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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,330,556
Total expenses
$3,150,566
Contributions and grants received
$2,293,060
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$15,318
Investment income
$1,424
Other revenue
$2,020,754
Total assets, end of year
$3,172,058
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,467,242
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,704,816
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,348,349
Management and general expenses
$527,662
Fundraising expenses
$274,555
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,348,349

Program services were 74.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,293,060

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Contracted Services Revenue

    total $15,318 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,424 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,424

  • 11a · Other revenue: Rental Income

    total $29,235 · related or exempt $29,235 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: Settlement Awards

    total $1,259,202 · related or exempt $1,259,202 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue: ERC Income

    total $732,317 · related or exempt $732,317 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,020,754

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $326,212 · program services $264,232 · management and general $35,883 · fundraising $26,097

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $781,015 · program services $632,823 · management and general $86,752 · fundraising $61,440

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $260,295 · program services $210,947 · management and general $28,848 · fundraising $20,500

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $139,982 · program services $113,444 · management and general $15,514 · fundraising $11,024

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $43,508 · program services $30,000 · management and general $13,508 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $157,932 · program services $0 · management and general $137,753 · fundraising $20,179

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $209,566 · program services $157,858 · management and general $6,000 · fundraising $45,708

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $191 · program services $0 · management and general $191 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,810 · program services $15,983 · management and general $1,117 · fundraising $710

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $83,318 · program services $82,918 · management and general $400 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $278,174 · program services $217,647 · management and general $39,376 · fundraising $21,151

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,515 · program services $37,383 · management and general $3,132 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $48,339 · program services $0 · management and general $48,339 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,973 · program services $2,409 · management and general $330 · fundraising $234

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,741 · program services $15,188 · management and general $2,077 · fundraising $1,476

  • 24a · Other expenses: Contributions

    total $5,753 · program services $5,253 · management and general $0 · fundraising $500

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing

    total $2,131 · program services $1,223 · management and general $31 · fundraising $877

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and Subs

    total $91,809 · program services $74,523 · management and general $7,182 · fundraising $10,104

  • 24d · Other expenses: Telephone

    total $55,209 · program services $42,864 · management and general $7,997 · fundraising $4,348

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $587,093 · program services $443,654 · management and general $93,232 · fundraising $50,207

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,091,980 · end of year $628,466

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $180,000 · end of year $160,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $2,062,476

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,097 · end of year $52,311

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $16,169

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $8,396

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,458 · end of year $7,773

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $5,651

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $293,528 · end of year $255,381

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $364,996 · end of year $539,982

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $83,010 · end of year $83,010

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $629,231 · end of year $844,250

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $344,826 · end of year $1,461,889

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $180,000 · end of year $242,927

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O

  • Genetically Engineered (GE) Crops (also called Agricultural Biotechnology): CFS continued its work challenging USDA and other government agencies for not adequately reviewing the environmental and economic impacts of GE Crops. This work included submiting policy comments to these agencies to ensure they are are complying with environmental and other laws, and educating the public and poliymakers about the impacts of GE Crops.

    Expenses $1,553,498

  • Animal Factories:CFSs impact litigation, legislative proposals, and policy initiatives aim to end the toxic pollution and inhumane treatment of animals in animal factories, also known as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). At the same time, our litigation has and will continue to protect our oceans by halting the development of industrial aquaculture in U.S waters.

    Expenses $521,093

  • Pollinators & Species Protection: Through impact litigation, policy initiaties, aand public campaigns, CFS works to stop the use of toxic chemicals in industrial agriculture that endanger our pollinators, other sensitive and endangered species,and that destroy their habitat.

    Expenses $167,074

  • Organic: CFS works to maintain and enhance strong organic standards that live up to the quality and integrity that consumers expect from organic products including foods, clothing personal care products such as cosmetics, and pet foods through legal actions, policy comments, and public education. Climate: CFS work involves a systematic approach to limiting agricultural practices that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions

    Expenses $106,684

  • and advancing regenerative and agro-ecological practices that enhance climate resilience and sequester atmospheric carbon.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrew Kimbrell

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randy Hayes

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Bricker

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Deborah Koons Garcia

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Naylor

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Kimbrell

    Co Executive Director/Legal Director

    Total calculated
    $201,099
    From this org
    $171,896
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,203
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,896
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,763
    Filer's total
    $201,099

  • Amy Van Saun

    Senior Attorney

    Total calculated
    $107,366
    From this org
    $100,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,118
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sylvia Wu

    Co Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $175,007
    From this org
    $154,316
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,691
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,316
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,691
    Filer's total
    $175,007

  • Ashley Lukens

    Director of Digital Communication

    Total calculated
    $129,389
    From this org
    $111,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,706
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr Vandana Shiva PhD

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543079349301864

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