Vivisection Investigation League

Analysis

Vivisection Investigation League is a registered charity in United States, based in Falls Village, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Vivisection Investigation League reported income of $270k and spending of $731k, spending 271% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $336k to $270k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Vivisection Investigation League sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fur Fun Rescue ($270k), Hasra Inc ($270k) and Allegheny Valley Trails Association ($270k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $298k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $2,231, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 10 employees.