Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,012,190

Total expenses

$2,296,467

Contributions and grants received

$1,199,393

Grants paid

$393,759

Program service revenue

$194,306

Investment income

$618,491

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$29,824,124

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,778,832

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$28,045,292

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,423,815

Management and general expenses

$486,141

Fundraising expenses

$386,511

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,423,815

Program services were 62.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• ACTIVITIES INCLUDE LEADING, EFFECTIVE, LEGAL ADVOCACY TO HELP ANIMALS IN LABS, AND INFORMATIVE PUBLICATIONS PROVIDING UNIQUE INSIGHTS AND ANALYSIS, TO EMPOWER MEMBERS WITH THE TOOLS TO BE EFFECTIVE ADVOCATES THEMSELVES. A MAJOR SUCCESS IN 2022 WAS ACHIEVING USDA'S PUBLICATION OF DRAFT REGULATIONS TO REGULATE BIRDS COVERED BY THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT, AS A RESULT OF AAVS'S LAWSUIT. AAVS PROVIDED LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION ORGANIZATIONS' SUBMISSION OF COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT, URGING STRENGTHENED PROTECTIONS. A 4-PAGE BI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND A MONTHLY ONLINE NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTED TO OVER 25,000 MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS PROVIDE TIMELY, RELIABLE INFORMATION AND ACTION ALERTS ON TOPICS INCLUDING INNOVATIVE NON-ANIMAL ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH METHODS, NEW POLICIES AND LAWS REGARDING ANIMAL TESTING FOR COSMETICS, AND TRADE IN PRIMATES SOLD FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. THE AV MAGAZINE FOR 2022 HIGHLIGHTED THE OFTEN-OVERLOOKED TOPIC OF EXTREME HARM TO AQUATIC ANIMALS, INCLUDING IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, WITH EXPERT AUTHORS WRITING ON LEGAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND ADVOCACY SUBJECTS. GRANTS TO SANCTUARIES, FOR CARE OF ANIMALS RELEASED FROM LABS, WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER IN 2022, INCLUDING AAVS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SANCTUARIES TAKING IN DOZENS OF CHIMPANZEES IN URGENT NEED OF RELOCATION AFTER A CALIFORNIA FACILITY IN A HIGH-RISK FIRE ZONE CLOSED. MANY SANCTUARIES HAD INCREASED COSTS AND DECREASED DONATIONS, SO AAVS AWARDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERINARY CARE. AN ANNUAL GRANT WAS ALSO MADE TO PROVIDE LIFETIME CARE FOR YOUNG CHIMPANZEES RELEASED FROM A LAB WHEN BABIES, NOW LIVING AT CHIMP HAVEN.

  Expenses $801,670 · Grants $393,759

• ANIMALEARN WORKS TO END VIVISECTION AND DISSECTION IN THE CLASSROOM, ADVOCATING AND PROMOTING HUMANE SCIENCE EDUCATION POLICY. ITS HIGHLY-REGARDED FREE LENDING LIBRARY, THE SCIENCE BANK, PROVIDES EFFECTIVE, NON-ANIMAL ALTERNATIVES FOR ALL GRADES, FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH ADVANCED TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. AAVS INVESTED IN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER FULFILLMENT IN 2022 WITH INCREASED BORROWING AS A RESULT. ANIMALEARN STAFF HOSTS DEMONSTRATIONS AT EDUCATOR CONFERENCES, EXPOSING THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVES. AUTHORITATIVE MATERIALS EDUCATE ON THE HARMS OF ANIMAL USE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND LONG-TERM COSTS.OUTSTANDING HUMANE EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS WERE PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED BY ANIMALEARN AND PRESENTED WITH AWARDS OF NON-ANIMAL DISSECTION ALTERNATIVES IN 2022. ANIMALEARN CONTINUED ITS PHILLY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, LAUNCHED IN 2020, TO OUTFIT AND SUPPORT SCIENCE CLASSES IN TWO UNDER-RESOURCED SCHOOLS IN PHILADELPHIA WITH TOP TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY LIFE SCIENCE EDUCATION ALTERNATIVES.

