The Watchdog: Who gets the money?
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1993:
Except where otherwise indicated, the following
financial data comes from current Internal Revenue Service
Form 990 filings, covering either calendar year or fiscal
year 1992. (1993 filings won’t be available until next fall.)
To place these numbers in perspective, consider
that the National Charities Information Bureau requires
approved charities to spend at least 60% of their budgets on
program services, not including direct-mail fundraising.
This standard is stricter––and more indicative of an organi-
zation’s priorities––than the Internal Revenue Service rules,
which allow charities to write off some direct-mail fundrais-
ing costs as program service under the headings of “mem-
bership development” and “public education.” Thus the fig-
ures that organizations declare and the figures as amended
in accordance with NCIB guidelines are often very differ-
ent. You’ll find the differences explained in the footnotes.
The NCIB also suggests that, “Usually, the orga-
nization’s net assets available for the following fiscal year
should not be more than twice the higher of the current
year’s expenses or the next year’s budget.” Remember,
though, that not all cash and securities are actually avail-
able; many of the better-endowed organizations derive half
or more of their income from interest.
The major national animal and habitat protection
groups are listed below in alphabetical order, together with
selected other organizations of importance and influence in
the animal protection community. Each group is identified
in the second column by apparent focus and philosophy: A
stands for advocacy, C for conservation of habitat via
acquisition, E for education, H for support of hunting
(either for “wildlife management” or recreation), L for liti-
gation, P for publication, R for animal rights, S for shel-
ter and sanctuary maintenance, V for focus on vivisection
issues, and W for animal welfare. The R and W designa-
tions are used only when an organization seems to have
made a particular point of being one or the other. Although
many groups are involved in multiple activities, space lim-
its us to providing a maximum of four identifying letters.
The fifth column indicates the percentage of total
1992 budget that went toward overhead (generally defined
as fundraising, office expenses, and salaries, although
many groups split salaries between programs and overhead).
Groups which have large endowments and therefore receive
a great deal of interest tend to have lower overhead because
they are not obliged to spend as much on fundraising.
The sixth through eighth columns provide data on
assets. Note that shelters and sanctuaries tend to have more
fixed assets (land, buildings, and equipment) because of the
nature of their work.
Because organizations file tax returns at different
times of year, and because state charities bureaus and
regional offices of the Internal Revenue Service respond to
information requests with varying degrees of promptness,
data on some organizations was still unavailable at deadline.
ORGANIZATION TYPE BUDGET PROGRAMS OVERHEAD % ASSETS FIXED CASH/ SECUR NOTE
African Wildlife Foundation AE $ 3,740,183 $ 2,986,779 $ 753,404 20% $ 3,436,449 $ 550,000 $2,133,268 1
American Anti-Vivisec tion Society AEV $ 988,206 $ 664,041 $ 324,165 33% $ 5,842, 019 $ 48,346 $5,814, 042 2
American Horse Protection Assn. A $ 298,997 $ 170,444 $ 128,553 43% $ 74,410 $ 192,792 $ 3,013 3
American Humane Association AEW $ 5,088,550 $ 3,741, 837 $ 1,346,713 27% $ 5,387,120 $ 2,634,281 $ 2,390,215 4
American Rivers AE $ 1,889,617 $ 1,544,355 $ 345,262 18% $ 867,341 $ 74,894 $ 663,527 5
American SPCA SAEW $ 20,348,275 $ 14,859,057 $ 5,489, 218 27% $ 30,661, 093 $ 26,140,366 $28,465,229 6
Animal Legal Defense Fund L $ 1,155,730 $ 687,634 $ 468,096 41% $ 107,758 $ 17,091 $ 164,354 7
ANIMAL PEOPLE P $ 30,333 $ 20,278 $ 10,055 33% $ 14.501 $ 11,573 $ 3,353 8
Animal Protection In stitute AE $ 2,035,010 $ 1,345,687 $ 689,323 34% $ 457,694 $ 334,527 $ 43,817
Animal Rights Intern ational AE $ 115,529 $ 110,046 $ 5,483 5% $ 73,106 $ 1,929 $ 66,042
Animal Rights Mobilization A ER $ 96,898 $ 67,280 $ 29,617 31% $ (net liabilities o f $24,039) 9
Animal Welfare Institute AE $ 723,023 $ 591,330 $ 131,693 18% $ 768,524 $ 12,801 $ 496,309
