California · Nonprofit
ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US
ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US (California) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,153,345 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($630,720). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Animal Defenders International Inc US does
Mission
To educate, create awareness, promote the interest of humanity in the cause of justice & the suppression of all forms of cruelty to animals, to alleviate suffering, conserve and protect animals in their environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Animal Defenders International, Inc. educates and creates awareness of the suffering of animals used in commerce for example in entertainment, farming, experiments, as well as working on protection of wildlife and their environment. The Organization's scientific, economic and legal research reports and educational materials, all provide the information and evidence needed to support change and protect animals from suffering. Its investigations, reports and videos are often the catalyst for legal protection for animals. The Organization also rescues and relocates animals affected by changes in legislation, for example when countries prohibit the use of animals in traveling circuses and there are animals that need relocating, the Organization assists governments with collection of animals and relocating them to forever homes. The Organization also builds new habitats for its rescues at sanctuaries all over the world and it finances the care of the animals for life, as needed by its sanctuary partners. Donors can support the Organization's Animal Rescuer scheme, and fund the care of animals living in their protected, natural habitats. also builds new habitats for its rescues at…
$1,580,059 spentof which $866,483 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,580,059.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $863k to $4.5M (+422%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kimberly Jett
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $94k → $107k.
10 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
51% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 51% · 2019 73% · 2020 68% · 2021 34% · 2022 79% · 2023 33% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
36% of ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 47 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Adi Films LLC · disregarded
- Animal Defenders International UK · corp_trust
- National Antivivisection Society · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US?
- ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US (California) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,153,345 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($630,720). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,153,345 in grants to ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $630,720 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL INC US find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 30 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing