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Nonprofit · EIN 93-1028893

PREDATOR DEFENSE

Tax-exempt · EUGENE, OR 97405

Financials

$314K$211K2023$175K$217K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of PREDATOR DEFENSE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990-EZ$175,385$217,230-$41,845$136,165$22,148$114,017
December 31, 2023990$313,611$211,026$102,585$178,022$22,160$155,862
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$175,362
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$23

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$145,000
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$157,233
Professional fees and payments to contractors
$40,950
Occupancy
$7,200
Printing, publications and postage
$7,553
Other expenses
$4,294
Program services (functional)
$194,900

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$178,022
Total assets, end of year
$136,165
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,148
Net assets, end of year
$114,017
Cash, savings and investments
$136,165
Gross receipts
$175,385

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Brooks FahyExecutive Director40$145,000
Cheri BriggsPresident, Secretary5$0
Diana CorneliusDirector3$0
Bea JohnsonDirector3$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 4 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Brooks FahyExecutive Director
Trustee or director, Officer
40$145,010
Cheri BriggsPresident, Secretary
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
Diana CorneliusDirector
Trustee or director
3$0
Bea JohnsonDirector
Trustee or director
3$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
PO BOX 5446, EUGENE, OR 97405-0446
In care of
% BROOKS FAHY
Mailing address (990-N for 2011)
PO Box 5446, Eugene OR 97405
Principal officer (990-N for 2011)
Brooks Fahy, PO Box 5446, Eugene OR 97405
Signed the 990-EZ
Brooks Fahy, Executive Director
Phone
(541) 937-4261

Mission

Protecting vital native predators & ending war on wildlife.

990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • GENERAL: Ongoing nationwide advocacy, litigation, and public outreach to end America's brutal, unscientific and counter-productive war on essential native predators--wolves, coyotes, cougars, bears, bobcats, and more. We work with the public, media, elected officials, state and federal wildlife agency personnel, and environmental/conservation groups to stop the wrongful maligning, persecuting and killing of native predators. This has become even more urgent, due to the extinction crisis. We promote science-based evidence that management of native predators via killing is counter-productive and provide common-sense approaches for people to co-exist with wildlife. Specific work includes: Joining litigation to protect native predators. Collaborating with researchers, groups, governmental agencies, elected officials and others to improve our ability to reform policies and promote non-lethal predator control solutions. Collaborating with wildlife scientists to share results of their research to a broader audience. Working with journalists on in-depth articles and features. Engaging, educating, and galvanizing the public to action on the issues via social media, email, and print communications. Working with people who have been injured or lost pets to traps and poisons used in wildlife "management." Fielding volumes of calls and emails requesting expertise on predator-related issues. Contributing to documentaries, educational programs, public meetings, and conferences.
    Expenses $174,086
  • ENDING PREDATOR KILLING: BANNING WILDLIFE TRAPS & POISONS: In 2024 we followed up on our prior work creating a West Coast free of M-44 cyanide bombs and our historic 2023 victory banning them on the 245 million acres of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. We expanded our push by asking federal officials for an M-44 ban on the U.S. Forest Service's 193 million acres of public lands. In this process we learned that-thanks to all our nonstop pressure over the years-quietly, behind the scenes, no M-44s had been deployed by USDA Wildlife Services on Forest Service lands since 2021. Wildlife Services was also currently prohibited from any M-44 activity other than removing devices, including on private lands, via a 2024 appropriations bill. This was incredible news, but is not a permanent ban, not all devices have been removed, and the ban can be undone by Congress. So we continue working to support federal legislation to ban M-44s on all federal, state and local public lands. This remains a public safety issue, as even those who don't care about wildlife do care about their children and their dogs. STOPPING USDA WILDLIFE SERVICES: Continued our ongoing work to expose USDA Wildlife Services' barbaric wildlife-killing programs methods as counterproductive measures that ignore the best-available science and unnecessarily kill thousands of coyotes and other wild animals without examining implications and damage. Their program costs far exceed the financial losses of livestock interests and are cruel, nonselective and dangerous to the public and pets. This work primarily entails social media outreach, coalition-building with other groups, and fielding queries from the media and public. ALLAYING PUBLIC CONCERNS ABOUT PREDATORS: We continued our longstanding tradition of responding to wild-life calls from the public, primarily about sightings of wolves, bears, cougars, coyotes and bobcats. We are generally able to allay their safety concerns by providing advice. We'll never know the number of animals saved from deaths that would have occurred if wildlife agencies became involved, but believe it to be significant.
    Expenses $9,685
  • WOLF PROTECTION - In 2024 we continued supporting the legal push to protect wolves in the Western U.S. We joined in as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's determination that the roughly 2,700 gray wolves in the western U.S.-which represents an effective population of roughly 243 in terms of genetic diversity-are not threatened by small populations size, limited connectivity, high levels of human-caused mortality, a significant amount of lost historic range, and other cumulative threats. The case is moving forward, with a hearing and decision expected in 2025. In April 2024 we called for a boycott of Wyoming after the state grabbed international headlines, due to a resident who ran down a wolf with his snowmobile and tortured her for hours before killing her. The only punishment the state administered was a fine of $250. We urged Wyoming to do the right thing--severely punish him for animal cruelty and utterly reform their barbaric wildlife policies. They have not yet taken meaningful action, so we continued to press, urging the public to join. Their response was massive-both live via hearings and via social media-but so far Wyoming has refused to reform their policies.
    Expenses $11,129

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990-EZ on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

File the 2025 990-EZ for PREDATOR DEFENSE

Due May 15, 2026 · e-filed with the IRS by 990.tax, an IRS-authorized e-file provider

IRS record

EIN
93-1028893
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1995
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Animal-related (D013)
Assets (IRS master file)
$136,165
Income (IRS master file)
$175,385

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990-EZDecember 2024$175,385$217,230$136,165IRS
990December 2023$313,611$211,026$178,022XML
990December 2022$197,114$201,187$73,527IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990-N for 2011
Officer: Brooks Fahy
December 31, 2011≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 93-1028893).

Questions about PREDATOR DEFENSE

What is the EIN of PREDATOR DEFENSE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of PREDATOR DEFENSE is 93-1028893.
Is PREDATOR DEFENSE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1995.
Are donations to PREDATOR DEFENSE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does PREDATOR DEFENSE file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of PREDATOR DEFENSE due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did PREDATOR DEFENSE last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of PREDATOR DEFENSE?
The 990-N for 2011 names Brooks Fahy.
Who are the officers and directors of PREDATOR DEFENSE?
The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 4 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $145,000 (Brooks Fahy, Executive Director).
How much revenue does PREDATOR DEFENSE have?
On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $175,385, expenses of $217,230 and total assets of $136,165 at year end.

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