Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,364,413

Total expenses

$1,332,937

Contributions and grants received

$1,346,447

Grants paid

$571,985

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$10,281

Other revenue

$7,685

Total assets, end of year

$1,072,963

Total liabilities, end of year

$118,647

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$954,316

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,060,161

Management and general expenses

$135,353

Fundraising expenses

$137,423

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,060,161

Program services were 79.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• GRANTMAKING: THE POLLINATION PROJECT'S CORE DAILY GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES CATALYTIC SEED GRANTS TO EXPERT VOLUNTEER-LED, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INITIATIVES AROUND THE WORLD - GROUNDED IN HEARTIVISM, THE PRACTICE OF PAIRING COMPASSION WITH ACTION. TPP EXISTS ON THE CONVICTION THAT THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO A PROBLEM ARE BEST POSITIONED TO SOLVE IT, AND THAT TRUST, EMPATHY, AND LIVED EXPERIENCE BELONG AT THE CENTER OF HOW CHANGE HAPPENS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025, TPP AWARDED 366 GRANTS TOTALING OVER $507,000 ACROSS SIX CONTINENTS AND 55 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN GRANTS. GRANTS RANGING FROM $500 TO $10,000 FUND INITIATIVES ACROSS FOUR IMPACT AREAS: PLANETARY & HUMAN HEALTH, ANIMAL PROTECTION, EQUITY & DIGNITY, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION. FUNDING DECISIONS ARE GUIDED BY A GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED NETWORK OF 80+ VOLUNTEER GRANT ADVISORS - MANY OF THEM FORMER GRANTEES THEMSELVES - WHO BRING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, SECTOR EXPERTISE, AND THE WISDOM OF LIVED EXPERIENCE TO EVERY DECISION. A TYPICAL GRANT MOBILIZES 200 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME, WITH ONE IN FOUR GRANTEES CONTRIBUTING 500 OR MORE VOLUNTEER HOURS. IN TOTAL, GRANTEES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES CONTRIBUTED NEARLY 80,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS THIS YEAR - EQUIVALENT TO OVER NINE YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE. THE LEVERAGE IS REMARKABLE: ONE IN THREE GRANTEES ATTRACTED ADDITIONAL FUNDING WITHIN MONTHS OF THEIR POLLINATION PROJECT GRANT, ONE IN THREE RECEIVED MEDIA COVERAGE, AND ONE IN TWELVE RECEIVED FORMAL AWARDS. TPP RECEIVED 3,800 APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR - A 65% INCREASE IN QUALIFIED APPLICANTS - AND WAS ABLE TO FUND FEWER THAN 10%, REFLECTING SURGING GLOBAL DEMAND FOR THIS HEARTIVISM-GROUNDED MODEL OF CATALYTIC CHANGE.

  Expenses $629,467 · Grants $333,500

• GLOBAL FARM ANIMAL PROTECTION (ANIMAL RIGHTS): THE POLLINATION PROJECT HAS BECOME A CATALYTIC BACKBONE FOR THE FARMED ANIMAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT, WITH DEEP INVESTMENTS IN MEXICO AND BRAZIL PRODUCING MEASURABLE LEGISLATIVE, LEGAL, AND CULTURAL WINS. IN MEXICO, TPP HELPED BUILD CODAM - A COALITION NOW UNITING 350+ ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING 11 STATE-LEVEL GRANTEES - AND SUPPORTED LEGISLATIVE REFORMS INCLUDING A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RECOGNIZING ANIMALS AS SENTIENT BEINGS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA AND THE CREATION OF A SPECIALIZED ANIMAL WELFARE COMMISSION IN VERACRUZ. IN BRAZIL, TPP SUPPORTED GROUNDBREAKING LEGAL WORK THROUGH GAIA LIBERTAS, BRAZIL'S FIRST LEGAL NGO FOR FARMED ANIMALS, FILING PIONEERING LAWSUITS ON CHICK GRINDING, CONFINEMENT, AND LIVE EXPORTS. THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO END LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS, SPARKED BY A CAMPAIGN TPP SUPPORTED, HAS SINCE UNITED 600+ PEOPLE AND 100+ ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS 27 CITIES. TPP ALSO CO-CREATED A NATIONAL FOOD SYSTEM STRATEGY IN BRAZIL, FUNDING 25 COMMUNITY-LED PROJECTS IN JUST NINE MONTHS SPANNING URBAN AGRICULTURE, PLANT-BASED CULINARY EDUCATION, CLIMATE POLICY ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY KITCHEN TRANSFORMATION. BEYOND GRANTMAKING, TPP LAUNCHED THE RESONANCE NETWORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH POLLUTION STUDIOS - A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND SUPPORT CONTENT CREATORS WHO WILL ELEVATE AWARENESS OF FARM ANIMAL SUFFERING AND PROMOTE COMPASSIONATE SOLUTIONS IN TODAY'S ATTENTION ECONOMY.

  Expenses $384,314 · Grants $238,485

• AI INNOVATION & OPERATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE: WITH A TECH ENTREPRENEUR AT OUR HELM, THE POLLINATION PROJECT IS INVESTING IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BOTH AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL GOOD AND AS A MEANS OF MAXIMIZING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY - ENSURING THAT HUMAN CAPACITY IS DIRECTED WHERE IT MATTERS MOST. IN JULY 2025, TPP INCUBATED MURMURATION LABS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SERVICESPACE AND TIANREN CULTURE - AN AI LAB THAT PUTS HEART INTELLIGENCE FIRST. BUILDING ON AWAKIN AI'S PIONEERING WORK, MURMURATION LABS HAS HELPED 50+ WISDOM KEEPERS AND CHANGEMAKERS DEVELOP CUSTOM AI TOOLS THAT HAVE SPARKED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS WORLDWIDE. MURMURATION LABS IS NOW DESIGNING CIRCLE AGENT, AN AI ASSISTANT THAT FACILITATES TRANSFORMATIVE SMALL-GROUP GATHERINGS BOTH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON. INTERNALLY, TPP IS AUTOMATING SYSTEMS AND WORKFLOWS ACROSS GRANTMAKING OPERATIONS - FROM APPLICATION PROCESSING TO REPORT ANALYTICS - SO THAT THE ORGANIZATION CAN RESPOND TO GROWING DEMAND (3,800 APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR) WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE HUMAN JUDGMENT AND RELATIONAL DEPTH THAT MAKE TPP'S MODEL WORK. THIS DUAL INVESTMENT IN EXTERNAL AI FOR GOOD AND INTERNAL AI FOR EFFICIENCY REFLECTS TPP'S CONVICTION THAT TECHNOLOGY, WHEN GUIDED BY COMPASSION, CAN AMPLIFY - NOT REPLACE - HUMAN CONNECTION.

  Expenses $46,380

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• POLLUTION STUDIOS

  $81,329

  YOUTH ANIMAL ADVOCACY SOCIAL MEDIA PROJECT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

13 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

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