Assn. of Vets for Animal Rights AER $ 71,564 $ 50,682 $ 20,882 29% $ 94,279 $ 4,247 $ 89,732
Cousteau Society AE $ 14,845,372 $ 10,635,379 $ 4,209,993 28% $ 18,775,037 $ 2,075,941 $ 388,327 10
Defenders of Animal Rights S $ 641,426 $ 501,223 $ 140,203 28% $ 2,080,463 $ 1,581,728 $ 479,800 11
Defenders of Wildlife AE $ 5,398,158 $ 4,330,699 $ 1,067,459 20% $ 4,991,425 $ 4,991,425 $ 4,180,831 12
Doris Day Animal L eague AER $ 1,818,706 $ 1,475,871 $ 342,835 19% $ 269,894 $ 3,808 $ 202,704 13
Ducks Unlimited CH $ 69,539,846 $ 51,291,021 $18,248,825 36% $ 24,897,515 $ 6,253,969 $4,635,884 14
Farm Animal Reform Movement AE $ 129,720 $ 116,750 $ 12,970 10% $ 16,907 (none claimed) $ 16,907 15
Farm Sanctuary AES $ 423,732 $ 345,159 $ 78,573 19% $ 833,437 $ 92,816 $ 349,670 16
Friends of Animals AE $ 3,687,535 $ 3,002,922 $ 653,140 18% $ 1,727,284 $ 57,625 $ 2,036,552 17
Fund for Animals AERS $ 1,881,922 $ 1,355,822 $ 526,100 28% $ 8,550,140 $ 785,692 $ 7,647,088 18
Greenpeace A $ 45,800,000 $ 28,000,000 $17,800,000 35% (unavailable; incomplete info received)
Humane Farming Association AES $ 972,041 $ 874,209 $ 97,832 11% $ 1,621,746 $ 426,280 $1,154,831 19
Humane Society of the U.S. AEW $ 18,902,292 $ 11,990,618 $ 5,909,029 31% $ 36,465,350 $ 9,150,215 $ 26,237,918 20
In Defense of Animals AER $ 980,775 $ 708,381 $ 272,394 28% $ 219,041 $ 1,200 $ 105,761
Intl. Fund for Animal Welfare AE $ 3, 827,447 $ 2,547,423 $ 1,280,024 33% $ 2,509,770 $ 1,650,376 $ 345,034 21
Intl. Prim ate Protection League AES $ 348,842 $ 252,216 $ 96,626 28% $ 383,886 $ 287,838 $ 85,937 22
Intl. Society for Animal Rights AER $ 586,090 $ 433,532 $ 152,558 26% $ 398,267 $ 132,782 $ 270,735 23
Intl. Wildlife Coalition AE $ 3,091,683 $ 2,747,980 $ 343,703 13% $ 2,123,969 $ 1,883,519 $ 80,347 24
Last Chance for Animals AR $ 280,233 $ 234,337 $ 45,896 16% $ 23,865 $ 5,221 $ 18,644 23
Massachusetts SPCA SAEW $ 19,986,210 $ 15,715,031 $ 4,271,179 21% $ 60,351,099 $ 8,741,685 $ 48,282,120
National Anti-Vivisection Soc. AEV $ 1,473,472 $ 1,069,764 $ 403,708 27% $ 3,379,462 $ 53,217 $ 3,303,158 26
National Audubon Society AEHS $ 36,022,327 $ 28,003,604 $ 8,018,723 22% $ 61,281,006 $ 27,658,561 $ 55,597,347 27
National Wildlife Fe deration AEH $ 79,236,112 $ 67,419,030 $ 4,375,634 16% (unavailable; incomplete info rec’d) 28
Nature Conservancy C $214,787,407 $179,777,685 $35,009,722 2% $793,754,297 $553,466,998 $271,815,000
New England AntiVivisection So c. AER $ 1,859,424 $ 1,589,875 $ 269,549 15% $ 6,655,727 (none claimed) $ 5,895,834 29
New York Zoological Society SE $ 67,448,139 $ 61,550,596 $ 5,897,543 9% $ 64,309,601 (none claimed) $ 80,081,305 30
North Shore Animal League S $ 32,482,348 $ 20,756,848 $11,725,500 36% $ 61,361,308 $ 13,536.824 $ 4,935,939 31
PETA AERS $ 8,085,191 $ 5,916,977 $ 2,168,214 27% $ 3,552,277 $ 1,082,674 $ 2,071,577 32
Phys. Comm. for Re sponsible Med. AE (Data will be published when received from the Internal Revenue Service.)
Primarily Primates S $ 342,492 $ 226,473 $ 116,019 34% $ 400,982 $ 387,868 $ 11,536 33
Psychologists for Eth. Tr. of An. A R $ 87,553 $ 44,377 $ 43,176 49% $ 20,520 $ 1,148 $ 22,802 34
Rainforest Alliance
AE $ 740,040 $ 567,730 $ 172,310 23% $ 189,560 $ 7,904 $ 162,477
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society AR $ 532,425 $ 322,774 $ 209,651 39% $ 380,000 (unable to determine) 35
Shedd Aquarium Society S $ 18,303,402 $ 14,258,166 $ 4,045,236 22% $ 83,943,151 $ 61,307,310 (unavail.)
Sierra Clu b AEH $ 39,801,921 $ 28,837,344 $10,964,577 28% $ 22,674,244 $ 3,759,200 $ 15,055,983
Sierra Clu b Legal Defense Fund L $ 9,062,509 $ 7,122,497 $ 1,939,002 21% $ 8,795,777 $ 1,122,950 $ 5,228,620
United Animal Nations AE $ 331,531 $ 252,431 $ 79,100 24% $ 40,030 $ 14,609 $ 21,853 36
Wildlife Conservation Fund of Amer H $ 776,820 $ 694,372 $ 82,448 12% $ 970,369 $ 55,448 $ 1,128,575 37
Wildlife Legislative Fund of Amer H $ 604,814 $ 539,718 $ 65,096 11% $ 599,935 (none claimed) $ 572,882 37
Wilderness Society CA $ 16,484,967 $ 12,310,378 $ 4,174,589 25% $ 4,314,719 $ 666,501 $ 6,596,431
World Wildlife Fund AEH $ 53,875,700 $ 48,184,534 $ 5,691,166 11% $ 45,898,275 $ 2,148,314 $ 30,615,013 38
World Society for Protection of Animals (Data will be published when received from the Internal Revenue Service.)
