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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE LEGISLATIVE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$185
Total expenses
$421,089
Contributions and grants received
$185
Grants paid
$4,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$960,835
Total liabilities, end of year
$110,102
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$850,733
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$400,031
Management and general expenses
$19,949
Fundraising expenses
$1,109
Program service expenses (Part III)
$400,031

Program services were 95.0% 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

    $185

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,000 · program services $4,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $951 · program services $658 · management and general $293

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $257,765 · program services $257,765

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $143,269 · program services $129,890 · management and general $12,478 · fundraising $901

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $970 · program services $796 · management and general $165 · fundraising $9

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,967 · program services $1,057 · management and general $1,910

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,562 · program services $3,510 · management and general $52

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES, FEES & SUBSCRIPTI

    total $2,605 · program services $2,355 · management and general $51 · fundraising $199

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $302,352 · end of year $535,217

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $986,108 · end of year $425,618

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,120 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,943 · end of year $110,102

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $296,051 · end of year $302,129

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $975,586 · end of year $548,604

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE LEGISLATIVE FUND WORKS IN LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF ANIMALS BY PASSING ANIMAL PROTECTION LAWS, SUPPORTING ANIMAL FRIENDLY CANDIDATES, AND EMPOWERING GRASSROOTS ADVOCATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF ANIMALS THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM.

  • ALDLF LED AND SUPPORTED NINE STATE-LEVEL CAMPAIGNS TO PROHIBIT THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF CAT'S CLAWS. AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGNS, ALDLF: CONDUCTED RESEARCH, INCLUDING POLLING AMONG 169 VETERINARY PROFESSIONALS IN 11 NORTHEASTERN STATES; BUILT AND ENGAGED COALITIONS FROM BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS; LOBBIED BILLS AND TESTIFIED IN FAVOR OF THE LEGISLATION; AND CONTRACTED WITH LOBBYISTS TO HELP ADVANCE THE CAMPAIGNS. ADDITIONALLY, ALDLF DRAFTED A CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION OPPOSING NON-THERAPEUTIC CAT DECLAWING FOR PLANNED INTRODUCTION IN THE 119TH CONGRESS. IDEALLY, THE PROGRESS MADE THIS YEAR WILL POSITION SEVERAL OF THE BILLS FOR PASSAGE IN 2025 AND EVENTUALLY ERADICATE NON-THERAPEUTIC CAT DECLAW SURGERIES.

    Expenses $400,031 · Grants $4,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chris Green

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • David H Braff

    PRESIDENT (THRU 12/4/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01 + 4 related

  • Alicia Rodriquez

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • Jason Whitefoot

    TREASURER (THRU 9/20/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • Kelley McGill

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • Saja Spearman Weaver

    SECRETARY (THRU 9/20/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.01

  • Kim Kelly

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $170,543
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $149,494
    Other
    $21,049
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $149,494 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,929 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $120 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $170,543 related

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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., THE RELATED ORGANIZATION, USED AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY, AND THEN APPROVAL BY THE BOARD TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

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
2023
Filed
29 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521289349301607

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