2023-07-17T07:57:42-00:00 2022-12-31 821650312 Alta CPA Group 59 Franklin St 2nd Floor Annapolis MD 21401 990 2022-01-01 871596873 LEGAL IMPACT FOR CHICKENS LEGA 8885818797 56 WOODWARDS STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103 ALENE ANELLO PRESIDENT 8885818797 2023-07-17 true ALENE ANELLO XXX-XX-XXXX Jeffrey Griffith P01081433 4103495101 2023-07-17 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X ALENE ANELLO 56 WOODWARDS STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103 705889 false X https://www.legalimpactforchickens.org/ X 2021 CA LEGAL IMPACT FOR CHICKENSS LICS MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE WELFARE OF FARMED ANIMALS LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY THROUGH THE USE OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM. WE PRIMARILY STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL THROUGH CIVIL LITIGATION. 4 3 3 10 0 704449 0 1114 326 705889 0 0 115088 0 22616 108873 223961 481928 301339 785630 2357 301339 783273 X LEGAL IMPACT FOR CHICKENSS LICS MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE WELFARE OF FARMED ANIMALS LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY THROUGH THE USE OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM. WE PRIMARILY STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL THROUGH CIVIL LITIGATION. false false 144037 THE COSTCO LAWSUIT IN 2022, LIC FILED ITS FIRST LAWSUIT THE WIDELY PUBLICIZED COSTCO SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE CASE, SMITH V. VACHRIS. LICS CLIENTS, TWO COSTCO SHAREHOLDERS, FILED THE SUIT IN WASHINGTON STATE KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. THEY ALLEGED THAT COSTCO EXECUTIVES ARE CAUSING THE COMPANY TO VIOLATE NEBRASKA AND IOWA LAWS AGAINST LIVESTOCK NEGLECT. COSTCO BREEDS AND SLAUGHTERS 100 MILLION BIRDS EACH YEAR. THE COMPLAINT FOLLOWED A 2021 UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION REVEALING THAT COSTCOS CHICKENS ARE BRED TO GROW SO FAST THAT MANY OF THEM CANNOT STAND UP UNDER THEIR OWN WEIGHT. THE 50-PAGE COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT MANY OF THESE YOUNG, DISABLED BIRDS CANT REACH FOOD OR WATER, AND THAT COSTCO FAILS TO GIVE THEM INDIVIDUALIZED VETERINARY CARE. THE SUIT ACCUSED COSTCO EXECUTIVES OF HARMING COSTCO BY VIOLATING THEIR FIDUCIARY DUTY TO ACT LAWFULLY. 144037 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 3 0 3 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 4 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true false true true true false false AK CA CO DC FL MA NJ NY OR WA X X X ALENE ANELLO 8885818797 56 WOODWARD STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103 ALENE ANELLO PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 040.00 X X 61042 0 200 SARAD DAVID CHAIR 001.00 X X 0 0 0 TYLER LOBDELL SECRETARY 001.00 X X 0 0 0 ALICIA RODRIGUEZ TREASURER 001.00 X X 0 0 0 61042 200 false false false 704449 454 704449 1114 1114 326 326 705889 1114 0 0 0 0 61241 36950 16421 7870 0 42058 25376 11278 5404 0 2933 1603 887 443 8856 5462 2263 1131 0 61587 61587 5489 5489 0 0 5435 3056 2379 1537 1536 1 10059 3128 5475 1456 1551 1551 0 30 30 3557 2490 711 356 0 1031 567 309 155 0 0 0 12746 2282 10464 REGISTRATIONS 5851 50 5801 0 223961 144037 57308 22616 100556 629920 200533 155000 460 250 250 301339 785630 2357 0 2357 X 42696 572364 258643 210909 301339 783273 301339 785630 481928 6 X false true X true false X 704449 704449 704449 704449 704449 1114 1114 705563 X 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes X 716575 6 10680 10686 705889 705889 234641 10680 10680 223961 223961 X 2 LIC IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE 501C3. IN ADDITION, LIC QUALIFIED FOR THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION UNDER SECTION 170B1A AND HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION UNDER SECTION 509A1. LICS INFORMATIONAL RETURN FILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER FILING. Form 990, Part III, Line 4A PROGRAM 1 CONTINUED LICS COSTCO LAWSUIT HAS BEEN COVERED IN OVER 50 MEDIA OUTLETS, INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON POST, PEOPLE, YAHOO NEWS, FOX BUSINESS, CNN BUSINESS, THE NEW YORK POST, VOX, MEATINGPLACE, AND WATTAGNET. SEVERAL PROFESSORS AND LECTURERS HAVE ALSO DECIDED TO TEACH THE COSTCO CASE TO THEIR LAW SCHOOL OR COLLEGE CLASSES. BEFORE THE COMPLAINT BEFORE FILING THE COSTCO LAWSUIT, LIC SUBMITTED AN OFFICIAL BOOKS-AND-RECORDS REQUEST TO COSTCOS BOARD. WE OBTAINED RECORDS AND USED THEM IN THE COMPLAINT. AFTER THE COMPLAINT THE DEFENDANT EXECUTIVES FILED A MOTION TO DISMISS THE COSTCO CASE. THE DIRECTOR DEFENDANTS ARGUED THAT THEY SHOULD GET TO DECIDE WHETHER COSTCO SUES THEM FOR CAUSING THE COMPANY TO NEGLECT AND ABANDON POULTRYS. BUT OUR CLIENTS DID NOT THINK THAT MADE SENSE. WE RESPONDED WITH A 32-PAGE BRIEF IN OPPOSITION. UNFORTUNATELY, AS OF 2023, THE LAWSUIT HAS NOW BEEN DISMISSED. II. THE USDA COMMENT LIC ALSO SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE USDA. LIC ASKED THE AGENCY TO MAKE POULTRY-MEAT COMPANIES WARN THEIR POTENTIAL NEW FARMERS ABOUT ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES. THE COMMENT RESPONDED TO THE USDAS PROPOSED RULE, TRANSPARENCY IN POULTRY GROWER CONTRACTING AND TOURNAMENTS. POULTRY-MEAT COMPANIES HIRE FARMERS, CALLED GROWERS, TO RAISE THE COMPANIES BIRDS. GROWERS THEN OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES STUCK AND IMPLICATED IN A SYSTEM OF SICKNESS AND PAIN. LIC BELIEVES THAT POTENTIAL FARMERS DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GETTING INTO. III. EDUCATION IN 2022, LIC ALSO PRESENTED ABOUT FACTORY-FARM LITIGATION AT YALE LAW SCHOOL, STANFORD LAW SCHOOL, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, AND VERMONT LAW SCHOOL. LIC PRESENTED ON PODCASTS THE ANIMAL LAW PODCAST CLEARER THINKING, HOPE FOR THE ANIMALS, ANIMAL DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP, HERD AROUND THE BARN, AND SENTIENTISM.CHI Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11 THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15A THE BOARD REVIEWS AND COMPARES THE COMPENSATION OF OTHER SIMILAR NON-PROFITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND APPROVES ANY INCREASES IN COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BY VOTE. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.