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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LEGAL IMPACT FOR CHICKENS.

Totals

Total revenue
$473,745
Total expenses
$457,176
Contributions and grants received
$468,926
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,959
Other revenue
$860
Total assets, end of year
$853,929
Total liabilities, end of year
$50,946
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$802,983
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$331,078
Management and general expenses
$107,925
Fundraising expenses
$18,173
Program service expenses (Part III)
$331,078

Program services were 72.4% 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

    $468,926

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $126

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,959 · excluded $3,959

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $860

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $860

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $72,493 · program services $49,077 · management and general $19,444 · fundraising $3,972

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $119,449 · program services $81,458 · management and general $31,332 · fundraising $6,659

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,089 · program services $2,006 · management and general $931 · fundraising $152

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,786 · program services $7,822 · management and general $4,424 · fundraising $540

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,665 · program services $10,001 · management and general $3,847 · fundraising $817

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $47,025 · program services $47,025

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,316 · management and general $9,316

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $123,570 · program services $115,595 · management and general $7,975

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,588 · program services $634 · management and general $1,897 · fundraising $57

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,847 · program services $4,939 · management and general $3,842 · fundraising $2,066

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,976 · management and general $2,976

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,517 · program services $4,719 · management and general $5,798

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,096 · program services $4,879 · management and general $2,217

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,665 · program services $2,537 · management and general $12,128

  • 24a · Other expenses: REGISTRATIONS

    total $6,094 · program services $386 · management and general $1,798 · fundraising $3,910

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $629,920 · end of year $307,084

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $155,000 · end of year $41,100

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $460 · end of year $505,495

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $250 · end of year $250

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,357 · end of year $50,946

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $572,364 · end of year $761,883

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $210,909 · end of year $41,100

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LEGAL IMPACT FOR CHICKENSS LICS MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE WELFARE OF FARMED ANIMALS LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY THROUGH THE USE OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM. WE PRIMARILY STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL THROUGH CIVIL LITIGATION.

  • ON MAY 24, 2023, LEGAL IMPACT FOR CHICKENS SUED KFC SUPPLIER CASE FARMS FOR CRUELTY TO NEWBORN CHICKS. CASE FARMS HAD BEEN CAUGHT KNOWINGLY OPERATING A MACHINE PISTON WHICH REPEATEDLY SMASHES CHICKS TO DEATH AND A DANGEROUS METAL CONVEYOR BELT WHICH TRAPS AND KILLS YOUNG BIRDS. LIC FILED THE LAWSUIT IN NORTH CAROLINAS BURKE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. THE CASE IS LEGAL IMPACT FOR CHICKENS V. CASE FARMS. THROUGH THE SUIT, CASE FARMS WAS FORCED TO BEGIN RESPONDING TO LICS DISCOVERY REQUESTS. CASE FARMS ADMITTED THAT IT DOES NOT MAINTAIN ANY RECORDS OF OCCURENCES WHERE A CHICK WAS INJURED, HARMED, MAIMED, OR DIED. ON OCTOBER 20, 2023, LIC FILED A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT, DETAILING ONGOING CRUELTY AT A CASE FARMS SLAUGHTERHOUSE. ON DECEMBER 1, 2023, LIC RESPONDED IN OPPOSITION TO CASE FARMS MOTION TO DISMISS. WE EXPLAINED THAT THE COMPLAINT SUFFICIENTLY ALLEGES THAT CASE FARMS VIOLATES NORTH CAROLINAS PROHIBITION AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY BY TRAPPING, CRUSHING, AND RUNNING OVER NEWLY HATCHED CHICKS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $331,078

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alene Anello

    PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $72,493
    From this org
    $61,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,018
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tyler Lobdell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Ahart

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alicia Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sami Nabulsi

    TREASURER

    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
2023
Filed
5 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402189349300015

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