ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D012

Classification

4200

Street

2108 N ST STE 11741

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

• LITIGATION PROGRAMTHE LITIGATION PROGRAM FILES HIGH IMPACT LAWSUITS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS AND INDUSTRIES THAT EXPLOIT ANIMALS, INCLUDING FACTORY FARMS, PUPPY MILLS, RESEARCH LABORATORIES, AND ROADSIDE ZOOS. THE PROGRAM LITIGATES CASES IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS WITH THE GOAL OF STOPPING ABUSIVE PRACTICES AND SETTING GROUNDBREAKING PRECEDENT THAT WILL ESTABLISH JUSTICE FOR ANIMALS IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM. IN ADDITION TO SUING ANIMAL ABUSERS, THE LITIGATION PROGRAM OFTEN SUES STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES TO INVALIDATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT HARM ANIMALS; AND INTERVENES IN LITIGATION TO DEFEND ANIMAL PROTECTION LAWS WHEN THEY ARE UNDER SIEGE FROM INDUSTRIES THAT ABUSE ANIMALS.

  Expenses $2,970,454 · Revenue $453,808

• CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMTHE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM IS STAFFED BY ATTORNEYS AND OTHER EXPERTS IN ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES. THESE PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO PROSECUTORS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, JUDGES, VETERINARIANS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND COURTROOM ADVOCATES HANDLING ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES, INCLUDING LEGAL RESEARCH, PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS, GRANT FUNDING TO HELP COVER THE COSTS OF CARING FOR SEIZED ANIMALS, NECESSARY FORENSIC WORK, AND SECURING FUNDING AND EXPERT WITNESSES INCLUDING VETERINARIANS, ANIMAL BEHAVIORISTS, AND EXPERTS ON ORGANIZED ANIMAL FIGHTING AND ANIMAL HOARDING. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROGRAM WORKS WITH STATE LEGISLATORS TO STRENGTHEN CRIMINAL ANIMAL PROTECTION LAWS AND PRODUCES MODEL ANIMAL PROTECTION LAWS AND ANNUAL RANKINGS REPORTS ON EACH STATE'S ANIMAL PROTECTION LAWS.

  Expenses $1,653,615 · Grants $632,244

• LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS PROGRAMTHE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS PROGRAM WORKS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO ADVANCE LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF ANIMALS AND TO OPPOSE LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS THAT WOULD BE HARMFUL TO THEIR WELFARE AND INTERESTS. THE PROGRAM WORKS WITH THE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND'S OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS TO SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES AND WORKS CROSS-PROGRAMMATICALLY TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR ANIMALS ADDRESSING STRATEGIC LEGAL ISSUES IN THE AREAS OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW.

  Expenses $1,247,600

• ANIMAL LAW PROGRAMTHE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND'S ANIMAL LAW PROGRAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH LAW STUDENTS AND LAW PROFESSIONALS TO ADVANCE THE EMERGING FIELD OF ANIMAL LAW. WORKING TO EXPAND ANIMAL LAW INTO THE CURRICULUM OF EVERY LAW SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY, THE ANIMAL LAW PROGRAM COLLABORATES WITH STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMAL LAW COURSES AND ASSISTS STUDENTS IN FORMING ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND STUDENT CHAPTERS. AS PART OF THE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND'S ANIMAL LAW PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION MAKES GRANTS AVAILABLE TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, LEGAL INSTITUTIONS, INDIVIDUALS, AND ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND STUDENT CHAPTERS AT LAW SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO INFORM, EDUCATE, AND TAKE ACTION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION LAWS. THE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND GRANTS ARE CRITICAL TO ENCOURAGING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ANIMAL LAWYERS.PRO BONO PROGRAMTHE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND'S PRO BONO PROGRAM IS THE NATION'S LARGEST LEGAL PRO BONO NETWORK FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION. THE PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH ATTORNEYS AND PRO BONO COORDINATORS ACROSS THE U.S. TO EXPAND THE PRACTICE OF ANIMAL LAW. COLLECTIVELY, LEGAL PROFESSIONALS DONATE THOUSANDS OF HOURS TO THE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND'S CASES ANNUALLY. THE DONATED VALUE OF SERVICES FOR 7/1/2023 TO 6/30/2024, INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL EXPENSES OF THE PRO BONO PROGRAM, WAS $3,359,332.70. THE PROGRAM ALSO WORKS TO INCREASE THE UNDERSTANDING OF ANIMAL LAW IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY BY EDUCATING PROFESSIONALS AT LAW FIRMS AND BAR ASSOCIATION EVENTS AND KEEPING VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED AND UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD.

  Expenses $6,327,321

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $17,967,277

  Expenses

  $16,979,166

  Contributions

  $16,542,155

  Grants paid

  $632,244

• 2022

  Revenue

  $20,141,911

  Expenses

  $17,763,139

  Contributions

  $18,626,854

  Grants paid

  $2,029,289

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

  $15,112,818

  Expenses

  $15,680,278

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,345,167

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,689,429

  Expenses

  $14,334,543

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,893,688

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,913,508

  Expenses

  $11,367,533

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,929,701

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,247,874

  Expenses

  $14,957,795

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,525,211

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,751,761

  Expenses

  $12,487,558

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,417,843

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,515,696

  Expenses

  $12,847,750

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,868,803

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,783,496

  Expenses

  $12,847,750

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,104,813

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,783,496

  Expenses

  $12,847,750

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,104,813

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,114,945

  Expenses

  $11,616,769

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,120,246

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,423,195

  Expenses

  $11,532,480

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,493,997

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

• GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

  $1,103,042

  2022 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

• VIRGINIA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

  $210,000

  2022 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

• STATE OF WASHINGTON ATTORNEY GENERAL

  $150,000

  2023 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

• CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES-LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL

  $140,000

  2022 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

• BENTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

  $120,000

  2022 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

• ASSOCIATION OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS

  $100,000

  2022 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

• NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE FAMILY COURT JUDGES

  $100,000

  2023 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

• ASSOCIATION OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS

  $100,000

  2023 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

• VIRGINIA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

  $60,000

  2023 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

• MCHENRY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

  $50,945

  2022 · ANIMAL PROTECTION

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,436,250

  2023 · Animal Welfare

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $689,100

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $413,703

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COLUMBUS FOUNDATION

  $376,000

  2022 · CONSERVATION

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $375,000

  2022 · ANIMAL RELATED

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $375,000

  2022 · Animal Welfare

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $356,344

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $347,825

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $339,512

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $320,750

  2024 · Environment & Animals

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.

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