Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$1,422,161

Total expenses

$1,283,670

Contributions and grants received

$1,386,341

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$35,820

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,274,132

Total liabilities, end of year

$14,578

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,259,554

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$819,594

Management and general expenses

$338,325

Fundraising expenses

$125,751

Program service expenses (Part III)

$819,594

Program services were 63.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• INDEPENDENT RESEARCH: WE CONDUCT ORIGINAL STUDIES TO ADDRESS CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN THE ANIMAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT. IN 2025, TOPICS INCLUDED THE IMPACTS OF FOOD SYSTEM EDUCATION, GEN Z'S ATTITUDE TO ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF A PLANT-BASED TRANSITION, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH POLITICAL STAFFERS, MESSAGING ABOUT PLANT-BASED DIETS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, COLLABORATION WITH FARMED ANIMAL ADVOCATES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE ANIMAL ADVOCACY MOVEMENT, ANIMAL PRODUCT REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS, U.S. VOTER RESPONSE TO CANDIDATES' ANIMAL POLICY PROPOSALS, PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF STANDARD ANIMAL AGRICULTURE PRACTICES, AND THE SPREAD OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL AGRICULTURE IN LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES. IN 2025, FAUNALYTICS ORIGINAL RESEARCH STUDIES RECEIVED OVER 79,000 PAGEVIEWS.

  Expenses $484,330

• RESEARCH LIBRARY: OUR RESEARCH LIBRARY IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF ANIMAL ADVOCACY RESEARCH. IN 2025, FAUNALYTICS PUBLISHED 256 NEW RESEARCH STUDY SUMMARIES, AND 56 BLOG POSTS THAT SYNTHESIZED RESEARCH ON IMPORTANT ANIMAL-RELATED TOPICS, INCLUDING A CONTINUATION OF OUR "TACTICS IN PRACTICE (TIPS)" BLOG SERIES. WE ALSO CREATED A NEW INFOGRAPHIC ON AQUACULTURE AND A FACT SHEET ON ETHICAL ANIMAL COMPANION FOOD. WE SEND WEEKLY AND MONTHLY RESEARCH ALERTS TO THOUSANDS OF SCHOLARS AND ANIMAL ADVOCATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WITH 12,400 SUBSCRIBERS IN 2025.

  Expenses $219,093

• RESEARCH SUPPORT: FAUNALYTICS DIRECTLY SUPPORTS ANIMAL PROTECTION NONPROFITS BY HELPING THEM APPLY DATA TO THEIR WORK. IN 2025 WE PROVIDED PRO BONO SUPPORT TO 90 ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING THEM FIND DATA, DESIGN SURVEYS, AND ANALYZE RESEARCH. WE SUPPORTED A MOVEMENT-WIDE INITIATIVE TO TRACK CULTURAL CHANGE RELATED TO FARMED ANIMALS IN THE UNITED STATES. WE DELIVERED CUSTOMIZED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS TO 4 ORGANIZATIONS VIA OUR AMBASSADOR OUTREACH PROJECT. WE HOSTED FAUNA CONNECTIONS, A RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM THAT CONNECTS ACADEMICS AND ADVOCATES WORKING ON ANIMAL ISSUES, WITH OVER 450 ADVOCATES IN ATTENDANCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

  Expenses $116,171

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

4 August 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202622189349300332

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