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Financials

We are committed to transparency, and are pleased to share our financial reports with you. If you would like more detailed information from any particular year, please contact us.

While this page is intended to document our own finances, we are proud to play a role in influencing critical revenue to effective animal charities. Since 2014, we have influenced over $11 million to our recommended charities, while only spending $1.2 million1 on our own programs and operations.

Fig. 1: ACE’s operating expenses vs. donations that ACE has influenced to recommended charities

Note: Funds we have taken in and distributed to our recommended charities are not shown in the yearly reports below. The reports show only ACE’s expenses and revenue designated for ACE specifically.

2018

For information about what we hope to accomplish in 2018, please review our 2018 prospective goals.

2018 Projected Expenses
Research*$484,085
Communications$280,802
Operations$180,726
Fundraising$127,612
Total$1,073,225

*This does not include grants that we will make through the Animal Advocacy Research Fund.

2018 Projected Revenue
Foundational giving$400,000
Individual giving$700,000
Total$1,100,000
2017

2017 Expenses
Research$234,108
Communications$197,207
Animal Advocacy Research Fund grants$115,285
Events (Research Workshop and Symposium)$19,141
Operations$93,791
Fundraising*$81,722
Total expenses$741,254

*A significant but undeterminable portion of fundraising expenses are allocated to fundraising for ACE’s recommended charities.

2017 Revenue by Source
Individual giving$825,856
Foundational giving$468,450
Corporate giving$65,490
Other revenue*$24,856
Total$1,384,652

*Other revenue accounts for investment gains, workshop ticket sales, and third-party revenue sources such as Amazon Smile.

2017 Revenue by Restriction
Unrestricted*$1,011,797
Restricted
Gifts restricted to Animal Advocacy Research Fund$353,607
Gifts restricted to Research Workshop$16,684
Research Workshop ticket sales$2,565
Total$1,384,652

*Our unrestricted revenue includes gifts, investment gains, and third-party revenue sources such as Amazon Smile.

For more detailed information, please see our 2017 Form 990 and audited financial statement.

2016

2016 Expenses
Research$137,397.97
Communications$122,820.70
Animal Advocacy Research Fund grants$29,500.00
Events (Symposium)$11,600.00
Operations$50,382.59
Fundraising*$34,479.62
Total$386,180.88

* A portion of fundraising expenses were allocated to fundraising for ACE’s Top Charities.

2016 Revenue by Source
Individual giving$480,290.11
Foundational giving$104,550.00
Symposium ticket sales*$10,572.61
Total$595,412.72

*All ticket sales were 100% tax-deductible and received as unrestricted donations.

2016 Revenue by Restriction
Unrestricted$460,412.72
Restricted
Gifts restricted to Animal Advocacy Research Fund$92,000.00
Gifts restricted to advertising & digital media$53,000.00
Total$595,412.72

For more detailed information, please see our 2016 Form 990 and audited financial statement.

2015
2015 Expenses
Research$65,327.00
Communications$38,441.60
Operations$26,839.00
Fundraising$8,466.40
Total$139,074.00
2015 Revenue by Source
Individual Giving$240,400.24
Foundational Giving$117,727.76
Total$358,128.00

Note: All 2015 contributions were unrestricted.

For more detailed information, please see our 2015 Form 990 and audited financial statement.

2014
2014 Expenses
Research$40,893.91
Education & Advocacy$17,647.70
Communications$11,122.86
Operations$18,419.03
Fundraising$2,461.50
Total$90,545.00
2014 Revenue by Source
Individual Giving$168,320.79
Foundational Giving$1,700.21
Total$170,021.00

Note: All 2014 contributions were unrestricted.

For more detailed information, please see our 2014 Form 990-EZ.

2013
2013 Expenses
Research$11,525.84
Communications$12,806.48
Education & Advocacy$7,683.89
General Admin$10,672.07
Total$42,688.28
2013 Revenue by Source
Individual giving$49,632.30
Corporate giving$11,097.91
Foundational giving$924.83
Total$61,655.03

Note: All 2013 contributions were unrestricted.

For more detailed information, please see our 2013 Form 990-EZ.

  1. We do not include grants from the Animal Advocacy Research Fund in the figure reporting programmatic and operational expenses, as this is a privately funded program. 

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