Gentle World INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 59-1999433)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$20K
FY2021	$66K
FY2022	$26K
FY2023	$33K
FY2023	$1K
FY2024	$24K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$62K
FY2021	$56K
FY2022	$44K
FY2023	$46K
FY2023	$3K
FY2024	$33K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$366K
FY2021	$364K
FY2022	$347K
FY2023	$331K
FY2023	$330K
FY2024	$726K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1981.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

85%

Program services 85% · $28K Management & general 10% · $3K Fundraising 5% · $2K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Burton Waldbaum

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Gibson

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kevin Weil

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

See Gentle World INC executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to add context

Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates people on veganism to reduce suffering for humans and animals.

Questions for Gentle World INC

Tap to ask. Gentle World INC sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Gentle World INC answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

1 program · $30K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Gentle world continued to serve as a clearinghouse of vegan information, both for the general public, and for other educators, including individuals developing resources for raising vegan children, and groups pioneering vegan outreach in africa.

$30Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2023

Nalith INCFY2023$6K

Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$57

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$6K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

Download 990

from philanthropy.org

1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$24K

Ln 12

Investment incomeLn 3$13K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8K

Other incomeLn 4–11$3K

Money outPt IX

$33K

Ln 25

Programscol B$28K

Managementcol C$3K

Fundraisingcol D$2K

Owns and owesPt X

$726K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$452K

Total assetsLn 16$747K

LiabilitiesLn 26$21K

PeoplePt VI, VII

3

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a3

IndependentVI 1b3

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$4K

Investment incomeLn 3$13K

Other incomeLn 4–11$3K

Total revenueLn 12$24K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$7K

SavingsLn 2$445K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$452K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$11K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$284K

Total assetsLn 16$747K

LiabilitiesLn 26$21K

Net assetsLn 32$726K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 612

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$87K	$452K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$6K	$11K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$1.1M	$284K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.2M	$747K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$845K	$21K
Net assetsLn 32	$330K	$726K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$6K	$6K
Legal feesLn 11b	$437		$437
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$2K	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$2K	$1K	$187	$187
Information technologyLn 14	$682	$682
OccupancyLn 16	$6K	$5K	$594	$594
InterestLn 20	$2K	$2K	$442
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$3K	$3K	$336	$336
InsuranceLn 23	$2K	$2K	$230	$230
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$8K	$7K	$632	$316
All other expensesLn 24e	$491	$121	$370
Total functional expensesLn 25	$33K	$28K	$3K	$2K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$24K	$33K	−$9K	$726K	990 PDF
FY2023	$33K	$46K	−$13K	$331K	990 PDF
FY2022	$26K	$44K	−$18K	$347K	990 PDF
FY2021	$66K	$56K	$10K	$364K	990 PDF
FY2020	$20K	$62K	−$42K	$366K	990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)

Part I · Summary $23,636 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,261$8,017

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $199$12,604

I-11 Other revenue$3,015

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,460$23,636

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $102$5,850

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefits$0

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,952$27,052

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,054$32,902

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,594−$9,266

Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3

VI-1b Independent voting members3

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $23,636 across 5 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $3,015 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,017

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,956

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,017

VIII-3 Investment income$12,604

VIII-12 Total revenue$23,636

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $32,902 across 11 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $5,850$5,850

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $437$437

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,701$1,701

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,494 · Management $187 · Fundraising $187$1,868

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $682$682

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,752 · Management $594 · Fundraising $594$5,940

IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,768 · Management $442$2,210

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,688 · Management $336 · Fundraising $336$3,360

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,842 · Management $230 · Fundraising $230$2,302

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,113 · Management $632 · Fundraising $316$8,061

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $121 · Management $370$491

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $28,011 · Management $3,228 · Fundraising $1,663$32,902

Part X · Balance sheet $746,601 assets, 10 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,197$7,308

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $81,948$444,782

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,079,985$283,605

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,100$10,906

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,174,580$746,601

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,616$673

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $28,250$20,000

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $844,516$20,673

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $330,064$725,928

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,174,580$746,601

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $725,928 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$23,636

XI-2 Total expenses$32,902

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$9,266

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$330,064

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$4,806

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$323

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$400,001

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$725,928

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

Gentle World INC

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Gentle World INC

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV