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← SPECIES UNITE 23 INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SPECIES UNITE 23 INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,141,702
Total expenses
$575,465
Contributions and grants received
$1,139,899
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,803
Total assets, end of year
$988,819
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,412
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$986,407
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$391,022
Management and general expenses
$67,626
Fundraising expenses
$116,817
Program service expenses (Part III)
$391,022

Program services were 67.9% 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

    $1,139,899

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,803 · related or exempt $1,803

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,803

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $140,566 · program services $91,357 · management and general $21,098 · fundraising $28,111

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,936 · program services $6,459 · management and general $1,490 · fundraising $1,987

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,109 · management and general $13,109

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $171,873 · program services $90,673 · management and general $1,754 · fundraising $79,446

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $130,978 · program services $127,700 · fundraising $3,278

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,143 · program services $23,805 · management and general $12,644 · fundraising $3,694

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,734 · management and general $1,734

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT PRODUCTION COST

    total $51,028 · program services $51,028

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & MERCHANT FEES

    total $16,098 · management and general $15,797 · fundraising $301

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $420,188 · end of year $988,819

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $48,960 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,412

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $420,170 · end of year $986,407

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $48,978 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO END ANIMAL EXPLOITATION AND ADVOCATE FOR A WORLD OF CO-EXISTENCE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO TRANSFORMING THE WAY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT AND INTERACT WITH NONHUMAN ANIMALS BY FOCUSING ON THREE CORE PILLARS: WE EXPOSE THE HIDDEN REALITIES OF INDUSTRIES THAT HARM ANIMALS, AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THOSE FIGHTING FOR CHANGE, AND PROVIDE THE TOOLS FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION.

  • DOCUMENTARY/PROJECT LIBERTY: 30,000 MONKEYS IN MY BACKYARD IS A DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTING THE FIGHT OF THE RESIDENTS OF BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, AGAINST A PROPOSED MONKEY-BREEDING FACILITY THAT THREATENS TO HOUSE 30,000 LONG-TAILED MACAQUES IN THEIR TOWN. THIS DOCUMENTARY WILL EXPOSE THE ETHICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS SURROUNDING PRIMATE BREEDING FOR RESEARCH AND AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THOSE ADVOCATING FOR HUMANE ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL TESTING. BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE HIDDEN REALITIES OF THE PRIMATE SUPPLY CHAIN AND EMPOWERING GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM, THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWING MOVEMENT FOR ETHICAL SCIENCE AND ANIMAL JUSTICE.

    Expenses $155,519 · Revenue $1,803

  • NEWSLETTERS:40 NEWSLETTERS SINCE MARCH 2020 WITH ARTICLES ON THE LATEST IN ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSERVATION, PLANT AND CELL BASED FOODS, INNOVATIONS IN MATERIALS (IE. PLANT-BASED LEASTHER AND SILK), AND RECIPIES.

    Expenses $92,052

  • CAMPAIGNS:1) 30 DAY VEGAN CHALLENGE - AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN TO HELP PEOPLE TRY A PLANT-BASED DIET WITH DAILY SUPPORT/EMAILS, RECIPIES, TIPS, INFORMATION ON HEALTH, INFORMATION ON THE BENEFITS TO THE BODY, THE PLANET, AND THE ANIMALS. 2) VEGAN GIFT GUIDE - A MULTI-SECTION GIFT GUIDE WITH ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL PRODUCTS FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPING: SHOES, COATS, CLOTHING, FOOD, BEAUTY PRODUCTS, MAKE-UP, ART SUPPLIES, HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES, BEDDING, ETC.3) ACTION FOR ANIMALS CHALLENGE - A 30 DAY CAMPAIGN TO HELP PEOPLE HELP ANIMALS BY WRITING LETTERS, SIGNING PETITIONS, VOLUNTEERING, DOING COMMUNITY WORK AND MAKE SMALL CHANGES IN THEIR DAILY LIVES TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ANIMALS AND THE PLANET.

    Expenses $72,390

  • PODCASTS:WEEKLY EPISODES SINCE MARCH 2020 THAT FOCUS ON ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSERVATION, AND SOLUTIONS TOWARD BUILDING A BETTER WORLD FOR ANIMALS - IE. FUTURE FOOD (PLANT AND CELL BASED MEATS).

    Expenses $71,061

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Novogratz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $139,126
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,126
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jacqueline Novogratz

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amrita Bhandari

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyra Barry

    SECRETARY

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
9 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632539349300508

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