Compassion Over Killing Inc

“The 990 will be reviewed by general counsel, executive vice president, and president before it is filed. The 990 will then be made available for review by the board. Final approval for submission will be made by general counsel.”

“Compassion over killing discusses policy with employees and recirculates to staff every few months as individual documents”

“Board discussion and vote of approval is required for salary of executive director. Considerations include comparability data, current budget, and budget forecast.”

“Compensation is discussed by general counsel. Considerations include comparability data, current budget and forecast.”

“Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request. Financial statements are available to the general public via cok's website, as well as, upon request.”

“Vegetarian outreach - cok promotes vegan eating among the mainstream american public through various outreach activities both in local communities (leafleting, feed-ins, educational booths at festivals) as well as nationally through the beyond the lies touring video pay-per-view outreach program, corporate campaigns that seek to put vegan options on menus and reduce the prevalence of animal-based ingredients, and short (15 sec to 5 min) advocacy videos online. Each year, cok distributes thousands of free vegetarian starter guide magazines and easy vegan recipe booklets, works with restaurants and food manufacturing corporations to add vegetarian options, and coordinates the popular vegweek pledge campaign to encourage participants to eat meat-, egg-, and dairy-free for at least one week. Cok also organizes the free dc vegfest event in the nation's capital with more than 20,000 attendees.”

“Legal advocacy - cok's legal advocacy program was created to proactively challenging the systemic harms of animal agribusiness through litigation, criminal enforcement, and other legal advocacy. The program has repeatedly secured criminal enforcement and civil accountability for the mistreatment of animals documented in cok's undercover investigations, including the first-ever conviction for a standard industry practice. The program also conducts strategic litigation, such as uncovering and developing the initial case theory for what ultimately became a class action against most of the dairy industry for price-fixing through a cow-killing scheme, resulting in a 52m award to consumers in 2016, and in 2019, a settlement and consent decree in federal false claims act litigation alleging mistreatment of animals at a lamb slaughterhouse.”

“Publications - publishes compassionate action, a bi-annual member magazine. The publication informs members and other readers of cok's campaigns and successes, as well as offers book reviews, interviews, delicious recipes, and more.”