Animal rights organizations across the country rake in millions of dollars to fund anti-hunting campaigns. Animal People Magazine has again published the financial information for animal rights organizations based on the analysis of IRS reports for FY 2003.

Here are the figures for several leading anti-hunting groups, as presented by Animal People. In parentheses are the budgets for recent years. Comprehensive financial information on individual non-profit organizations, including tax records, is available online at www.guidestar.com.

Sportsmen reviewing this list are reminded that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Fund for Animals will merge at the beginning of the year. According to a recent report by Scripps Howard News Service, the merger will result in a mega-anti-hunting group with available funds in excess of $95 million and stated goals of ending hunting and trapping.

“These groups have been working to trample sportsmen’s rights for decades,” said U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Senior Vice President Rick Story. “They intend to invest their millions in campaigns to ban hunting and trapping and are refining their organization to get the job done.”

The newly merged anti-hunting group has launched an animal protection litigation department to challenge sportsmen in the courts. The newly restructured HSUS has announced it will also form a new legislative arm.

Animal Legal Defense Fund/ALDF

Budget: $3,120,780 ($3,208,308/$3,360,728/$3,133,399)

Programs: 2,462,761

Overhead: 658,019

Net assets: 2,763,306


Animal Welfare Institute/AWI

Budget: $1,169,280 ($1,260,416/$1,072,951)

Programs: 989,124

Overhead: 180,156

Net assets: 3,090,519


Doris Day Animal League/DDAL

Budget: $2,740,123 ($2,570,372/$2,844,347/$2,743,811)

Programs: 2,104,393

Overhead: 635,730

Net assets: 799,045


Foundation to Support Animal Protection/FSAP

Budget: $2,610,200 ($2,192,281/$2,430,555)

Programs: 13,830

Overhead: 2,596,370

Net assets: 15,299,586


Fund for Animals/FFA

Budget: $7,604,874 ($7,358,158/$5,600,721/$5,386,201)

Programs: 6,006,552

Overhead: 1,598,332

Net assets: 19,903,029


Humane Society of the United States/HSUS

Budget: $69,548,619 ($67,272,795/$58,865,207/$50,431,797)

Programs: 47,635,118

Overhead: 21,913,501

Net assets: 99,997,471


In Defense of Animals/IDA

Budget: $2,731,478 ($2,304.433/$2,339,784/$1,841,705)

Programs: 2,263,970

Overhead: 467,508

Net assets: 2,819,164


People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals/PETA

Budget: $21,484,419 ($16,414,174/$13,499,614/$17,668,699)

Programs: 18,442,816

Overhead: 3,041,603

Net assets: 7,632,195


Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/PCRM

Budget: $7,175,448 ($2,667,912/$2,915,847/$2,533,289/$2,350,143)

Programs: 6,612,956

Overhead: 562,492

Net assets: 2,865,026

NOTE: These figures do not include $4,000,153 given to The PCRM Foundation.


**Information provided by the Americans for Medical Progress (AMP), a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect society's investment in research.

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