BUDGETS, EXPENSES, AND ASSETS FOOTNOTES
1 – The African Wildife Found-
ation allocated $718,106 of public education
costs and $463,704 of membership service
costs to programs, much of which appears to
have been spent in connection with direct mail
fundraising. Reallocating this amount indi-
cates a balance of 48% for programs; 52% for
overhead.
2-The American Anti-Vivisection
Societyis not required to publish staff salaries.
3 – The American Horse
Protection Association reported a loss of
$105,871 in 1992.
4 – The American Humane
Association has two divisions, Animal
Protection, whose 1992 budget was
$1,978,538, and Child Protection, whose
1991 budget was $1,763,299.
5 – American Rivers allocated
$71,700 in direct mail costs associated with
fundraising to program services. Reallocating
this amount indicates a balance of 78% pro-
grams; 22% overhead.
6 – The American SPCA allocates
47.9% of direct mail costs associated with
fundraising to humane education.
Reallocating this amount, an estimated $2
million, indicates a balance of 62% for pro-
grams; 38% for overhead.
7 – The Animal Legal Defense
Fund allocated $453,457 to public education,
most of all of which appears to have been
spent in connection with direct mail fundrais-
ing. Reallocating that amount indicates a bal-
ance of 20% programs; 80% overhead.
8 – 1992 was ANIMAL PEOPLE’s
first year of operation. Many of the overhead
costs were incurred in start-up.
9 – Animal Rights Mobilization,
formerly Trans-Species Unlimited, relocated
from Pennsylvania to Colorado in 1991, and
incurred a substantial deficit in the process of
reorganizing. ARM allocated $3,295 in direct
mail costs to program services, much of
which appears to have been spent in connec-
tion with direct mail fundraising. Reallocating
this amount indicates a balance of 66% for
programs; 34% for overhead.
10 – The Cousteau Society reported
a loss of $1,859,223 for the year.
11 – Defenders of Animal Rights
declared on IRS Form 990 that it did not write
off any costs incurred in connection with
fundraising as a program expense. However,
notes appended to the DAR financial state-
ments explain that DAR did in fact claim
$102,183 of direct mail costs associated with
fundraising as a program expense.
Reallocating this amount indicates a balance
of 52% programs; 48% overhead.
12 – Defenders of Wildlife allocates
75% of costs incurred in connection wtih
direct mail fundraising to program service.
Reallocating these amounts as given in the
annual financial report Defenders filed with
the New York Department of State indicates a
balance of 48% for programs; 52% for over-
head. However, page 8 of Defenders’ own
financial statement gives much different fig-
ures. Reallocating the costs associated with
direct mail fundraising as given there indicates
a balance of 75% for programs; 25% for over-
head. Defenders did not file IRS Form 990 in
New York. We are therefore unable to pro-
vide Defenders’ salary information at this time.
13 – According to the Notes to
Financial Statements the Doris Day Animal
League submitted with its IRS Form 990,
“DDAL incurred joint costs of $1,587,978 in
1992 for informational materials and activities
that included fundraising appeals. Of those
costs, $147,467 was allocated to fundraising
expenses, $535,557 was allocated to public
advocacy, $770,833 was allocated to public
education, and $134,121 was allocated to
management and general expenses.” Thus
DDAL spent $1,649,225 of the $1,844,944 it
took in––89%––on direct mail and other over-
head expenses, leaving just 11% for programs
notdirectly connected with fundraising.
14 – Ducks Unlimited appears to
have spent about $2.5 million on direct mail
associated with fundraising, under the head-
ings of membership services and education.
Reallocating this amount indicates a balance of
70% for programs; 30% for overhead.
15 – Although the Farm Animal
Reform Movement declared that it had not
allocated any direct mail fundraising costs to
program service, $36,797 in printing and
postal costs does appear to have involved
fundraising. Reallocating these amounts indi-
cates a balance of 62% for programs; 38% for
overhead.
16 – Farm Sanctuary allocated
$47,791 in direct mail costs associated with
fundraising to program services. Reallocating
this amount indicates a balance of 70% for pro-
grams and 30% for overhead. Farm Sanctuary
generated a revenue surplus of $320,728 for
the fiscal year, much of which was used in
opening another sanctuary during early 1993.
17 – Friends of Animals allocated
$190,410 in direct mail costs associated with
fundraising to program services. Reallocating
this amount indicates a balance of 77% for pro-
grams and 23% for overhead.
18 – The Fund for Animalsreceived
a bequest of $4,387,000 during 1992, $1 mil-
lion of which has been designated by the Fund
directors for the use of the Black Beauty Ranch
sanctuary.
19 – The Humane Farming
Association allocated $94,679 of costs associ-
ated with direct mail fundraising to programs.
Reallocating this amount indicates a balance of
80% for programs; 20% for overhead.
20 – The Humane Society of the
U.S. allocated $888,725 in direct mail costs to
program services. Reallocating this amount
indicates a balance of 64% for programs; 36%
for overhead.
