Public Charity

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NORFOLK, VA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $110.2M revenue, $79.9M expenses, $82.0M total assets. 248 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $37.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 521218336 NORFOLK, VA Alliances & Advocacy NTEE: D01 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$110.2M
Total Expenses$79.9M
Total Assets$82.0M
Grant Records248
Funding Total$37.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

PROTECTION OF ANIMAL RIGHTS

Where $100 goes at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

How People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$1 Management running the organization
$16 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $83 for programs

$34
Research, investigations, and rescuespeta's determined team of fieldworkers and cruelty investigators are stopping abuse and transforming animal lives on a massive scale.Our emergency response team is on call…
41% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 12,500 calls; 11,200 cats; 750 cats
$29
Public outreach and informationpeta conducts informational campaigns, engages in news gathering and reporting, and publishes materials for children, high school and college students, and educators as well as…
35% of program spending
$19
International grassroots campaigns:peta is achieving historic progress toward ending animal testing driving systemic reforms, major policy changes, and industry wide shifts toward state-of-the-art, humane science.In a major turning…
23% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 700,000 calls; 2,000 residents; 10,000 schools

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SENIOR VP OF MARKETING ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL MEDIA Bartlett Joel
TOXICOLOGIST Bettmann Frank
MANAGING DIRECTOR Clippinger Amy
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Guillermo Kathleen
PRESIDENT/SECRETARY Ingrid Newkirk
TREASURER Jeanne Roush

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$25,999,159 173 grants
Animal Welfare
$11,522,761 58 grants
Education
$59,000 2 grants
Economic Development
$21,000 1 grant
International Aid & Development
$5,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $110.2M $79.9M $82.0M
2024 $77.2M $71.3M $52.7M
2023 $69.9M $67.8M $44.4M
2022 $68.3M $68.9M $38.1M
2021 $60.6M $48.5M $38.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $60.6M to $110.2M (+82%), with total assets most recently reported at $82.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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