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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,170,763
Total expenses
$7,585,554
Contributions and grants received
$5,004,927
Grants paid
$1,401,530
Program service revenue
$4,619
Investment income
$1,138,925
Other revenue
$22,292
Total assets, end of year
$27,459,263
Total liabilities, end of year
$699,591
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,759,672
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,891,881
Management and general expenses
$634,852
Fundraising expenses
$58,821
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,891,881

Program services were 90.9% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $30,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,974,927

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $55,167

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SALE OF PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS AN

    total $4,619 · related or exempt $4,619

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $717,364 · excluded $717,364

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $113,410

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $97,453

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $15,957

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $15,957 · excluded $15,957

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,758,588

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

    securities $2,337,027

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $421,561

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $421,561 · excluded $421,561

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $6,335 · related or exempt $6,335

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,335

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $502,299 · program services $502,299

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $72,650 · program services $72,650

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $826,581 · program services $826,581

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $583,843 · program services $394,602 · management and general $166,043 · fundraising $23,198

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,821,663 · program services $2,625,170 · management and general $184,112 · fundraising $12,381

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $127,226 · program services $117,392 · management and general $9,336 · fundraising $498

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $267,326 · program services $240,796 · management and general $24,642 · fundraising $1,888

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $267,829 · program services $235,911 · management and general $29,261 · fundraising $2,657

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $78,679 · program services $69,073 · management and general $9,101 · fundraising $505

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,000 · program services $39,506 · management and general $5,205 · fundraising $289

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $38,758 · program services $34,026 · management and general $4,483 · fundraising $249

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $654,565 · program services $609,392 · management and general $42,740 · fundraising $2,433

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $60,311 · program services $60,240 · management and general $65 · fundraising $6

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $249,314 · program services $169,495 · management and general $70,112 · fundraising $9,707

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $86,908 · program services $78,696 · management and general $7,502 · fundraising $710

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $69,912 · program services $36,802 · management and general $32,696 · fundraising $414

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $324,769 · program services $316,428 · management and general $7,866 · fundraising $475

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $63,887 · program services $26,719 · management and general $36,799 · fundraising $369

  • 24a · Other expenses: AWI QUARTERLIES

    total $304,030 · program services $300,991 · fundraising $3,039

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP & SUBSCRIP.

    total $97,777 · program services $92,885 · management and general $4,889 · fundraising $3

  • 24c · Other expenses: RESEARCH, WRIT. & EDIT.

    total $42,227 · program services $42,227

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $565,434 · end of year $394,313

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,133,461 · end of year $1,053,667

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,854 · end of year $49,375

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $64,360 · end of year $20,775

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,955 · end of year $48,940

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $5,858,271

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,570,308

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,357,479 · end of year $4,287,963

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $19,017,230 · end of year $21,600,122

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $6,846 · end of year $4,108

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $614,215 · end of year $690,691

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,200 · end of year $8,900

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $27,138,046 · end of year $26,579,672

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $433,158 · end of year $180,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SINCE 1951, THE ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO ALLEVIATING ANIMAL SUFFERING CAUSED BY PEOPLE. WE SEEK TO IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS EVERYWHERE: IN AGRICULTURE, IN COMMERCE, IN OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES, IN RESEARCH, AND IN THE WILD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ALLEVIATE ANIMAL SUFFERING CAUSED BY PEOPLE.

  • AWI PROGRAMS ADVANCE ITS MISSION THROUGH STRATEGICALLY CRAFTED POLICY AND LEGAL ADVOCACY, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH POLICYMAKERS, SCIENTISTS, INDUSTRY, EDUCATORS, OTHER NGOS, THE MEDIA, AND THE PUBLIC. WE SEEK SCIENTIFICALLY GROUNDED PROTECTIONS FOR ANIMALS IN ALL SETTINGS, AND ROBUST ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE PROTECTIONS.

    Expenses $6,891,881 · Grants $1,401,530 · Revenue $10,954

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alan Kessock

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Caroline Griffin Esq

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cathy Liss

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $65,210
    From this org
    $65,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Chris Miller DVM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Carey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Lee Jensvold PhD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Stokes DVM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Marchione

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $178,923
    From this org
    $154,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,430
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,493
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,715
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,715
    Filer's total
    $178,923

  • Robin Jacobsohn

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $197,441
    From this org
    $170,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,580
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,861
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,481
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,099
    Filer's total
    $197,441

  • Susan Millward

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $190,448
    From this org
    $181,013
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,435
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,013
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,992
    Nontaxable benefits
    $443
    Filer's total
    $190,448

  • Annmarie Blaney

    DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $129,192
    From this org
    $123,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,093
    Hours/week
    40

  • David Tilford

    SENIOR WRITER/EDITOR

    Total calculated
    $140,505
    From this org
    $115,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,268
    Hours/week
    40

  • Johanna Hamburger

    DIR OF TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE

    Total calculated
    $132,796
    From this org
    $118,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,697
    Hours/week
    40

  • Georgia Hancock

    MARINE WILDLIFE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,004
    From this org
    $118,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,905
    Hours/week
    40

  • Naomi Rose

    SENIOR SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $141,307
    From this org
    $111,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,564
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349305814

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