  Expenses $236,733

• AAVS MANAGES THE LEAPING BUNNY PROGRAM OF THE COALITION FOR CONSUMER INFORMATION ON COSMETICS (CCIC), WHICH IS CHAIRED BY AAVS PRESIDENT SUE LEARY. THE LEAPING BUNNY PROGRAM PROVIDES A HIGHLY VALUED AND TRUSTED SERVICE FOR COMPASSIONATE CONSUMERS WHO WISH TO AVOID PRODUCTS TESTED ON ANIMALS. THROUGH ITS CRUELTY-FREE STANDARD AND THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEAPING BUNNY LOGO, THE PROGRAM CERTIFIES COMPANIES PRODUCING CRUELTY-FREE COSMETIC, PERSONAL CARE AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS. THE LIST OF OVER 2400 CERTIFIED COMPANIES IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AT NO COST ON LEAPINGBUNNY.ORG AND IN APPS FOR SMARTPHONES. THE PROGRAM CONDUCTS ANNUAL RECOMMITMENTS AND AUDITS ON SELECTED COMPANIES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARD. A NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT IN 2022 WAS THE LAUNCH OF THE LEAPING BUNNY CHINA QUALIFICATION PROGRAM, REQUIRING COMPANIES TO HAVE ANY REGISTRATIONS IN CHINA AUDITED BY CCIC-SELECTED EXPERTS TO ASSURE THAT NO ANIMAL TESTING IS CONDUCTED TO SATISFY THAT COUNTRY'S COMPLICATED REGULATORY SYSTEM. CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED THROUGH VERY ACTIVE AND ENGAGING SOCIAL MEDIA, AND A POPULAR MONTHLY ONLINE NEWSLETTER. PROGRAM STAFF REGULARLY SERVE AS A RELIABLE, RESPECTED RESOURCE FOR MEDIA, AND ARE REGULARLY INTERVIEWED ON THE TOPIC OF ANIMAL TESTING FOR COSMETICS.

  Expenses $385,412 · Revenue $194,306

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

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

• PROJECT CHIMPS

  $70,150

  BUILD IT! GRANT FOR EXPANSION COSTS IN ORDER TO BRING MORE CHIMPANZEES RETIRING FROM A PRIVATE LABORATORY

• OKLAHOMA PRIMATE SANCTUARY

  $50,000

  CARE OF MONKEYS FROM LABS, INCLUDING VETERINARY CARE, PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND FRESH DIET

• CHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY NORTHWEST

  $42,500

  CARE OF CHIMPANZEES FORMERLY USED IN RESEARCH AND CAPACITY BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE CHIMPANZEES LEFT HOMELESS BY CLOSURE OF A FACILITY + VETERINARY CARE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT

• RYERSS FARM FOR AGED EQUINES

  $30,309

  DIRECT CARE EXPENSES FOR HORSES, BOTH RETIRED AND RESCUED

• GLOBAL FEDERATION OF ANIMAL SANCTUARIES

  $23,500

  SANCTUARY PRIZES FOR GIVING DAY FOR APES + TO HELP SUPPORT AND ENSURE HIGH QUALITY CARE AT SANCTUARIES

• SAVE THE CHIMPS

  $18,000

  SUPPORT FOR CHIMPANZEES, INCLUDING MANY REQUIRING SPECIAL CARE, RELINQUISHED BY A LAB + VETERINARY CARE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT

• CHIMP HAVEN

  $17,500

  CARE OF MORE THAN 300 CHIMPANZEE RESIDENTS + VETERINARY CARE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT

• EQUINE ADVOCATES

  $17,500

  CARE FOR HORSES AND THEIR NOW-GROWN FOALS RESCUED FROM PREMARIN PRODUCTION + VETERINARY CARE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT

• JUNGLE FRIENDS PRIMATE SANCTUARY

  $17,500

  DIRECT CARE FOR NEW WORLD MONKEYS SURRENDERED BY LABORATORIES + VETERINARY CARE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT

• PEACEABLE PRIMATES SANCTUARY

  $17,500

  CARE OF BABOONS AND MONKEYS RETIRED FROM LABS + VETERINARY CARE SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• ALTERNATIVES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · ALT RESEARCH FUNDING AND PROMOTION · PA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by AMERICAN ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY INC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

4 May 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202301289349302260

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