2026-03-09T13:56:46-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 743230332 ANIMAL-KIND INTERNATIONAL ANIM 5758340908 PO Box 300 Jemez Springs NM 87025 Karen Menczer Executive Director 5758340908 2026-03-10 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Karen Menczer POB 300 Jemez Springs NM 87025 277786 0 X https://www.animal-kind.org/ X 2007 NM Animal-Kind International supports animal welfare organizations in poor countries, primarily in Africa, secondarily in Latin America/Caribbean. We raise money for them and raise visibility of their work. We track their use of AKI funds and provide this information to our supporters. We support our Partner Organizations through ongoing disbursements ensuring that they have enough funds to carry out their programs. We also sponsor an annual Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program, which supports grant projects based on the submission of a successful proposal. Thirdly, we provide technical and administrative assistance to our partners and grantees, and to other target organizations to help strengthen African and Latin American/Caribbean animal welfare organizations. 7 7 0 20 0 0 266855 276276 0 0 654 1510 0 0 267509 277786 166313 281082 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 1859 1437 168172 282519 99337 -4733 415073 410340 0 0 415073 410340 X Animal-Kind International supports animal welfare organizations in poor countries, mainly in Africa, secondarily in Latin America/Caribbean. We raise money so they can spay/neuter, shelter, feed, and provide vet care for unwanted animals and in cruelty cases; conduct in-school and community humane education; and provide donkey and horse welfare programs. We support our Partner Organizations through ongoing disbursements so they always have a reliable source of funds and can focus on animal care and welfare. We reach and strengthen other animal welfare organizations through our annual Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program, providing funds for one-time projects based on a successful proposal. Through our Friendly Audit Program, we provide virtual volunteer mentors who provide technical and organizational support to target animal welfare organizations in Africa and Latin America/Caribbean. 1 0 236503 236503 0 Program Area One, Support for AKI's 10 Partner Organizations. Our POs can use AKI funds for their priority animal welfare needs. In 2025: 1) Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals used AKI funds for shelter operations (e.g., dog and cat food, staff salaries, vet and shelter supplies, spay/neuter and other vet care, and maintenance & construction of shelter facilities); 2) Sauvons nos Animaux-Congo used AKI funds for shelter operations (e.g., 100% of cat and dog food and shelter staff salaries, vet and shelter supplies, and transport); 3) Twala Trust-Zimbabwe covered almost 100% of the dog food needed for Doggy Tuesday feeding program, a new solar system at their shelter, and vet supplies, shelter supplies, and utilities at their shelter with a focus on benefiting the seniors of the Waggley Tail Club; 4) AKI funds for Bam Animal Clinics-Uganda covered 100% of their donkey vet clinics and humane saddle making training programs; 5) The Six Freedoms-Ghana covered almost 100% of their horse welfare activities including horse feed and nutrients for rescued horses, farrier services for beach horses, stipends to grooms, and horse stable inspection teams; 6) an Emergency Vet Fund overseen by Partner Have a Heart-Namibia for which AKI covered vet care for 92 cats and dogs; 7) Kingston Community Animal Welfare's (Jamaica) feeding, spay/neuter, other vet care, and rescue of cats and dogs living on Kingston's streets (almost 100% of the cost was covered by AKI) plus the purchase of a spay/neuter and rescue mobile -a used SUV; for 8) Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society, we covered the cost of their humane education program and remote animal care clinics, as well as office/clinic rent; for 9) South Sudan SPCA we funded the cost of bringing 3 staff members from Kenya SPCA to South Sudan to train and help organize a spay/neuter campaign; and 10) Helping Hands for Hounds of Honduras used AKI funds for dog and cat food and vet supplies for the cats and dogs living at their old age/hospice sanctuary. 44579 44579 0 Program Area 2: We started our grant program in 2018 so that we could help more organizations, beyond our Partner Organizations. In 2025, in addition to Africa-based organizations, Latin American/Caribbean organizations were eligible to apply to our grant program for the first time. Our 2025 Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program (8th annual grant program, previously known as the Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program) awarded small grants to 13 animal welfare organizations in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. In Africa we awarded 8 grants: two in South Africa, two in Tanzania, one in Kenya, one in Cameroon, one in Namibia, and one in Israel. In LAC we awarded 5: one each in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Honduras, and Haiti. For 1st year grantees, grant size was limited to $2000 plus any additional funds donated and designated by specific supporters. For grantees who successfully completed a grant previously, the grant ceiling was $3000 (plus additional designated donations). The grants supported projects such as: spay/neuter and vet care in impoverished communities; new roof, drainage, and insulation at a cat sanctuary; horse and donkey care including chemical castration, feeding, and vet care; vaccinations and vet care for shelter cats and and dogs; construction of a donkey shelter to house donkeys rescued from the illegal skin trade, and training animal health care students in dog and cat welfare and rescue. We awarded grants to: Tanzania Small Animal Veterinary Organization and Animal Smile-Tanzania; Blind Love and SPCA-Grahamstown, both in South Africa; INADES formation in Kenya; Animal Welfare Society-Cameroon; Triglav Trust in Namibia; Starting Over in Israel; Huellas de Amor, Colombia; Rivadeneira Sterilization Center, Ecuador; Vida de Gatos, Chile; Amor y Abrigo, Honduras, and Fondation Alliance Verte, Haiti. 