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← LADY FREETHINKER

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LADY FREETHINKER.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,222,487
Total expenses
$1,561,376
Contributions and grants received
$2,158,672
Grants paid
$330,954
Program service revenue
$28
Investment income
$96,743
Other revenue
-$32,956
Total assets, end of year
$2,635,229
Total liabilities, end of year
$31,045
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,604,184
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,337,266
Management and general expenses
$96,591
Fundraising expenses
$127,519
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,338,887

Program services were 85.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $24,813

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,133,859

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $16,181

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SALES OF PRODUCT INCOME

    total $28 · related or exempt $28

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $96,743 · excluded $96,743

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,415

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $24,813

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $35,371

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$32,956 · excluded -$32,956

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $150,126 · program services $150,126

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $180,828 · program services $180,828

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $152,286 · program services $122,919 · management and general $17,620 · fundraising $11,747

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $200,278 · program services $186,172 · management and general $4,250 · fundraising $9,856

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,521 · program services $7,500 · management and general $513 · fundraising $508

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,371 · program services $9,089 · management and general $660 · fundraising $622

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,290 · program services $26,551 · management and general $1,877 · fundraising $1,862

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,052 · program services $1,032 · management and general $20

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,846 · program services $1,606 · management and general $39,022 · fundraising $218

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $334,570 · program services $224,452 · management and general $14,375 · fundraising $95,743

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $278,969 · program services $278,969

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,718 · program services $27,888 · management and general $2,342 · fundraising $488

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $101,497 · program services $97,684 · management and general $1,137 · fundraising $2,676

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,966 · program services $1,499 · management and general $2,448 · fundraising $19

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,170 · program services $17,098 · management and general $724 · fundraising $3,348

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,991 · program services $3,467 · management and general $121 · fundraising $403

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,897 · program services $386 · management and general $11,482 · fundraising $29

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $581,534 · end of year $680,332

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,407,987 · end of year $1,954,730

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $167

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,094 · end of year $26,962

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $17,354 · end of year $4,083

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,943,073 · end of year $2,604,184

Mission and programs · 2024

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 400 ARTICLES AND PETITIONS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY. THESE GARNERED ALMOST 9 MILLION VIEWS AND OVER 5.5 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, WERE FEATURED BY BBC, PCMAG, THE DAILY MAIL, AND MORE.

    Expenses $879,933 · Grants $11,000

  • DIRECT AID TO SUFFERING ANIMALS - LADY FREETHINKER HELPED ANIMALS IN DESPERATE NEED RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE, FOOD, SHELTER, AND MORE. THROUGH OUR GRANT PROGRAMS, LOCAL RESCUERS ACROSS THE GLOBE WERE SUPPORTED IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SAVE AND CARE FOR DOGS AND CATS AS WELL AS FARMED AND WILD ANIMALS OF A WIDE VARIETY OF SPECIES. SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE SPONSORING A SHELTER IN UKRAINE TO HOUSE ANIMALS DISPLACED BY THE WAR AS WELL AS FUNDING THE ONLY ANIMAL SHELTER IN THE ISLAND NATION OF DOMINICA.

    Expenses $321,954 · Grants $319,954

  • FIGHTING ONLINE ANIMAL CRUELTY VIDEOS - WE CONTINUED TO TRACK, MONITOR AND REPORT ONLINE ANIMAL CRUELTY AND TORTURE VIDEOS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER PLATFORMS. OUR INVESTIGATIONS INTO BABY MONKEY TORTURE VIDEOS HAVE LED TO THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF INDIVIDUALS CREATING AND SHARING THIS HORRIFIC CONTENT. WE ALSO ATTENDED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S FIRST-EVER SUMMIT ON WILDLIFE AND ANIMAL CRIMES.

    Expenses $137,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nina Jackel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $156,330
    From this org
    $146,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,496
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,834
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,694
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,802
    Filer's total
    $156,330

  • Jennifer Weiser

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Danette Nelson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin Jackel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $5,451
    From this org
    $5,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Tim Pisarski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marc Jackson

    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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513159349306661

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