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← THE HUMANE LEAGUE

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE HUMANE LEAGUE.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,033,098
Total expenses
$20,785,255
Contributions and grants received
$15,428,482
Grants paid
$7,484,566
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$616,815
Other revenue
-$12,199
Total assets, end of year
$20,501,493
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,529,406
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,972,087
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,552,800
Management and general expenses
$3,241,029
Fundraising expenses
$1,991,426
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,552,800

Program services were 74.8% 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

    $15,428,482

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $32,580

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $439,204 · excluded $439,204

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $19,507,422

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $19,329,811

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $177,611

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $177,611 · excluded $177,611

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $11,280

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $24,887

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$13,607 · related or exempt -$13,607

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,408 · excluded $1,408

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,408

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $500,000 · program services $500,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $49,980 · program services $49,980

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $6,934,586 · program services $6,934,586

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $370,062 · program services $23,099 · management and general $323,867 · fundraising $23,096

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,926,436 · program services $4,818,341 · management and general $1,213,493 · fundraising $894,602

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $202,231 · program services $152,363 · management and general $23,692 · fundraising $26,176

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $822,617 · program services $538,246 · management and general $195,389 · fundraising $88,982

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $567,192 · program services $375,810 · management and general $122,333 · fundraising $69,049

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $156,534 · program services $5,652 · management and general $150,882

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,023 · management and general $28,023

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $530,292 · fundraising $530,292

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $89,076 · management and general $89,076

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $824,216 · program services $288,858 · management and general $423,971 · fundraising $111,387

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $463,947 · program services $449,234 · management and general $8,989 · fundraising $5,724

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $268,626 · program services $157,173 · management and general $34,088 · fundraising $77,365

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $428,509 · program services $361,740 · management and general $45,042 · fundraising $21,727

  • 17 · Travel

    total $261,041 · program services $180,494 · management and general $52,058 · fundraising $28,489

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $400,788 · program services $111,803 · management and general $274,373 · fundraising $14,612

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,897 · program services $10,966 · management and general $6,638 · fundraising $1,293

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOREIGN STAFF

    total $505,977 · program services $505,977

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND T

    total $331,629 · program services $84,926 · management and general $244,394 · fundraising $2,309

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONATION PROCESSING FEE

    total $78,240 · fundraising $78,240

  • 24d · Other expenses: CHARITABLE REG. & OTHER

    total $20,825 · program services $1,977 · management and general $765 · fundraising $18,083

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,531 · program services $1,575 · management and general $3,956

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,707,768 · end of year $1,874,973

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,050,000 · end of year $1,953,795

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,149,016 · end of year $1,634,568

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,510

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $30,466 · end of year $20,420

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $156,534 · end of year $222,020

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

    $18,513

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

    $18,513

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $14,212,894 · end of year $14,683,530

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $23 · end of year $40

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $107,637

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $346,720 · end of year $2,529,406

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,945,492 · end of year $16,828,151

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,014,489 · end of year $1,143,936

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WE EXIST TO END THE ABUSE OF ANIMALS RAISED FOR FOOD. THIS MISSION IS EXECUTED BY PERSUADING COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS TO ADOPT ANIMAL WELFARE POLICIES THROUGH NEGOTIATION AND PRESSURE CAMPAIGNS, AND THEN HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR COMMITMENTS. WE MOBILIZE VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORT AND TRAIN A GLOBAL NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS TO END ANIMAL ABUSE WORLDWIDE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

END THE ABUSE OF ANIMALS RAISED FOR FOOD THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL & INDIVIDUAL CHANGE.

