The Nonhuman Rights Project Inc.

“Steven wise, president, and gail price-wise, director, have a family relationship.”

“Nonhuman rights project inc made updates to the bylaws.”

“There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the board.”

“Nonhuman rights project inc, has its form 990 prepared by an outside accounting firm and has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, it is electronically sent to the in-house bookkeeper and two members of the board for review. Any comments are then grouped, summarized and provided to the outside accountants. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing.”

“Annually all board members and officers of the organization must fill out a conflict of interest disclosure. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person, he/she shall leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists.”

“The board determines compensation for the organization's ceo and vice president. Compensation comparability data for similiarly situated organizations is presented to all board members. Independent board members vote on compensation decisions according to the process outlined in our bylaws. Decisions are recorded in board minutes and resolutions.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Further indications of progress include: grassroots advocacy: in 2022, we continued to activate tens of thousands of supporters to rally online in support of our elephant clients' right to liberty and release to sanctuaries, utilizing online days of action and social media campaigns to draw attention to our cases. We sent out 11 actions alerts resulting in over 25,000 emails sent to decisionmakers. As of 2022 nearly two million people from over 90 different countries signed three change.org petitions calling for the nhrp's elephants clients' release to elephant sanctuaries. We hosted webinars on ways to advocate for nonhuman animal rights and educated supporters on issues related to our campaigns. In support of our elephant client happy's historic hearing before new york's highest court, we produced our first in-person live-streamed event, which was attended and viewed by thousands of people. The projected aggregate readership of media coverage of the nhrp in 2022 was 13.21 billion people worldwide, including 2,500 mentions in feature stories. Cnn, fox, the new york times, the washington post, reuters, the associated press, and national geographic are among the many outlets that covered happy's case in addition to local and regional outlets such as the bronx times, the albany times union, and the new york daily news that published several stories on it. Internationally, in early 2022, the nhrp, in partnership with the harvard law school brooks mccormick jr. Animal law & policy program, filed an amici brief urging the constitutional court of ecuador to recognize the legal rights of nonhuman animals under the constitution's rights of nature framework. In march 2022, the court did so, citing favorably to this brief. The ruling not only elevates the legal status of nonhuman animals under ecuador's constitutional rights of nature but also requires that new legislation be drafted to protect the rights of animals.”

“No changes from prior year.”