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Animal Charity Evaluators

Public charity
Other · COVINA, CA · EIN 36-4684978

About

Our mission is to find and promote the most effective ways to help animals. To do this, we conduct annual charity evaluations and recommend the most effective animal charities. We also provide grants to build and strengthen animal advocacy movement.

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Other
Employees
9
Volunteers
8

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2025-03-31
Revenue
$7.8M
Expenses
$6.3M
Assets
$5.5M
Liabilities
$397K

Financial history

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Latest FY2025: $7.8M · Avg: $4.6M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$3.3M
Foreign employees11
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
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501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
—
Lobbying
$126K
Grants Given
$7.1M
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Address

440 N Barranca AVE 3480
Covina, CA, 91723-172

Governance

Voting board members9
Independent members9
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeNo
990 reviewed by boardYes
Public records
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer ↗
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