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← LADY FREETHINKER

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LADY FREETHINKER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,820,183
Total expenses
$1,447,572
Contributions and grants received
$1,817,419
Grants paid
$259,372
Program service revenue
$799
Investment income
$1,965
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,534,111
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,902
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,512,209
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,197,431
Management and general expenses
$131,445
Fundraising expenses
$118,696
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,197,431

Program services were 82.7% 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

    $1,817,419

  • 2a · Program service revenue: REGISTRATION + MISC INCOME

    total $428 · related or exempt $428

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME

    total $371 · related or exempt $371

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,965 · excluded $1,965

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $140,333 · program services $140,333

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $119,039 · program services $119,039

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $126,506 · program services $102,396 · management and general $14,466 · fundraising $9,644

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $200,156 · program services $185,704 · management and general $10,005 · fundraising $4,447

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,318 · program services $6,514 · management and general $535 · fundraising $269

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,565 · program services $4,807 · management and general $511 · fundraising $247

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,553 · program services $24,971 · management and general $2,356 · fundraising $1,226

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $74,026 · program services $71,937 · management and general $2,089

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,008 · program services $955 · management and general $42,994 · fundraising $59

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $292,616 · program services $176,649 · management and general $22,608 · fundraising $93,359

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $261,903 · program services $259,903 · fundraising $2,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,479 · program services $13,700 · management and general $4,392 · fundraising $6,387

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $93,734 · program services $74,171 · management and general $18,713 · fundraising $850

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,661 · program services $1,712 · management and general $1,910 · fundraising $39

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,393 · program services $11,829 · management and general $462 · fundraising $102

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,273 · program services $1,113 · management and general $140 · fundraising $20

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,749 · program services $1,438 · management and general $10,264 · fundraising $47

  • 24a · Other expenses: SMALL DONATIONS

    total $260 · program services $260

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,152,527 · end of year $532,046

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,001,965

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $100

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,103 · end of year $3,620

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,826 · end of year $18,282

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,139,598 · end of year $1,512,209

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FURTHERING COMPASSION FOR ALL SPECIES. WE CREATE AND DISTRIBUTE PETITIONS, NEWS ARTICLES, FILMS AND OTHER CONTENT. WE ALSO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS AND AID ANIMAL RESCUE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LADY FREETHINKER IS DEDICATED TO ENDING SUFFERING OF ALL SPECIES. WE RAISE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC OF URGENT ISSUES. WE WORK TO CREATE A SYSTEM FREE FROM ANIMAL EXPLOITATION

  • EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO FIGHT ANIMAL CRUELTY - LADY FREETHINKER PUBLISHED MORE THAN 450 ARTICLES AND PETITIONS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY. THESE GARNERED MORE THAN 9 MILLION VIEWS AND 6 MILLION PETITION SIGNATURES TO STOP ANIMAL ABUSE FOR FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, CLOTHING AND MORE, AS WELL AS URGE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS AND POLICYMAKERS TO TREAT ANIMAL CRUELTY WITH THE SEVERITY IT DESERVES. LFT'S INVESTIGATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING CAMPAIGNING TO END ANIMAL CRUELTY ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, STOP CRUELTY IN THE GLOBAL DOG MEAT TRADE, AND END ABUSE OF CAPTIVE WILDLIFE, MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES IN NEWSWEEK, FORBES, PEOPLE, THE DAILY MAIL, AND MORE.

    Expenses $937,799

  • LADY FREETHINKER'S GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDED FUNDING FOR RESCUERS ON THE GROUND DIRECTLY SAVING ANIMALS' LIVES OR RAISING AWARENESS OF ANIMAL ABUSE IN THEIR REGION. IN 2022, LADY FREETHINKER GRANTS HELPED PROVIDE FOOD AND VETERINARY CARE FOR RESCUED ANIMALS OF A VARIETY OF SPECIES, INCLUDING DOGS, CATS, PIGS, HORSES, AND MORE. OUR GRANT PROGRAM ENABLED RESCUERS AROUND THE WORLD WITH LIMITED MEANS TO SAVE AS MANY ANIMALS AS POSSIBLE.

    Expenses $259,632 · Grants $259,372

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nina Jackel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $124,170
    From this org
    $120,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,617
    Hours/week
    40

  • Benjamin Jackel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $5,954
    From this org
    $5,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tim Pisarski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Weiser

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Danette Nelson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323189349311497

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