Animals United Movement

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453368884
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Phone
8315887829
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal-Related N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$876,072
Expenses
$1,154,638
Assets
$1,200,548
Liabilities
$948

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIP ANDERSEN (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • TARA TATE (Treasurer): $93,750 total reported compensation
  • KIP ANDERSEN (President): $75,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A.U.M. FILMS AND MEDIA'S mission is to effectively and efficiently represent and elevate a harmonious voice for all life on this planet. We promote awareness and equality for all beings and the environment through all forms of media, social and environmental justice advocacy projects, and educational centers. We feel the best way to actualize world peace and to make our planet survive, and even thrive, is through a movement towards compassionate co-existence.

What it reported doing in 2024

Documentary film production - a.u.m. Films creates, produces and supports documentary films which uncover harmful industries facing people and the planet and investigates why these practices are allowed to continue. During the year ending december 31, 2019, the organization was in production with it's third full-length documentary film, "seaspiracy," which focuses on the world's oceans, and the various leading issues causing them to be destroyed. The organization provided financial support for the film "slay", a film being produced by let us be heroes, ltd. The organization created and/or provided consultation and/or financial support to various other film productions furthering its exempt purpose.the organization continues to receive revenues from internet streaming contracts and dvd and dowload sales of its two previously released documentary films which havereceived numerous awards. "cowspiracy: the sustainability secret" (2014) is anaward-winning feature-length environmental documentary which uncovers the animalagriculture industry's damaging effect on deforestation, water consumption andpollution and how the leaders in the environmental movement refuse to talk about it."what the health" (2017) is a follow-up documentary film which uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases and investigates why the nations'leading health organizations are not informing the public about it. You can learnmore about these films at www.cowspiracy.com and www.whatthehealthfilm.com.the organization also receives royalty fees from the sale of meal plans branded with"what the health." also provide education center

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 46
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -31.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $907K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.