Animal Legal Defense Fund

Analysis

Animal Legal Defense Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1980, 46 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 June 2023, Animal Legal Defense Fund reported income of $20.1m and spending of $17.8m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $13.9m to $20.1m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Animal Legal Defense Fund sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA ($19.8m), Marine Mammal Center ($20.5m) and Horse Shelter ($19.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 4.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $8.2m. It paid $810k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $22.1m against liabilities of $2.4m, net assets of $19.7m. It reported 125 employees.