2023-10-30T11:42:28-07:00 2022-12-31 Adam Baker CPA 32508 Turkey Loop Underwood MN 56586 990 2022-01-01 823445472 LEVER FOUNDATION INC LEVE 7175841805 PO Box 715 Lancaster PA 17603 Nick Cooney Executive Director 7175841805 2023-10-03 1 1 Adam Baker P00686824 3177482640 2023-10-02 X 1 11 0 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Nick Cooney PO Box 715 Lancaster PA 17603 2532101 0 X www.leverfoundation.org X 2017 PA The mission of the Lever Foundation is to prevent animal suffering and cruelty to animals by promoting health, humane and sustainable food choices. 4 3 0 5 0 0 2471723 2352717 0 0 284818 179384 0 0 2756541 2532101 1900000 1250000 0 0 0 0 0 0 2579 669303 948961 2569303 2198961 187238 333140 1934019 2265330 2913 1082 1931106 2264248 The mission of The Lever Foundation is to prevent animal suffering and cruelty to animals by promoting healthy, humane and sustainable food choices. 0 0 585322 0 0 Lever Foundation worked with major food companies to inspire and help them remove the worst forms of animal cruelty from their supply chain, with a particular focus on helping companies commit to ending the use of battery cages (or other cage confinement of egg-laying hens) in their supply chain. Lever Foundation focused its efforts on achieving these policy changes in the greater China region and throughout Asia generally. Note: expenses are a rounded approximation, as many program expenses span more than one program area. 350000 0 0 Lever Foundation worked to grow the alternative protein space (plant-based meat, egg and dairy products, and "clean" meat, egg and dairy products that are produced from cellular agriculture or fermentation without the need for live animals) by assisting entrepreneurs with starting companies in the space, helping startups secure investment funding, and directing more investor interest and investment dollars to the alternative protein space. Lever Foundation also worked with major food companies to promote adding more alternative protein options. Lever Foundation focused its efforts on growing the alternative protein space in the greater China region. Because of the nature of this work, it is hard to estimate a specific number of animals that will benefit from work done in this area by Lever Foundation in 2020. Note: expenses are a rounded approximation, as many program expenses span more than one program area. 1250000 1250000 0 Lever Foundation maintains a grant program in which restricted donations made to the Foundation are granted to entities in other countries doing work to advance farm animal welfare. In 2022, a grant was provided to an entity in Ireland that was engages in farm animal protection and promotion of plant-based eating. This entity's mission and programs share the charitable mission of Lever Foundation of preventing cruelty to animals and promoting humane and sustainable food choices. 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Lever Foods Limited - Shanghai Lever Foods Limited - Shanghai is 100% owned by the Executive Director. 75000 Lever Foundation has a Joint Venture with Lever Foods Limited - Shanghai, to create alternative protein and prevent the inhumane killing of animals. 1 Lever Advisors Lever Advisors is 100% owned by the Executive Director. 20000 Lever Foundation has a Joint Venture with Lever Advisors, to create alternative protein and prevent the inhumane killing of animals. 1 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 Yes, the Organization has members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Yes, members have the right to appoint one or members of the governing body (the board of directors). Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b General Governance decisions are made by the governing body, the board of directors. However, the Organization's bylaws hold that members have certain additional rights, including the right to approve directors and officers, adjust the number of directors on the board, and the right to remove a director; and members have the exclusive right to dissolve the Organization, approve amendment of the bylaws, and make changes to the Articles of Incorporation. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 form and schedules are compiled by an independent CPA, and reviewed by all board members to ensure information is accurate. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Lever Foundation has a thorough written conflict of interest policy that directors and employees sign yearly. All persons having a conflict or potential conflict are required to disclose such to the rest of the Board for their review and consideration. Compliance is enforced by the Board, which reviews all potential conflicts of interest, and persons with a conflict of interest abstain from discussions relating to transactions or arrangements that involve or may involve actual or potential conflicts of interest. The potential existence of conflicts is considered when each Board discussion and vote is held, and also reviewed once yearly when the annual conflict of interest policy is re-signed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Yes, the process for determining compensation was reviewed and approved by independent members of the Board and was contemporaneously substantiated in the meeting minutes of the Board. Deliberation on an acceptable compensation amount included comparability considerations. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Lever Foundation's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request to Lever Foundation at PO Box 715, Lancaster, PA 17603, or by phone at (717) 584-1805. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g As Lever Foundation's mission is to prevent animal suffering and cruelty by promoting healthy, humane and sustainable food choices around the world, Lever Foundation utilizes local contractor labor in the region for the provision for program services. Lever Foundation also utilizes contract labor out side the United States for various services, such as translation, voice recording work, graphic design and IT. Lever Foundation Growth Fund 242 Elizabeth Drive Lancaster PA 17603 850762544 Type I Support Organization (509a3) PA 501c3 Public Charity Lever Foundation Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0