21 – International Fund for Animal
Welfare affiliates for which we have been
unable to obtain an IRS Form 990 include the
IFAW Holding Company Inc., Fonds
International Pour la Protection des
Animaux, Stichting IFAW, IFAW (U.K.),
the IFAW Political Action Committee,
IFAW (U.S.A.) Inc., the Brian Davies
Foundation Inc., the International Marine
Mammal Assn., IFAW Australia PTY Ltd.,
IFAW Trading Ltd., Political Action Lobby
Ltd., IFAW Trust, and IFAW Promotions
Ltd. During fiscal year 1992, IFAW allocat-
ed $982,715 in printing costs and $25,119 in
postal expenses to program services, much of
which appears to have been spent in connec-
tion with direct-mail fundraising. Reallocating
these amounts accordingly indicates a balance
of 40% for programs; 60% for overhead.
2 2 – The International Primate
Protection League allocated $480,051 in
direct mail costs to program services.
Reallocating this amount indicates a balance of
58% for programs; 42% for overhead.
2 3 – The International Society for
Animal Rights allocated $97,906 in direct
mail costs to program services. Reallocating
this amount indicates a balance of 57% for
programs; 43% for overhead. ISAR ran a
deficit for 1992 of $165,446.
2 4 – The International Wildlife
Coalition allocated $873,708 in direct mail
costs to program services. Reallocating this
amount indicates a balance of 72% programs;
28% overhead.
25 – The National Anti-Vivisection
Society allocated $286,000 in printing and
postal costs to program service, a portion of
which appears to have been spent in connec-
tion with direct mail fundraising, but the
financial data we have does not permit accu-
rately determining how much. In July 1993,
the Better Business Bureau announced that
NAVS failed its requirements for complete
and accurate accounting. Going into the 1992
fiscal year, approximately 26% of the NAVS
investment portfolio was with firms that were
currently under boycott by other animal and
habitat protection groups. Most of those
stocks were sold at a significant profit during
the 1992 fiscal year. Most notably, NAVS
realized a net gain of $7,198 from the sale of
$53,944 worth of stock in U.S. Surgical
Corporation, the primary backer of three lead-
ing pro-dissection groups: the Americans for
Medical Progress Educational Foundation,
Connecticut United for Research Excellence,
and Educators for Responsible Science. The
stock was purchased in July 1991––just days
after NAVS president Peggy Cunniff
denounced U.S. Surgical demonstrations of
suturing staplers on live dogs in the NAVS
membership magazine.
26 – Last Chance for Animals allo-
cated $185,613 in direct mail costs, apparently
associated with fundraising, to program ser-
vices. Reallocating this amount indicates a
balance of 17% for programs; 83% for over-
head. The balance is distorted somewhat
because LCA pays no salaries; therefore, the
amount of staff time assigned to program ser-
vice has no declared cash value.
2 7 – The National Audubon
Society apparently allocated about $4 million
in direct mail fundraising costs to programs.
Reallocating this amount indicates a balance of
67% programs; 33% overhead.
2 8 – The National Wildlife
Federation apparently allocated a consider-
able amount of spending in association with
direct mail fundraising to programs, but
because we received an incomplete IRS Form
990, we are unable to ascertain what the actu-
al balance between programs and overhead
should be. We are also unable to publish all of
the top NWF salaries.
2 9 – The New England Anti-
Vivisection Societylost $719,162 in 1992.
3 0 – The New York Zoological
Society spends relatively little on fundraising
because it collects an admission fee from visi-
tors. Cash and securities exceed net worth
because it operated at a deficit of $3.1 million
for the year.
3 1 – North Shore Animal League
program expenditures included $7,311,897 in
adoption and adoption-related promotional
expenses, including $2,346,032 in adoption
assistance grants to 22 other animal shelters;
$3,567,613 in neutering subsidies, including
$472,687 in neutering program assistance
grants to six other humane organizations;
$1,279,745 in animal rescue project expenses,
including $347,131 in grants to other humane
organizations; $2,451,268 in animal medical
program costs, including $162,000 in grants to
five veterinary training institutions; and
$6,146,325 in public education programs
which led to the neutering of an estimated
220,000 animals. Altogether, NASL provided
$3,327,850 in grants and awards to 49 other
humane organizations. NSAL is in fact the
only publicly funded national organization that
routinely provides direct financial aid to local
humane societies.
3 2 – People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals allocated direct mail
costs of $573,030 to program service.
Reallocating this amount indicates a balance of
66% programs; 34% overhead.
3 3 – Psychologists for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals had property, cash,
and securities amounting to more than the net
worth of the organization in 1992 because the
organization had a deficit of $3,430.
3 4 – Primarily Primates had an
operating loss of $80,584 during 1992, of
which $54,983 was invested in constructing
additional animal care facilities.
3 5 – This information is taken from
the Sea Shepherd Annual Report.
36 – United Animal Nations allocat-
ed $68,493 that was spent in connection with
direct mail fundraising to program services.
Reallocating that amount indicates a balance
of 55% programs and 45% overhead.
3 7 – The Wildlife Conservation
Fund of America and the Wildlife
Legislative Fund of America, despite their
misleading titles, are parallel organizations
established expressly to promote hunting and
trapping. They share the same offices, board,
and staff.. They are believed to have allocated
to programs up to $333,000 spent on direct
mail in association with fundraising, despite
declaring otherwise on both their New York
state tax filing and IRS Form 990. Their
financial statements do not permit precise
accounting of these expenditures.
