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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,437,882
Total expenses
$2,850,075
Contributions and grants received
$2,056,510
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$212,424
Investment income
$103,404
Other revenue
$65,544
Total assets, end of year
$2,302,706
Total liabilities, end of year
$412,945
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,889,761
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,421,211
Management and general expenses
$355,257
Fundraising expenses
$73,607
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,421,211

Program services were 85.0% 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

    $2,056,510

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $48,772

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANIMAL WELFARE MGMT CO

    total $212,424 · related or exempt $212,424

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $102,996 · related or exempt $102,996

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $49,180

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $48,772

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $408

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $408 · related or exempt $408

  • 11a · Other revenue: LEGAL FEES - REFUND

    total $65,544 · related or exempt $65,544

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $65,544

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $94,000 · program services $52,416 · management and general $32,184 · fundraising $9,400

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $623,979 · program services $438,412 · management and general $161,712 · fundraising $23,855

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,150 · program services $2,370 · management and general $1,658 · fundraising $122

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,970 · program services $3,962 · management and general $2,803 · fundraising $205

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $76,808 · program services $55,041 · management and general $18,155 · fundraising $3,612

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $57,153 · program services $46,750 · management and general $10,403

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,750 · management and general $10,750

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $397,071 · program services $367,071 · management and general $30,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $270,181 · program services $199,384 · management and general $60,684 · fundraising $10,113

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,917 · program services $6,571 · management and general $138 · fundraising $208

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $37,202 · program services $15,788 · management and general $3,091 · fundraising $18,323

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $75,002 · program services $45,449 · management and general $22,132 · fundraising $7,421

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,688 · program services $19,418 · management and general $162 · fundraising $108

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,225 · management and general $1,225

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,994 · program services $7,594 · management and general $160 · fundraising $240

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT ANIMAL ADVOCACY

    total $715,040 · program services $715,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: ELECTIONEERING/INDEPEND

    total $438,629 · program services $438,629

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $7,316 · program services $7,316

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $287,359 · end of year $232,121

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,047,666 · end of year $1,805,722

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $48,262 · end of year $264,863

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,614

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $89,940 · end of year $412,945

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,147,788 · end of year $1,889,761

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $151,173 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, WE PROMOTE ENACTING AND ENFORCING GOOD PUBLIC POLICIES. ENACTING GOOD LAWS DEPENDS UPON ELECTING GOOD LAWMAKERS, AND WE REMIND VOTERS WHICH CANDIDATES CARE ABOUT AND SUPPORT ANIMAL ISSUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION BELIEVES THAT HELPING ANIMALS HELPS US ALL BY CREATING A MORE CIVIL SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE, ANIMALS AND NATURE ARE IN BALANCE.

  • *FDA MODERNIZATION - CONTINUED TO PUSH FDA TO ADHERE TO FDA MODERNIZATION ACT 3.0 AND END ANIMAL TESTING* BARRED OWLS - FILED FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO STOP KILLING OF HALF A MILLION BARRED OWLS* BEAR BAITING - PROMOTED FINAL RULEMAKING ACTION BY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO IMPOSE A BAN ON BEAR BAITING* BIG CATS - WORKED TO STOP ASSAULTS ON MOUNTAIN LIONS, BOBCATS AND OTHER NATIVE CATS IN THE WEST* WOLVES - BLOCKED CONGRESSIONAL EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR WOLVES* WILD HORSES - WORKED TO STOP ROUNDUP OF WILD HORSES AT A NATIONAL PARK* DAIRY COWS - CONTINUED SEEKING TO HALT MISTREATMENT OF DAIRY COWS THROUGH HYPER PRODUCTION OF MANDATED MILK IN NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

    Expenses $1,313,608

  • *CONTINUED TO WORK WITH CONGRESS TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR AN ANIMAL PROTECTION AGENDA AND FOR LAWS THAT PROVIDE THAT PROTECTION*BLOCKED EATS ACT IN CONGRESS, WHICH SEEKS TO REPEAL LAWS HALTING SALE OF PORK AND EGGS FROM PIGS KEPT IN SMALL CAGES AND LAYING HENS JAMMED IN BATTERY CAGES*PREVAILED IN FEDERAL APPEALS COURT UPHOLDING BAN ON ANIMAL FIGHTING ON EVERY INCH OF U.S. SOIL*CONTINUED TO CAMPAIGN TO END MILK MANDATE IN SCHOOLS

    Expenses $611,206 · Revenue $50,000

  • * SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED FOUR TOP ALLIES IN CONGRESS DURING 2024 ELECTIONS* DEFEATED THREE ANTI-ANIMAL WELFARE INCUMBENTS IN U.S. HOUSE* WORKED TO SUPPORT DOZENS OF STATE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE

    Expenses $452,003

  • * CONTINUED TO PROMOTE ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAWS AND LEGAL STANDARDS THROUGH OUR NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNCIL, CONSISTING OF 27 MEMBERS, INCLUDING DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT* OBTAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT ACT BY OBTAINING BACKING OF NATIONAL SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION

    Expenses $44,394

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Annie Harvilicz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Suzy Bennitt

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sherry Kellett

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    16

  • Candis Stern

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Deborah Wilson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Goode

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stacey Kivowitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ari Nessel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wayne Pacelle

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $94,000
    From this org
    $94,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Scott Edwards

    GENERAL COUNSEL & BOARD SE

    Total calculated
    $165,000
    From this org
    $165,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,000

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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523009349302317

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