  • IN 2022, THE HUMANE LEAGUE FURTHERED ITS COMMITMENT TO FIXING OUR BROKEN FOOD SYSTEM, FREEING ANIMALS FROM CAGES, AND ENDING THE CRUELEST PRACTICES ON FACTORY FARMS. SECURING COMMITMENTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD FOR CHICKENSTHL'S RESEARCHERS, CAMPAIGNERS, ORGANIZERS, AND NEGOTIATORS ENGAGED CORPORATE EXECUTIVES IN DIALOGUE, LAUNCHED HIGH-PROFILE PUBLIC PRESSURE CAMPAIGNS, AND PERSUADED COMPANIES TO ELIMINATE THE WORST ABUSES FROM THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS. THIS YEAR, THE HUMANE LEAGUE SECURED 31 NEW COMMITMENTS FROM COMPANIES TO ELIMINATE CAGES FOR EGG-LAYING HENS AND TO CHANGE THE CRUEL PRACTICES ENDURED BY BROILER CHICKENS THAT ARE RAISED FOR MEAT. MANY OF THESE VICTORIES WERE DUE IN PART TO THE OPEN WING ALLIANCE'S RESTAURANT REPORT RELEASED THIS YEAR THAT EXPOSED THE REMAINING INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES THAT REFUSED TO COMMIT TO ELIMINATING CAGES FROM THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS. IN 2022, THE HUMANE LEAGUE HAD ITS FIRST MAJOR WIN IN JAPAN. AS A RESULT OF OUR EFFORTS, TORIDOLL, A JAPANESE HOLDING COMPANY WITH WORLDWIDE RESTAURANT BRANDS, HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR COMMITMENT TO SOURCE 100% CAGE-FREE EGGS IN ALL OF THEIR STORES GLOBALLY BY THE END OF 2030. CONTINUING TO HOLD CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE IN 2022, THE HUMANE LEAGUE PUSHED 52 CORPORATE TARGETS TO MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS ON THEIR CAGE-FREE COMMITMENTS, INCLUDING CHAIN RESTAURANTS QUIZNOS, RED ROBIN, AND BLACK BEAR DINER THAT ARE REPORTING PROGRESS ON THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITMENTS TO STOP SOURCING EGGS FROM CAGED HENS. HELLOFRESH, THE WORLD'S LARGEST MEAL KIT COMPANY, RELEASED A NEW ROADMAP FOR HOW IT PLANS TO FULFILL ITS 2019 PROMISE TO JOIN THE BETTER CHICKEN COMMITMENT. THE OPEN WING ALLIANCE RELEASED ITS CAGE-FREE FULFILLMENT REPORT FOR 2022, WHICH FOUND THAT 88% OF ALL CAGE-FREE EGG COMMITMENTS WITH DEADLINES OF 2021 OR EARLIER HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. BUILDING OUR MOVEMENTOUR MOVEMENT IS EXPANDING GLOBALLY VIA THE OPEN WING ALLIANCE (OWA), WHICH HAS GROWN TO A COALITION OF 95 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS IN 67 COUNTRIES. THE OWA AWARDED $2.1M IN GRANTS TO FUND THE WORK OF 40 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR INSTITUTIONAL CAGE-FREE AND BROILER WELFARE CAMPAIGN WORK AROUND THE WORLD IN 2022. OUR ANIMAL POLICY ALLIANCE, A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE US, ENGAGED 12 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ACTIVELY DRIVING LEGISLATIVE CHANGE FOR ANIMALS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES OR REGIONS.THL'S CADRE OF CHANGEMAKERS, AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF 1,200 GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS ACROSS THE US, TOOK OVER 233,000 GRASSROOTS ACTIONS DEMANDING CHANGE FOR ANIMALS IN 2022.

    Expenses $15,552,800 · Grants $7,484,566 · Revenue $11,280

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shannon Campion

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alicia Rodriguez

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Yaqi Grover

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER AS OF 3/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jacob Eliosoff

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Neysa Colizzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Craig Dunham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Melody Hildebrandt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mark Middleton

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER TO 3/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Coman-Hidy

    PRESIDENT TO 4/2022

    Total calculated
    $72,762
    From this org
    $68,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,216
    Hours/week
    45
  • Victoria Bond

    PRESIDENT AS OF 4/2022

    Total calculated
    $158,218
    From this org
    $148,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,676
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,542
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,676
    Filer's total
    $158,218
  • Rachel Huff-Wagenborg

    SR VP, OPERATIONS TO 6/2022

    Total calculated
    $139,082
    From this org
    $118,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,964
    Hours/week
    45
  • Jennifer Barckley

    SR VP, MARKETING & COMMS

    Total calculated
    $199,692
    From this org
    $161,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,363
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,329
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,075
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,288
    Filer's total
    $199,692
  • Aaron Ross

    VP, POLICY AND STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $130,315
    From this org
    $121,334
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,981
    Hours/week
    45
  • Michelle Strickland-Kucerak

    SR VP, PROGRAMS & POLICY

    Total calculated
    $190,656
    From this org
    $167,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,853
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,803
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,527
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,326
    Filer's total
    $190,656
  • Kalista Barter

    VP, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $164,417
    From this org
    $136,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,914
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,503
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,933
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,981
    Filer's total
    $164,417
  • Morgan Barber

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $134,400
    From this org
    $128,195
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,205
    Hours/week
    45

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
SEVERANCE: RACHEL HUFF-WAGENBORG, $38,077

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
23 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312359349300241

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