38 – The World Wildlife Fund allo-
cated $16,655,927 in costs associated with
fundraising to programs, under the headings
of membership service and public education.
Reallocating this amount indicates the balance
of 59% programs and 41% overhead. Because
WWF filed an incomplete IRS Form 990, we
were unable to list all of the top executive
salaries.
Who Gets The Money? 1992 top salaries
This table lists the total 1992 remuneration of the top executives of each group list-
ed in the preceding table, together with the remuneration of each group’s five highest-paid
staffers, the remuneration of directors if directors are compensated, and remuneration paid
to other individuals for professional services. The listing is in order of salary size, with the
highest first. Organizational heads are listed in capital letters. Organizational heads who
receive no compensation are listed only if they devote substantial amounts of time to the
affairs of the organization; heads in title only are omitted. To provide a basis for compari-
son, the data also includes either average or median salary figures, as available, for similar
jobs across the nonprofit spectrum, at animal shelters, in veterinary practice, at zoos, and
at large. These average and median figures, if older than one year, have been increased by
an inflation allowance, on the somewhat questionable assumption that raises have kept pace
with the cost of living. The averages and medians have been taken from a wide variety of
sources, including but not limited to the U.S. Department of the Census, the 1991 National
Nonprofit Wage And Benefit Survey, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and the Journal of the
American Veterinary Medical Association.
How much money should a chief executive be paid? A recent Chronicle of
Philanthropy survey found that 99 of the 122 most prominent charities in the U.S. (81%)
pay a top salary of more than $100,000. However, of the 10 environmental and animal-
related charities in the survey, the smallest was the Wilderness Society, with an annual
income of $16.8 million––and a top executive salary of $99,250.
INDIVIDUAL POSITION ORG. PAY
JAY HAIR PresidentNWF $275,329
WILLIAM CONWAY Gen Dir NYZoo $236,929 1
DAVID GANZ PresidentNSAL $218,071 2
MATTHEW CONNOLLY Exec VP Ducks $195,864
PETER BERLE PresidentNAud $199,205
JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU ExVPCous $198,446
JOHN SAWHILL President NatC $196,576 3
KATHRYN FULLER PresidentWWF $179,850
JOHN HOYT CEO HSUS $172,442
John McKew Asst Sec NYZoo $158,528
Paige MacDonald Exec. VP WWF $158,518
William Howard Exec. VP NWF $157,022
Paul Irw in President HSUS $156,656
PAUL SCHINDLER President AfWL $152,240
Huando Torres Sr InvstASPCA $151,881
John Hoare Comptrol NYZoo $146,674
James Meekwsen Dir PR NYZoo $146,674
William Br aker Director Shdd $146,258 4
ROGER CARAS Pres. ASPCA $142,250
Eric Fischer Sr. VP NAud $137,324
Richard Lattis Dir City NYZoo $136,656
Susan Parker Mar tin Sr VPNAud $133,896
Edward Puls Asst Tr.Ducks $133,425
James Cunningham Sr. VP NAud $128,721
JAMES GLASS Pres. WCFA/WLFA $128,160 5
Christopher Palmer Sr. VP NAud $127,481
GUS THORNTON Pres. MSPCA $124,621
GEORGE FRAMPTON PresidentWldS $122,077 6
Fred Richards Writer Cous $113,510
Carmine Branagan Sr. VP NAud $118,876
Louis Garibaldi Aquarium NYZoo $118,726
Charles Vinick VP Bus. Cous $118,600
Herman Cohen Law Enf.ASPCA $118,247
Ronald Jolly K ennel ASPCA $113,582
David Riley Grp m gr Ducks $115,150
Peter Theran VP MSPCA $111,954
Edward Hamilton Vet. Dir.NSAL $110,037
Jas. Goodrich Trstee WLCA/WLFA $109,954 5
Marshal Case Sr. VP NAud $107,679
James Ware Grp mgr Ducks $107,487
David Wesley Dir/Op Ducks $106,866
DIRECTOR OF MAJOR METRO ZOO $108,565
Henri Jacquier Eur. VP Cous $106,338
Laurens Silver Attorney SLDF $106,100
H. Finkelstein Asst. Tr. ASPCA $105,653
