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ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

EIN 94-2681680 SACRAMENTO, CA

Revenue 2023
$17,967,277
Expenses 2023
$16,979,166

Program services were 71.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

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).

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.

  • LESLIE BARCUS

    CHAIR (STARTING 12/11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • KATHERINE STIRLING

    CHAIR (THRU 12/11/23)/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JULIE O'DONNELL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • GINNY TIU

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JONATHON FIEGELSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MEENA ALAGAPPAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DAVID BRAFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DAINA BRAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • BRIAN COOLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • HEIDI M HURD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CAMERON ICARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • TENE JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LAUREL ZAESKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DAVID KORSAK

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $201,390
    From this org
    $188,979
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,411
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,979
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,411
    Filer's total
    $201,390

  • CHRIS GREEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $86,860
    From this org
    $81,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,176
    Hours/week
    40

  • JANIEC GUTIERREZ

    COO (THRU 9/29/23)

    Total calculated
    $321,557
    From this org
    $281,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,864
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,724
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $110,969
    Deferred
    $28,077
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,787
    Filer's total
    $321,557

  • KENDRA MELROSE

    CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $265,906
    From this org
    $244,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,106
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,393
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,713
    Filer's total
    $265,906

  • ELIZABETH PUTSCHE

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $172,264
    From this org
    $156,238
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,026
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,238
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,812
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,214
    Filer's total
    $172,264

  • JOHN SEBER

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $189,298
    From this org
    $154,391
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,907
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,391
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,307
    Filer's total
    $189,298

  • ANTHONY ELISEUSON

    LITIGATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,240
    From this org
    $154,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,122
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,118
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,815
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,307
    Filer's total
    $173,240

  • STEVE WELLS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 3/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $316,781
    From this org
    $309,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,559
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $45,774
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $263,448
    Deferred
    $4,206
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,353
    Filer's total
    $316,781

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 — 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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

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 2023 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 10 September 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.