0 0 0 281082 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 NM X X X Karen Menczer 5758340908 PO Box 300 Jemez Springs NM 87025 Karen Menczer Executive Director 40 0 X 0 0 0 Karen Rae Vice President 2.00 0 X X 0 0 0 Betsie Van Dyke Secretary 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Ron Stryker Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Barbara Brown Abolafia Board member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Dipesh Pabari Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jean Merriman Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 276276 37084 276276 0 1510 1510 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 277786 1510 0 0 0 0 0 0 281082 281082 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 39 0 712 592 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wire transfer fees through Convera 608 0 608 Civic Leadership Project IRS 990 submission fee 41 0 41 0 Membership Uganda Animal Welfare Advocates 25 0 25 0 NM Secretary of State annual report fee 12 0 12 0 282519 281082 1317 120 0 409306 410340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5767 0 0 0 0 0 415073 410340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5767 0 0 0 409306 410340 415073 410340 415073 410340 -4733 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 227370 292831 225395 266855 276276 1288727 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 227370 292831 225395 266855 276276 1288727 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1288727 122 307 271 654 1510 2864 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 307 271 654 1510 2864 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 227492 293138 225666 267509 277786 1291591 0.99778 0.99859 0.00222 0.00141 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Grantmaking We provide disbursements to our Partner animal welfare organizations and grants to our Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program grant recipients. These funds are used to support their missions to rescue, rehabilitate, provide vet care, spay-neuter, shelter, and re-home animals, and to educate community members, including school children about animal care and welfare. 237921 Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Grantmaking Two of our Partner Organizations are located in Central America and the Caribbean, Kingston Community Animal Welfare and Helping Hands for Hounds of Honduras. Disbursements to KCAW covered dog and cat food, vet care, and supplies for Kingston, Jamaica animals who live on the street, including hurricane/disaster assistance, and a used SUV to serve as a mobile spay and neuter and rescue vehicle. Disbursements to HHHH covered dog and cat food for sanctuary animals and medical supplies. Our 2025 Animal Welfare Organization Grantees in the CAC region were: FAV Haiti (cat and dog vaccinations and vet care for shelter pets) and Amor y Abrigo in Honduras (spay/neuter campaign). 32264 South America 0 0 Grantmaking We provided grants (our 2025 Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program) to three organizations in South America: The Rivadeneira Sterilization Center, Ecuador, Huellas de Amor, Colombia, and Vida de Gatos, Chile each used their grant for spay/neuter surgeries in impoverished locales with a focus on families with very low income. 5997 Middle East and North Africa 0 0 Grantmaking We provided one grant (as part of our Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program) to Starting Over Sanctuary-Israel (an expansion of our Africa-based focal region). The grant built a large tented structure to shelter about 100 donkeys and provided the costs of vet care for one donkey whose hoof had to be amputated and a prosthesis was made for him. 4900 0 0 281082 Sub-Saharan Africa Sauvons nos Animaux, Democratic Republic of Congo, an AKI Partner Organization: Disbursements were used to purchase cat and dog food, pay salaries of 6 animal shelter staff for the full year, including 2 vets, purchase veterinary supplies, and transport costs to and from the shelter to rescue animals and to transport dog and cat food. 60000 wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Uganda Society for the Protection & Care of Animals, an AKI Partner Organization: Disbursements covered the operating expenses of the two USPCA animal shelters including dog and cat food, staff salaries (paid for 11 staff during the calendar year), spay and neuter surgeries, vet supplies, shelter supplies, shelter utilities (water, electricity, wood to cook cat and dog food), transport costs to rescue cats and dogs, and fabrication of dog houses. 56650 wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Twala Trust-Zimbabwe, an AKI Partner Organization: Disbursements covered costs of dog food for Doggy Tuesday, for up to 600 dogs who attend weekly with their owners to get food and vet care, and for takeaway doggy bags for Doggy Tuesday participants who are in need of extra food during the week; purchase and installation of a large solar system (panels, inverters, batteries) at the Twala Trust sanctuary; vet and shelter supplies; fuel for Twala vehicles; purchase of large dog houses for the older dogs; and improvements to the Waggley Tail Club (older dog group) living quarters (shade cloth and other supplies to make the living spaces more comfortable). 55000 wire transfer 0 Central America and the Caribbean Kingston Community Animal Welfare, an AKI Partner Organization: Disbursements were used to purchase a used SUV to convert into a spay and rescue mobile; cat and dog food to feed cats and dogs living on the streets and to help impoverished families with food for their pets; spay/neuter and other vet care for cats and dogs living on the streets and for pets of impoverished families; emergency response funding for dogs and cats in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa (purchased extra food, medicines, and provided vet care). 24164 check 0 Sub-Saharan Africa SPCA-Grahamstown, South Africa, a 2025 Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program recipient and recipient of a top-up grant (named the Good DOG, Dogs of Grahamstown, Fund): With the base grant, SPCA-G neutered dogs and cats in impoverished townships outside Grahamstown/Makanda, to minimize fighting between males and improve their health. The Good DOG Fund is used for emergency vet care and spay/neuter in impoverished areas. 