Michael Sherwood Atty. SLDF $105,164
James Terrill Exec VP WldS $104,550
Grant Thompson Exec VP WldS $104,550
Michael Wright Sr Fellow WWF $103,550
Jorge Morales Foreman ASPCA $102,876
John Grandy VP HSUS $102,406
William Curtiss Attorney SLDF $101,200
James Leape Sr. VP WWF $100,912
Charles Westfield Vet. ASPCA $100,741
Kenneth McCreary Ex Scy Ducks $100,712
Diana McMeekin Exec. VP AfWL $100,320
Robert Geber Asst. Pr.NSAL $ 98,633
Elizabeth Raisbeck Sr. VPNAud $ 98,403
Jan Beyea VP NAud $ 97,724
Steven Volker Attorney SLDF $ 96,800
David Kennedy Field OpDucks $ 96,887
Michael Robbins Sr. VP NAud $ 96,054
Robert Comisso Contr. NSAL $ 95,702
Mary Hanley VP PAD WldS $ 95,223
Mary Joy Breton VP NAud $ 94,918
Rebecca Wodder VP WldS $ 93,787
Karin Sheldon VP, Cons.AHA $ 93,246
Mark Shaffer VP WldS $ 92,250
John Gourlay Adv. Dir.NAud $ 91,902
Howard Levy VP MSPCA $ 91,772
Michael Arms Shelter NSAL $ 91,702
Natalie Waugh VP Devel WWF $ 91,375
Henry Cowen Graphics NSAL $ 90,000 7
JOHN STEVENSON Attorney NSAL $ 89,504 3
Michael Francis Dir Frst WldS $ 89,175
Robert Steele VP Fin. Cous $ 89,138
Michael Fox VP HSUS $ 88,354
Thomas Watkins Editor WldS $ 87,945
Richard Murphy VP Sci/EdCous $ 87,433
KEVIN COYLE President AmRv $ 87,293
LAWRENCE BROWN SecretaryAHA $ 85,783 8
Gary Hartshorn VP R&D WWF $ 84,400
Bennett Beach Asst. PR WldS $ 83,947
Brooks Yeager VP NAud $ 83,833
William Bryan VP HSUS $ 83,684
William Eichbaum VP Intl. WWF $ 83,600
Paul Spaulding Attorney SLDF $ 82,564
Graham Cox VP NAud $ 82,397
PEGGY CUNIFF Exec Dir NAVS $ 82,420 9
Nancy Green Dir BLM WldS $ 79,950
Hedwig Bievenu Film Ed. Cous $ 79,246
Roger Kindler VP HSUS $ 78,655
Barbara Simpson PublicistCous $ 78,167
Roger Kindler VP HSUS $ 78,655
Barbara Simpson PublicistCous $ 78,167
Allen Smith Dir AlskaWldS $ 77,490
CARL POPE Exec Dir Srra $ 77,142
Louis Barnes Asst Trs Srra $ 76,992
Murdaugh Madden VP HSUS $ 76,692
D.L. Lonsdale Asst Dir Shdd $ 75,616
Herman Kaufman Attorney FoA $ 74,668
Barbara Bucovetsky Mailer NSAL $ 73,905
Elizabeth McCorkle VP Fin AfWL $ 79,530
Jan Hartke VP HSUS $ 74,627
Mark R.S. Price VP AfricaAfWL $ 74,053
Pat Schene Child PrtAHA $ 73,010
Alexander Stewart VP MSPC A $ 72,946
David Wills VP HSUS $ 72,843
HOLLY HAZARD Exec Dir DDAL $ 72,000
Sandy Cole Consult. HSUS $ 71,856
Emmanuel Mairesse Film Ed Cous $ 71,800
Chris Thollaug Asst Secy Srra $ 71,672
Dennis White An. Prot. AHA $ 68,680
HELEN JONES PresidentISAR $ 68,115
NONPROFIT CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER $
67,395
Joseph Brecher Attorney SLDF $ 67,000
Arthur Keefe Investig.HSUS $ 66,741
PRISCILLA FERALPres. FoA $ 65,000
Katherine Benedict Data HSUS $ 64,996
J.C. Dees Oper mgr Shdd $ 64,297
Marc Paulhus VP HSUS $ 63,929
Randy Lockwood VP HSUS $ 63,292
Paula DiPeana Writer Cous $ 63,329
Martin Stephens VP HSUS $ 62,273
Nancy Crooks VP/Finan.API $ 61,148
Ted Crail Consult. API $ 60,297
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MAJOR ZOO $60,000
R.L. Klain Chf. eng. Shdd $ 59,961
Sydney Holt Sci. cons IFAW $ 59,173
Deborah Salem VP HSUS $ 58,979
Katherine Ransel Dir NW AmRv $ 58,435
Betty Denny Smith Holly. AHA $ 58,100
Lorraine Bodi Dir NW AmRv $ 58,000
Patty Finch VP HSUS $ 57,918
Jon Wilson Attorney SLDF $ 57,600
Carter Luke VP MSPCA $ 57,202
NONPROFIT DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH $56,757
Dale Pontius VP Cons. AmRv $ 56,167
Margaret Kern Asst Dir Shdd $ 55,111
Beth Norcross Dir LegisAmRv $ 55,090
NONPROFIT LOBBYI ST $ 55,000
Donald Barnes DC Dir. NAVS $ 55,000 10
Bob Hillman VP/Field API $ 54,990
PETER BAHOUTH Exec. Dir Grnp $ 53,900
William Arkin Anti-Nuc Grn p $ 53,500
Marcia Glaser Asst Sect HSUS $ 52,294
MARGARET ELDON President AmAV $ 52,629
Ben Hayes Membersh.HSUS $ 52,986
LAWYER $ 52,416
Ross Rosenthal Accntnt FoA $ 52,382
Karen Farestad Asst ChldAHA $ 52,348
