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ANIMAL PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO INC

EIN 85-0283292 ALBUQUERQUE, NM

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Revenue 2024
$3,162,108
Expenses 2024
$3,230,172

Program services were 64.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D200
Classification
4000
Street
PO BOX 11395

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROTECT ANIMALS BY CREATING SYSTEMIC CHANGE RESULTING IN THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL ANIMALS. WE CREATE POLICIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SERVICES THAT PROTECT ANIMALS AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT HUMANE AND PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS TO SEEMINGLY INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS INVOLVING ANIMALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

APNM'S VISION IS TO 'MAKE HUMANE THE NEW NORMAL IN NEW MEXICO' THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS, PROGRAM SERVICES, AND INITIATIVES THAT FOSTER HUMANE ANIMAL TREATMENT AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE. WE DISMANTLE HARMFUL SYSTEMS THAT CAUSE AND ALLOW CRUELTY, AND WE CREATE PRAGMATIC AND SUPPORTIVE SYSTEMS INCLUDING LAWS, SERVICES, AND PROGRAMS THAT RESULT IN SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR ALL.

  • PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - INCLUDES PROVIDING FREE STATEWIDE ANIMAL CRUELTY HELPLINE, CONSULTATION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING, DELIVERING COMPREHENSIVE VIRTUAL HUMANE EDUCATION CURRICULUM CALLED THE ANIMAL CONNECTION, INCLUDING THE USE OF PROFESSIONALLY-PRODUCED VIDEO LESSONS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL (WHICH HELPS FULFILL MANY OF THE NATIONAL COMMON CORE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS ALL TEACHERS STRIVE TO ACHIEVE WITH THEIR STUDENTS), MANAGING THE COMPANION ANIMAL RESCUE EFFORT (CARE) SERVICES THAT PROVIDE AND EXPAND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EMERGENCY VETERINARY CARE AND TEMPORARY SAFE BOARDING OF COMPANION ANIMALS FOR PEOPLE ESCAPING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS STATEWIDE FOR EQUINE FEED, GELDING AND VETERINARY ASSISTANCE, PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS FOR SPAY/NEUTER PROCEDURES AND VACCINATIONS FOR CATS AND DOGS IN MORA COUNTY, PROVIDING FREE RESOURCES ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ANIMAL-RELATED TOPICS INCLUDING COMPREHENSIVE WEB-BASED INFORMATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION SEMINARS AND OUTREACH BOOTHS, DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED MATERIALS AND DISSECTION ALTERNATIVES FOR STUDENTS, MAKING PLANT- BASED FOODS MORE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO NEW MEXICANS BY PROVIDING FREE PLANT-BASED FOODS TO COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND LACK OF ACCESS TO FRESH FOODS, MAKING PLANT-BASED FOODS MORE AVAILABLE BY ENGAGING RESTAURANTS, CAFETERIAS, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, INSTITUTIONS, AND GROCERY STORES TO ADD PLANT-BASED OPTIONS TO THEIR OFFERINGS, AND PARTNERING WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO PROMOTE THE MANY BENEFITS OF PLANT-BASED EATING. THE BUILDING HUMANE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS ON-THE-GROUND INITIATIVES AIMED AT IMPROVING THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS. WE IDENTIFY AND DELIVER SUPPORT SPECIFIC TO THE LOCAL NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF COMMUNITIES WITHIN EACH LOCALITY. THESE INITIATIVES INVOLVE DIVERSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF FOCUSED OUTREACH AND SUPPORT SERVICES BY UNITING RESIDENTS, LOCAL LEADERS, AND BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADVANCE EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS AND ENABLE SUSTAINABLE CHANGE. WE HAVE EXPANDED ENGAGEMENT WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS NEW MEXICO TO ENHANCE ANIMAL PROTECTION OUTCOMES ON THOSE SOVEREIGN NATIONS, FOCUSING ON EQUINES, DOGS, AND CATS.

