSH THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION - AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES CONSCRIPTED TO SEEK APPROVAL FROM THE AGENCY FOR NEW DRUGS IN THE MARKETPLACE - TO BEGIN A WIND-DOWN OF THE ERA OF ANIMAL TESTING AND TO CHOOSE SAFER, FASTER, LESS COSTLY ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF SCREENING NEW DRUGS. THE YEAR IN REVIEW: OUR EFFORTS TO DRIVE THE MORAL EVOLUTION SOCIETY'S MAJOR INSTITUTIONS IN A CAPITALIST SOCIETY, THE WORKINGS OF BUSINESS HAVE ENORMOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR ANIMALS. IN 2024, THE CENTER WORKED TO DRIVE CHANGES IN MANY OF THE BIGGEST SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY. CAGE-FREE FUTURE *IN 2024, WE BLOCKED THE EATS ACT IN CONGRESS THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT BY ACTORS IN GOVERNMENT TO RIG THE PRIVATE PRODUCTION OF ANIMALS REARED FOR FOOD. THE EXPOSING AGRICULTURAL TRADE SUPPRESSION (EATS) ACT WAS FORMULATED TO UNDO THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE LAWS TO PROTECT ANIMALS USED IN AGRICULTURE, INCLUDING PROP 12 IN CALIFORNIA AND QUESTION 3 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THOSE MEASURES SOUGHT TO HALT THE IN-STATE SALE OF PORK AND EGGS FROM PIGS KEPT IN TWO-FOOT-BY-SEVEN-FOOT CAGES AND OF LAYING HENS JAMMED IN BATTERY CAGES. TO DO THIS, WE RALLIED DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO DEFEND THESE ANTI-EXTREME-CONFINEMENT LAWS, AND THE PROPONENTS OF EATS WEREN'T ABLE TO OVERCOME OUR OPPOSITION AND THEIR LEGISLATION NEVER GOT TO THE HOUSE OR SENATE FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATION. IN OUR EFFORTS, WE HAD THE SUPPORT OF THOUSANDS OF FARMERS WHO NOW SHUN INTENSIVE SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION AND PUT MORE EXTENSIVE SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION TO WORK. THE ALLIANCE OF ANIMAL WELFARE ADVOCATES AND MORE HUMANE-MINDED FARMERS IS A POWERFUL IMPEDIMENT TO THE ADVANCE OF THE EATS ACT. IT CERTAINLY GAVE US A LIFT WHEN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, IN THE PRIOR YEAR AND IN A CLOSE DECISION, REJECTED THE LEGAL CLAIMS BY THE NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL (NPPC) TO GUT PROP 12. BY PIVOTING THEN TO CONGRESS, THE NPPC SEEMED DESPERATE TO FIND ANY WAY TO HOLD ONTO THEIR FACTORY FARMING SYSTEMS. WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO BE READY TO DEFEND THESE STATE LAWS IN 2025 AS SOME FARM-STATE LAWMAKERS GIN UP THIS ASSAULT ON STATES' RIGHTS AND ANIMAL WELFARE. *EVEN THOUGH THE NPPC LOST BEFORE THE HIGH COURT, THE TRADE GROUP AND ITS ALLIES KEEP TRYING TO FIND A WINNING LEGAL DOCTRINE IN THE FEDERAL COURTS. IN A FEDERAL COURT IN MASSACHUSETTS, WE FENDED OFF A NEW LEGAL CHALLENGE TO QUESTION 3, WHICH VOTERS APPROVED NEARLY A DECADE AGO TO HALT THE SALE OF EGGS, PORK, AND VEAL THAT COME FROM THE WORST KINDS OF FACTORY FARMS. AS WITH THE EATS ACT IN CONGRESS, WE'LL HAVE TO CONFRONT THEIR APPEALS AS OUR POLITICAL ADVERSARIES PLY EVERY PATH TO HOLD ONTO THEIR EXTREME ANIMAL-HOUSING PRACTICES. OUR DEFENSIVE MANEUVERS IN CONGRESS AND THE COURTS ARE ALSO CLEARING THE WAY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE FARM-ANIMAL-WELFARE POLICIES TAKING EFFECT IN THE STATES. FOR INSTANCE, IN JANUARY 2025, MICHIGAN LAW WILL REQUIRE THAT ALL EGGS SOLD IN THE STATE COME EXCLUSIVELY FROM CAGE-FREE OPERATIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO EXPAND CAGE-FREE AND CRATE-FREE LAWS, AND NOT TO SEE ANY BACKTRACKING ON THE PROGRESS WE'VE ACHIEVED. NEARLY HALF OF THE EGG INDUSTRY HAS CONVERTED TO CAGE-FREE PRODUCTION, AND NEARLY HALF OF ALL BREEDING SOWS ARE OUT OF GESTATION CRATES FOR THE BULK OF THEIR LIVES IN THE PIG INDUSTRY. WE HAVE A WAY TO GO, BUT THESE PERCENTAGES ARE UP FROM SINGLE-DIGIT NUMBERS JUST TWO DECADES AGO; IN FACT, THE FIRST STATE LAW TO LIMIT ANY FORM OF EXTREME CONFINEMENT WAS FLORIDA BANNING GESTATION CRATES IN 2002. RELYING ON ANIMAL-HOUSING STRATEGIES BUILT AROUND IMMOBILIZING ANIMALS IS, ON ITS FACE, A FORM OF EXTREME MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS, AND HOUSING SYSTEMS BUILT ON EXTREME PRIVATION MUST GO. BE THEY PIGS OR HENS, THESE ANIMALS HAVE NEEDS AND WANTS LIKE ANY CREATURE, AND THE MOST BASIC IDEA IS THAT ANIMALS BUILT TO MOVE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MOVE. KANGAROOS AREN'T SHOES BUILDING ON OUR WORK IN 2023 TO SECURE COMMITMENTS FROM PUMA, NIKE, AND NEW BALANCE TO HALT THEIR SOURCING OF KANGAROO SKINS FOR ATHLETIC SHOES, WE WORKED WITH U.K.-BASED SOKITO TO END ITS SOURCING OF KANGAROO SKIN. WE ALSO RATCHETED UP PRESSURE ON ADIDAS AND TWO JAPANESE BRANDS - MIZUNO AND ASICS, WHICH ALSO USE KANGAROO SKINS FOR THEIR SOCCER SHOES. OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS AT THEIR TURN CONDUCTED MULTIPLE PROTESTS AT ADIDAS FLAGSHIP STORES IN NEW YORK CITY, ENTERING THE STORES AND DEMANDING THE COMPANY HALT ITS FINANCING OF KANGAROO KILLING IN AUSTRALIA. THE CAMPAIGN TRULY WENT GLOBAL, WITH PROTESTS THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES AND ALSO ACROSS CANADA AND IN GERMANY, WHERE ADIDAS IS HEADQUARTERED. ADIDAS HAS DEFENDED ITS COMMERCE BY CLAIMING THAT AUSTRALIA HAS ASSURED THE COMPANY THAT THE "MANAGEMENT" OF KANGAROOS IS HUMANE. BUT IT'S AN EMPTY DEFENSE. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MANDATES THAT ANY ORPHANED JOEYS FOUND AFTER THE DUST SETTLES FROM THE NIGHT-TIME SHOOTS MUST BE KILLED BY BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, SUCH AS HITTING THEM IN THE HEAD WITH A ROCK OR SLAMMING THEIR SKULLS AGAINST A TRUCK FENDER. THE MERE ACKNOWLEDGEME
Source: Form 990 for the year ending October 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable 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? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, 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 October 2025.
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 July 2019.
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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