Adele Douglass DC Dir. AHA $ 52,338
Elizabeth Raymond Pub RelShdd $ 52,144
NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR $50,350
Scott Anderson Dir Memb PETA $ 50,212
Duf Fischer Vice Chr API $ 49,981 P
Kenneth Cunniff Attorney NAVS $ 49,575 9P
Charlene Drennon Reg. dirHSUS $ 49,498
Gaylord Nelson Counselor WldS $ 49,200
David Dawson MarketingWWF $ 47,229
FRANK CULLEN Exec DirNEAVS $ 47,084 10
Vicki Thorpe Asst Trs Srra $ 46,575
Charleen Tyson Control. MSPCA $ 46,383
Martha Glenn Lobbyist HSUS $ 46,257
BRIAN DAVIES PresidentIFAW $ 46,095 11
Sharon Shutes Asst Scty AfWL $ 45,914
LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARIAN $ 45,350
Christine Sha ne Dir Corp NEAVS $ 45,080
NONPROFIT CHIEF OF FINANCE $ 45,000
Michael Bello Ed. Dir.NAVS $ 45,000 9
Barbara DiPietro Asst Tr. A fWL $ 44,050
Joan Diggs Dir. Mkt.AfWL $ 43,809
BRADLEY MILLER Ex. Dir. HFA $ 44,000 12
Bonnie Miller AdminDir.HFA $ 44,000 12
Kathy Strain Director API $ 42,779
ELLIOT KATZ PresidentIDA $ 42,700
Betsy Dribben Consult. HSUS $ 42,500
JOYCE TISCHLER Exec Dir ALDF $ 42,450
MARY JO KOVIC President DAR $ 42,000 13
James Kovic VP DAR $ 42,000 13
NONPR OFIT DIR . OF DEVELOPMENT $41,918
Robin Lohnes Ex. Dir. AHPA $ 41,904
NONPR OFIT DEPUTY EXEC. DIR. $41,343
HORSE VETERINARIAN $ 40,435
Janet Frake Asst Sec HSUS $ 40,334
Barbara Tugaeff Art Dir. API $ 40, 059
Cynthia Jensen Prog.Lsn. AfWL $ 40,000
Mary Oullette Secre taryNAVS $ 40,000
DANIEL KATZ President RFA $ 40,000
Sara Seymour VP FoA $ 40,000 10
Mary Oullette SecretaryNAVS $ 40,000
DANIEL KATZ PresidentRFA $ 40,000
Sara Seymour VP FoA $ 40,000 10
Jill Moun tjoy Prj. Crd. HFA $ 3 9,471
MEDIAN VETERINARY INCOME $39,212
PERSONNEL MANAGER $ 39,104
Deborah Snelson Ast Dr AfAfWL $ 38,892
Stephen Best Consult. IWC $ 38,149
DANIEL MORAST PresidentIWC $ 38,149
Donna Hart VP IWC $ 38,149
Margaret King Dir Admin IWC $ 37,909
Kathleen Morr is Prod Mgr PETA $ 37,906
Diane Halverson Res.Asst.HFA $ 37,897
SMA LL ANIMAL VETERINARIAN $37,850
Jeanne Roush Exec Dir PETA $ 37,567
Sidney Holt Sci cons.IFAW $ 37,206
Bruce Webb Editor API $ 36,615
U.S. MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $35,752
Scott Van Valkenberg Sec NEAVS $ 35,644 10
VETERINARY GENERAL PRACTIONER $35,500
Rich Prim avera FndraiserAHA $ 35,400
Michael Rodman Pers Dir PETA $ 35,227
Betsy Swart D.C. dir. FoA $ 35,000
Richard Moore Exec Dir.IFAW $ 34,111 11
Joan Harvard Asst Secty ASPCA $ 34,091
Marieclare Haggarty Mark. NAVS $ 34,000
NONPROFIT BUSI NESS MANAGER $33,810
Margaret Devoe Info Serv PETA $ 33 ,708
NONPROFIT REGIONAL DIR ECTOR $33,624
Bill Cl ark Intl Dir. FoA $ 33, 338
Sandy Lewis NY Dir. FoA $ 33,101
Reed Millsaps Attorney NAVS $ 33,000 10
REGISTERED NURSE $ 32,968
Grant Thornton AccountantFund $ 32,900 14
NONPROFIT PUB. RELATIONS DIR. $32,722
ANIMAL SHELTER DIR ECTOR $ 32,173
Suzanne Roy Staff IDA $ 31,900
POLICE OFFICER $ 30,940
Margaret Woodward Atty NEAVS $ 30,879 14
REPORTER/EDITOR $ 30,836
Dot Hayes Staff FoA $ 30,000
Karin Kemper TreasurerRFA $ 30,000
George Trapp Consult. NAVS $ 30,000 9
Organizations are not required to report salaries of
under $30,000/year. The following listed no salaries:
ANIMAL PEOPLE, Animal Welfare Institute,
Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights, Farm Animal
Reform Movement, Fund for Animals, International Primate
Protection League.
The following organizations had additional individ-
uals making over $30,000 a year:
American Rivers (7), American SPCA (112),
Cousteau Society (33), Ducks Unlimited (196), Humane
Society of the U.S. (55), Massachusetts SPCA (79), National
Audubon Society (129), Nature Conservancy (485), New York
Zoological Society (243), North Shore Animal League (29),
PETA (10), Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (49), Wilderness
Society (67), World Wildlife Fund (132).