    Expenses $746,302 · Grants $65,409

  • ANIMAL ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS (OTHER THAN WILDLIFE) - WE IMPROVE PUBLIC POLICIES AND PRACTICES RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS THROUGH LEGISLATIVE AND NON-LEGISLATIVE MEANS. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: HELPING THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO DEFEND LAWS PASSED TO PROTECT ANIMALS (AFFORDABLE SPAY/NEUTER FUNDING LAW PASSED IN 2020, AND ROXY'S LAW PASSED IN 2021), ENSURING EFFECTIVE STATE AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS PASSED TO PROTECT ANIMALS, PROVIDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT, ORGANIZING AND PROVIDING LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CONFERENCES, TRACKING AND EVALUATING PROSECUTION OF ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES, PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FOR THE STATE'S ANIMAL SHELTERS THROUGH CONSULTATION, DIRECT ASSISTANCE, SECURING STATE FUNDING, AND IDENTIFYING RESOURCES AND FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES, ENCOURAGING COMMUNITIES TO RESTRICT OR ELIMINATE DOG CHAINING BOTH FOR HUMANE REASONS AND TO KEEP COMMUNITIES SAFER, MAINTAINING A RESOURCE DATABASE TO HELP ENSURE RESOURCE CAPACITY FOR KEEPING ANIMALS SAFE IN NATURAL AND HUMAN-CAUSED DISASTERS, PROVIDED COMPANION ANIMAL FEED ASSISTANCE THROUGH A GRANT-MAKING PROGRAM, WORKED WITH NATIONAL ALLIES TO SECURE PERMANENT SANCTUARY FOR GOVERNMENT-OWNED CHIMPANZEES LIVING IN NEW MEXICO BY PRESSING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH TO ABIDE BY FEDERAL LAW (THE CHIMP ACT REQUIRES SANCTUARY FOR ALL FORMER RESEARCH CHIMPANZEES). WORKED TO ENSURE NEW MEXICO MAINTAINS AND EXPANDS ITS EQUINE SAFETY NET SERVICES, WORKING TO ENSURE ALL HORSES (IN RACING AND OTHER COMPETITION, DOMESTIC OWNERSHIP FOR RIDING, AND FREE ROAMING HORSES) ARE TREATED HUMANELY AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR LIVES, WORKING TO PREVENT HOMELESS HORSES FROM BEING SOLD TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO BE SLAUGHTERED. WORKED WITH STATE LEGISLATORS TO PASS A STATE LAW THAT CLOSES A HORSE SLAUGHTER LOOPHOLE IN THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT, SECURED 360,000 IN STATE FUNDING FOR ANIMALS AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND SECURED 100,000 FOR AN ANIMAL SERVICES NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

    Expenses $1,077,230 · Grants $16,713

  • DIRECT ANIMAL SERVICES PROVIDES DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS, SUCH AS VETERINARY CARE, CONTRACEPTION, BOARDING, FEED, AND TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT TO IMPROVE LIVE OUTCOMES FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS.

    Expenses $214,590 · Grants $116,389

  • WILDLIFE CAMPAIGNS - WORKED TO PROMOTE CHANGE IN WILDLIFE POLICIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF TOOLS INCLUDING LEGISLATION TO EXPAND NM GAME & FISH'S SCOPE, RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDING PUBLIC RECORDS INQUIRIES, COEXISTENCE EDUCATION, COALITION-BUILDING, IMPLEMENTING HUMANE STRATEGIES BY ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIPS WITH AGENCIES AND ORGANIZING INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS OPINIONS TO GOVERNING AGENCIES, SPECIES RECEIVING SPECIFIC FOCUS INCLUDE MOUNTAIN LIONS, COYOTES, BEARS, BEAVERS, AND WOLVES. MONITORED AND WORKED TO ENSURE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE 2021 LAW (ROXY'S LAW) THAT BANS TRAPS, POISONS, AND SNARES ON NEW MEXICO'S PUBLIC LANDS.

    Expenses $36,772

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Elisabeth Jennings

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $203,453
    From this org
    $189,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,084
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,423
    Bonus
    $5,946
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,084
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $203,453
  • Anne Coller

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Joan David

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Alexander

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Susan Diaz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew J Rudnick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelly Fischer

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $134,419
    From this org
    $127,479
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,940
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jill Diamond

    CAO

    Total calculated
    $124,070
    From this org
    $115,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,080
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jessi Princiotto

    CMO

    Total calculated
    $122,398
    From this org
    $109,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,078
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dorothee Hutchinson

    CDO

    Total calculated
    $103,521
    From this org
    $103,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,162,108
    Expenses
    $3,230,172
    Contributions
    $3,129,854
    Grants paid
    $512,660
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,973,573
    Expenses
    $3,071,821
    Contributions
    $2,890,714
    Grants paid
    $619,086
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,851,982
    Expenses
    $2,640,578
    Contributions
    $2,830,794
    Grants paid
    $410,954

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,489,853
    Expenses
    $2,685,693
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,464,273
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,728,490
    Expenses
    $2,030,812
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,514,726
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,907,517
    Expenses
    $1,765,682
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,729,521
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,212,394
    Expenses
    $1,649,771
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,027,408
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,825,846
    Expenses
    $1,657,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $984,052
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,861,555
    Expenses
    $1,819,067
    Assets (EOY)
    $855,856
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,785,326
    Expenses
    $1,584,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $726,183
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,419,323
    Expenses
    $1,133,700
    Assets (EOY)
    $503,905
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $882,760
    Expenses
    $904,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $234,570
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $823,232
    Assets (EOY)
    $208,237

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.