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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FISH WELFARE INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$368,854
Total expenses
$493,269
Contributions and grants received
$368,494
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$360
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$374,795
Management and general expenses
$112,522
Fundraising expenses
$5,952
Program service expenses (Part III)
$374,795

Program services were 76.0% 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

    $368,494

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $360 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $493 · program services $0 · management and general $493 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,991 · program services $0 · management and general $1,991 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $447,858 · program services $341,016 · management and general $101,256 · fundraising $5,586

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $406 · program services $110 · management and general $296 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $117 · program services $95 · management and general $22 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,215 · program services $61 · management and general $1,154 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,517 · program services $14,511 · management and general $4,908 · fundraising $98

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,197 · program services $17,427 · management and general $666 · fundraising $104

  • 24a · Other expenses: Printing and Copying

    total $489 · program services $159 · management and general $166 · fundraising $164

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $749 · program services $436 · management and general $313 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $60 · program services $0 · management and general $60 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Online subscriptions

    total $1,279 · program services $533 · management and general $746 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $898 · program services $447 · management and general $451 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $285,414

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $473

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $284,941

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

To improve and advance the welfare interests of fish and other aquatic life used by humans.

  • Through our service contractor in India we onboarded an additional 31 farms onto our Alliance For Responsible Aquaculture. We worked with farmers to improve their practices on the farm, particularly regarding lowering stocking densities to sustainable levels and improving water quality. We estimate that this program improved the lives of 720,000 fish.

    Expenses $96,506

  • Through our on-the-ground and desk research, we set an updated preliminary welfare standard, which can be found here: https://www.fishwelfareinitiative.org/post/announcing-v2 This updated standard includes a stocking density cap, a fortnightly water quality evaluation, and improved feed management practices. We expect to implement this standard in our Alliance for Responsible Aquaculture in the coming year.

    Expenses $51,923

  • We completed a 6-month project in the Philippines where we worked on the ground with fish farmers to better understand what the animal welfare issues were and how we could fix them. We had significant levels of traction with the government through this project, as seen by the local governments co-hosting of our events and planned implementation of new fish farming ordinances. We also formed close relationships with local farmers, and estimate that we improved the lives of 10,000 fish.

    Expenses $28,586

  • Animal welfare

    Expenses $197,780

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Haven King-Nobles

    Officer

    Total calculated
    $36,000
    From this org
    $36,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Thomas Billington

    Director

    Total calculated
    $21,996
    From this org
    $21,996
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

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
2022
Filed
24 April 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202311359349305886

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