SHELTER FUNDRAISING DIRECTOR $29,065
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER $27,924
NONPROFIT PROGRAM MANAGER $27,000
Elizabeth Skinner Secty RFA $ 25,000
SOCIAL WORKER $ 24,432
CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN $23,972
PAID SHELTER P.R. DIRESCTOR $ 22,145
PAID ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGER $22,145
FULLTIME HUMANE EDUCATOR $21,115
Jean Law SecretaryISAR $ 21,000
HENRY SPIRA PresidentARI $ 19,800
Alex Pacheco PresidentPETA $ 19,000
NONPROFIT SECRETARY $ 18,852
BOOKKEEPER/ACCOUNTING CLERK $17,940
ANIMAL CRUELTY OFFICER $ 17,819
EXPERIENCED VETERINARY TECH $16,618
Stephen Tello Secty. PriP $ 15,519
JANITOR $ 15,184
PAID SHELTER ADOPTION CLERK $14,166
PAID SHELTER TECHNICIAN $ 13,410
Carla Robinson Adm.Dir. SSCS $ 13,200 15
Kenneth Shapiro Exec. PsyETA $ 13,000
ROBIN DUXBURY Pres. ARM! $ 12,000
ZOOKEEPER $ 11,390
CHILDCARE WORKER $ 8,890
LORI BAUSTON PresidentFrmS $ 6,91 6 16H
Gene Bauston VP FrmS $ 6,9 16 16H
WALLY SWETT President PriP $ 6,500 H
James Clark TreasurerAmAv $ 3,750 P
Sue Leary SecretaryAmAv $ 1,400 P
ALEX HERSHAFT Presid ent FARM $ 1,200 H
CLEVELAND AMORY President Fund (none)
KIM BART LETT PublisherAP (none) 17
Merritt Clifton Editor AP (none) 17
NEDIM BUYUKMIHCI Pres . AVAR (none)
CHRIS DeROSE Presid ent LCFA (none)
ELIZABETH LEWYT Chairman NSAL (none)
SHIRLEY Mc GREALPresident IPPL (none)
BELTON MOURAS Secty Gen UAN (none)
Notes on individual compensation
1-William Conwayalso received a
grant of $5,022 from the New York Zoological
Society.
2-John Stevensonis now the presi-
dent of the North Shore Animal League, suc-
ceeding David Ganz, who resigned at the end
of March 1993.
3 – The Nature Conservancy had
485 employees who were paid over $30,000 in
1992, plus 95 compensated members of the
board of directors, including 26 individuals
who were paid in excess of $100,000. Space
does not permit listing them all.
4-William Brakerwill be succeed-
ed in January as director of the Shedd
Aquarium by Ted Beattie.
5 – Combined compensation from
both organizations.
6 – George Frampton, no longer
with the Wilderness Society, is now Assistant
Secretary for National Parks and Wildlife.
7 – According to the North Shore
Animal League’s IRS Form 990, “Henry
Cowen, a director through August 20, 1992,
is affiliated with the Cowen Group, which
supplies finished mechanicals for mailing
packages to NSAL, subject to NSAL’s review
and approval. On the basis of a written agree-
ment, the Cowen Group was paid $90,000 in
1992. The full board was aware of the deci-
sion to hire the Cowen Group, and Henry
Cowen did not participate in this decision.”
8 – Lawrence Brown recently
retired; his successor is Bob Hart.
9-Peggy and Kenneth Cunniff are
wife and husband; Kenneth Cunniff, a part-
time NAVS employee, reportedly drives a
TV-equipped van supplied by NAVS, while
keeping a separate law practice. Peggy
Cunniff succeeded her father George Trapp
as NAVS president. The eight-member NAVS
board includes, in addition to Peggy Cunniff,
her sister, Catherine Curran, who was paid
$2,099 for expenses in 1992; Peggy Cunniff’s
brother-in-law, Patrick Rocks, who was paid
$2,000 for expenses; Peggy Cunniff’s uncle,
Robert Mahoney, who was paid $3,590 for
expenses; Mary Ouellette, a cousin of
George Trapp, who is NAVS’ fulltime secre-
tary; and John Hughes, reportedly now head
of the International Fund for Ethical Research,
a NAVS subsidiary, following the dismissal of
former head Michael Bello. Peggy Cunniff
doubles as president of IFER. NAVS lost
$139,859 during fiscal year 1992. NAVS then
closed its Washington D.C. office and reas-
signed former Washington D.C. director
Donald Barnes.
10- No longer with this group.
1 1 – Brian Davies and Richard
Mooreare part-time employees of IFAW. We
have been unable to determine if they receive
additional compensation from any of the 14
IFAW affiliates for which we have received no
IRS Form 990.
12 -Bradley and Bonnie Miller are
husband and wife.
13 – The Kovics were formerly hus-
band and wife..
14- Paid for services, not as staff.
15 – Carla Robinson was employed
by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
from October 1992 until May 1993.
1 6 – Lorri and Gene Bauston are
wife and husband. Their salary statement was
omitted from the Farm Sanctuary IRS Form
990 we received, but approximate salaries
were available from other sources.
1 7 – Kim Bartlett and Merritt
Clifton are wife and husband. We have
received a combined total of $13,400 in com-
pensation for fulltime work in 1993.
18-Paul Watsonworked during the
1992-1993 fiscal year for Jodi Solomon’s
Speakers Bureau, the Pasadena College of
Design, and Carolco Film Productions.
H – Compensation includes housing.
P- Payment for part-time duties.
