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International Council for Animal Welfare
International Council for Animal Welfare (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $681,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($300,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $681k
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What International Council for Animal Welfare does
Mission
ICAW is a global force for advancing animal welfare within industries worldwide. We collaborate with leaders at multinational corporations and inspire public action to drive meaningful change for animals everywhere. Guided by science and a commitment to transparency, we advocate for transformative policies that prioritize humane practices and elevate welfare standards across the supply chain, creating a world where compassion and responsibility are at the heart of every institution.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Global cage free campaign: Focused on advancing institutional animal welfare in key geographies globally. Through this program, ICAW has engaged with decision-makers at large multinational companies as well as the general public to raise awareness about evidence-based animal welfare priorities, specifically cage-free initiatives for hens.
$307,290 spent18% of program spendingShrimp campaign: Focused on advancing institutional animal welfare in key geographies globally. Through this program, ICAW has engaged with decision-makers at large multinational companies as well as the general public to raise awareness about evidence-based animal welfare priorities, specifically focused on shrimp welfare initiatives.
$273,564 spent16% of program spendingU.S. cage free campaign: Focused on advancing institutional animal welfare in the United States. Through this program, ICAW has engaged with decision-makers at large multinational companies as well as the general public to raise awareness about evidence-based animal welfare priorities, specifically cage-free accountability for hens.
$547,423 spent33% of program spendingOther program supporting activities
$532,910 spentof which $14,011 as grants32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,661,187.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.8M to $3.0M (+66%).
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.
96% of International Council for Animal Welfare’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. 1 of the last 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 International Council for Animal Welfare’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 funders by total. 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
International Council for Animal Welfare leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 International Council for Animal Welfare.
“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.
Where its funders are
51% of International Council for Animal Welfare's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $331k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $350k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
International Council for Animal Welfare holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like International Council for Animal Welfare
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for International Council for Animal Welfare: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds International Council for Animal Welfare?
- International Council for Animal Welfare (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $681,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($300,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does International Council for Animal Welfare have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $681,000 in grants to International Council for Animal Welfare.
- Who is the largest funder of International Council for Animal Welfare?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like International Council for Animal Welfare find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 5 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