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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WILD ANIMAL INITIATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,487,849
Total expenses
$3,345,940
Contributions and grants received
$2,325,327
Grants paid
$715,066
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$160,757
Other revenue
$1,765
Total assets, end of year
$7,565,204
Total liabilities, end of year
$848,504
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,716,700
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,008,241
Management and general expenses
$976,956
Fundraising expenses
$360,743
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,008,241

Program services were 60.0% 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

    $2,325,327

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $160,757 · excluded $160,757

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,765 · related or exempt $1,765

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,765

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $187,196 · program services $187,196

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $31,900 · program services $31,900

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $495,970 · program services $495,970

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $114,344 · program services $37,825 · management and general $51,060 · fundraising $25,459

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,098,387 · program services $363,351 · management and general $490,479 · fundraising $244,557

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,439 · program services $5,438 · management and general $7,341 · fundraising $3,660

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $130,523 · program services $43,177 · management and general $58,285 · fundraising $29,061

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $101,722 · program services $33,650 · management and general $45,424 · fundraising $22,648

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $97,123 · program services $36,603 · management and general $60,400 · fundraising $120

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $763,134 · program services $655,026 · management and general $101,899 · fundraising $6,209

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $356 · program services $39 · management and general $317

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $58,393 · program services $1,767 · management and general $56,395 · fundraising $231

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $151,641 · program services $85,790 · management and general $60,429 · fundraising $5,422

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,604 · program services $144 · management and general $7,460

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMPUTER EXPENSES

    total $29,994 · program services $6,781 · management and general $14,420 · fundraising $8,793

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER GRANT EXPENSES

    total $18,239 · management and general $16,314 · fundraising $1,925

  • 24c · Other expenses: REGISTRATION FEES

    total $15,971 · program services $10,008 · management and general $5,288 · fundraising $675

  • 24d · Other expenses: PUBLICATION COSTS

    total $13,576 · program services $13,576

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,428 · management and general $1,445 · fundraising $11,983

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $836,798 · end of year $1,507,724

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,688,399 · end of year $4,628,024

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,127,192 · end of year $1,397,487

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $29,886 · end of year $31,969

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,150,437 · end of year $848,504

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,231,815 · end of year $4,719,032

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,300,023 · end of year $1,997,668

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WILD ANIMAL INITIATIVE'S MISSION IS TO RESEARCH, RAISE AWARENESS, AND REDUCE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS.

  • INTERNAL RESEARCH - WILD ANIMAL INITIATIVE CONDUCTS FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH IN THE WELFARE BIOLOGY AND WILD ANIMAL WELFARE SPACES. THE ORGANIZATION PRODUCES LITERATURE REVIEWS, COMPLETES MESSAGING STUDIES, AND PUBLISHES ORIGINAL RESEARCH ON WILD ANIMAL WELFARE.

    Expenses $444,435 · Grants $1,565

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH - WILD ANIMAL INITIATIVE CONDUCTS OUTREACH TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS ON WILD ANIMAL WELFARE TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF WELFARE BIOLOGY AS AN ACADEMIC FIELD.

    Expenses $458,168 · Grants $846

  • GRANTMAKING - THIS PROGRAM FUNDS RESEARCH THAT DEEPENS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE WELFARE OF WILD ANIMALS IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF AS MANY WILD ANIMALS AS POSSIBLE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT CAUSES THE THREATS TO THEIR WELL-BEING.

    Expenses $1,105,638 · Grants $712,655

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cameron Meyer Shorb

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $114,344
    From this org
    $101,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,383
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nikolai Gates Vetr

    PRESIDENT/SECRETARY (BEGAN MAY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh You

    SECRETARY (THRU APRIL 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anam Nguyen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ignacio Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Perry

    DIRECTOR

    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.

Grants on this return

  • OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

    $30,000

    TO FUNDS ACADEMIC RESEARCH ON HIGH-PRIORITY QUESTIONS IN WILD ANIMAL WELFARE.

  • THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER

    $30,000

    TO FUNDS ACADEMIC RESEARCH ON HIGH-PRIORITY QUESTIONS IN WILD ANIMAL WELFARE.

  • AUBURN UNIVERSITY

    $29,696

    TO FUNDS ACADEMIC RESEARCH ON HIGH-PRIORITY QUESTIONS IN WILD ANIMAL WELFARE.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532319349300913

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