13000 wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa The Six Freedoms-Ghana, an AKI Partner Organization: Disbursements were used to pay fees to grooms who take care of 6F rescued horses and other horses in need of care (teeth, hooves, skin issues, improved feed); pay vet costs for horse care; horse feed; construction and repairs at Asafo and Tuba stables, where 6F keeps rescued horses; preparation (construction, land clearing) of a property in Langma, leased by 6F for additional rescued horses; Horse Care Teams (transport, supplies, stipend) to inspect and provide care for horses at informal stables in and around Accra, Ghana; and a Horse Rescue Fund for immediate use by 6F when a rescue is needed. 9992 wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Have a Heart-Namibia, an AKI Partner Organization: Disbursements were used for the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund, which covered the costs of vet care for 62 dogs and 30 cats in 2025, all of whom were required to have been spayed or neutered by HaH prior to being approved for the Emergency Fund, or agreed to spay/neuter once an animal was healthy or old enough; and the HaH Lifetime Care Program, funding internal and external parasite treatments and booster shots for HaH spay/neuter clents for life. In 2025, the Lifetime Care Program helped 430 dogs and 17 cats. 9500 wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society, an AKI Partner Organization: With AKI disbursements, LAWCS paid the salaries of three full-time staff, including one who supports their overall program, one who oversees the LAWCS Humane Ed Program in Zorzor District, and one who works at the LAWCS remote animal care clinics, held throughout Lofa and Montserrado Counties, in communities with no other available animal health care. LAWCS also used AKI disbursements to pay the rent for their office/clinic for one full year; fuel and maintenance of LAWCS motorbikes; humane education material; and medicines and other vet supplies for their remote animal care clinics. 7862 wire transfer 0 Sub-Saharan Africa South Sudan Society for the Protection & Care of Animals, an AKI Partner Organization: Disbursed funds to SSSPCA to cover the costs of three staff members from Kenya SPCA to participate in the SSSPCA spay/neuter campaign scheduled to take place in 2026. AKI funds will cover flights, visas, transport, accommodations, including hotel and meals. KSPCA participation is vital for success of the campaign since the KSPCA staff have a wealth of experience in organizing and running large scale spay/neuter campaigns and they will train SSSPCA staff and volunteers. AKI is covering the costs for a KSPCA vet, a humane handler and floor manager, and a vet assistant. 5235 wire transfer 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Our Partner Organizations are required to complete an expenditure tracker which describes how they spent AKI disbursements. For each disbursement (each Partner receives a disbursement at least twice a year, sometimes more often, depending on need and donations received). The expenditure tracker is required to be submitted to the AKI Director after a Partner expends a full disbursement. The Board reviews each expenditure tracker. A follow-on disbursement is not sent until a completed and approved expenditure tracker is received. On a regular basis (which can be as often as a few times a week to once a month, depending on the Partner and the amount of funds we disbursed), our Partners are required to send pictures and information about their use of AKI funds. Our grantees (Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program) are selected using a rigorous process where we organize an external review committee to review proposals (in 2025, we had a 13-member review committee, all independent reviewers), the committee's ratings, as well as the proposals are reviewed by the board, and we use technical area experts to supplement this, when needed. The winning grant recipients are required to submit a monthly grant progress report (using the template we provide, which includes text, financial info, and a section for photo documentation) until their grant project is completed (this could be 1 monthly report or as many as 6 monthly reports; all grant projects are required to be completed within 6 months). The Board also visits our Partners and Grantees when possible (as part of other trips, so this is not funded through AKI) and we request our supporters who are visiting to send us brief reports. X 2 37084 Date stocks were received in AKI account 0 1 0 Schedule M, Part I, Line 9 Two donations of stock: 1) MSFT donated on Sept 5, 2025, $495/share, 69 shares 2) GOOG donated on November 19, 2025, $292.90, 10 shares Form 990, Part III, Line 2 We expanded our Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program to include animal welfare organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean and changed the name of the grant program to: Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 - Karen Menczer and Ron Stryker are married and on the AKI Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board members receive a draft of the 990 (pdf version, signature ready) to review prior to signature and submission. They also receive the submitted version by email to retain for their records. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Annually, at the end of each year, at the Board member meeting in December, we review all policies, including the COI Policy. Board members sign it annually, stating that they understand the policy and have no conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The 990 is available on the AKI website under the Annual Reports tab. All 990s are uploaded on that page after filing. Our 990s and the 1023 are also available on other sites: Guidestar and Charity Navigator. Our 501(c)(3) letter, COI Policy, bylaws, and other governing documents are available upon request by any member of the public. We sent our 501(c)(3) letter to several people who requested it during the year, mainly potential donors.