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AMC’s Ken Kimball Research Fellow, Arcadia Lee, has worked to establish organizational Energy and Climate Policies, setting the path for net zero no later than 2010 levels by 2030.
Understand A second year into the COVID pandemic caused continued disruption and delayed AMC’s return to full-scale operations.
Given the many financial and operational challenges, AMC has much to be proud of in terms of mission delivery and comes out of the year in a position of strong fiscal health thanks to sound management and the generosity of donors at every level.
The need for AMC’s work is greater than ever.
We are grateful for your support as members, donors, guests, and volunteers and are inspired to propel our mission forward in 2022.
AMC remains financially healthy and is looking forward to the years ahead.
The results presented have not been audited as of press time; for audited results as they become available, visit the AMC's website at www.outdoors.org/financials.
P: The mission of the Appalachian Mountain Club is to foster the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the outdoors.
2 1 annual report AS I REFLECT ON OUR PAST YEAR TOGETHER, I’M FEELING DEEPLY GRATEFUL.
After years of tireless campaigns and painstaking negotiations, of refining our strategy and building momentum, in mission.
In the United States, giant grocery stores, which purchase the majority of chicken raised for meat, started to recognize that these sensitive and intelligent beings deserve better treatment—a tipping point in our campaign to impact the most widely abused land animal on earth.
Alongside our global coalition of fellow organizations, we won our biggest campaign yet when the world’s largest fast food company pledged to free egg-laying hens from barren battery cages in more than countries.
We tested breakthrough interventions, launching a public policy program in the United States and advocating for fish in the United Kingdom.
And we reached more people than ever, exposing the truth about what happens behind the doors of factory farms and growing support for our cause with groundbreaking investigations and mainstream media coverage in The New York Times, CBS News, and more.
I’m also feeling grateful because, for the last eleven years, I’ve had the privilege of leading The Humane League (THL).
While this is bittersweet for me—I have loved connecting with THL’s many incredible supporters—it’s time for a new leader to take the helm as we move into a new phase of growth and impact.
Vicky Bond, formerly our UK Managing Director, will be leading THL as we continue to scale our programs and work to dismantle factory farming with focus and energy.
Your support has fueled each and every one of our wins for animals.
And it’s fueled us as advocates, bringing us hope and empowering us to continue fighting every single day.
NEW INTERVENTIONS were launched (p a year of BREAKTHROUGHS TOGETHER, we are ending the abuse of animals raised for food.
cages every single year, unable to spread their wings or turn around.
Their feet are mangled and twisted on the wire floor, and they become so stressed they pull out their own feathers.
For decades, this has been the egg industry’s standard practice.
But over the past five years, THL has rallied our movement to demand that companies put an end to this cruel practice.
In there are now more than 100 companies that have committed to eliminate cages from their entire global supply.
groups on six continents that are dedicated to banishing battery cages from the face of the earth.
Brands, the world’s largest fast food company, pledged to eliminate battery cages from its global supply chain.
Thousands of activists across the globe took to the streets, signed petitions, made phone calls, and sent countless tweets, messages, and emails demanding that they treat animals better.
And now, thanks to you, countless hens will never face life in a cage.
What’s more, this victory is a watershed moment for our movement to end the abuse of animals.
When the world’s largest fast food chain acts, others are sure to follow.
Graph shows the increasing percentage of hens free from cages in the United States from 2009 to 2021.
, we have fought to free hens from cages.
only meaningful if they translate into real change for animals on farms.
That’s why THL works to hold companies accountable to their cage-free commitments and ensure that they comply with state laws banning intensive confinement—freeing hens from tiny barren cages once and for all.
When companies fall behind, THL uses highly public pressure campaigns to hold companies accountable for profiting off animal abuse.
Thanks to these efforts, the percentage of the US egg-laying flock living free from cages crossed a major benchmark this year: more than one third of hens are now free from cages, which is over 100M birds.
chickens are raised and killed for meat around the world, enduring some of the worst and most widespread abuses on factory farms.
They are bred to grow so fast that they struggle to stand under their weight, often resulting in a disease called “white striping,” named for the stripes of fat that develop due to their explosive growth.
Crammed by the thousands into windowless sheds, they suffer chemical burns from lying in their own waste.
the world have now agreed, and each one of their pledges impacts millions of chickens.
However, until which account for more than 50% of chickens purchased in the US.
Thanks to our groundbreaking investigation— the White Striping Report, which uncovered the disturbing truth that supermarket shelves showed signs of white striping disease—we finally broke through to these massive supermarket chains.
walls of factory farms and end the abuse of animals raised for food.
In tirelessly to bring the animal welfare movement into the mainstream and engage new allies in our mission.
THL made headlines, reaching billions of people with the heartbreaking details of factory farming, and convincing them to join our cause by speaking up, taking action, or leaving animals off their plates.
FIGHTING to see farm animals treated in a way that’s far beneath what they believe to be moral, but far above what’s become normal.
Despite common misconceptions, the evidence is clear: fish feel pain.
Unfortunately, they are far from being afforded the same compassion and protections as land animals.
Though many in the animal protection movement have long known of the scale of suffering that fishes and other aquatic animals experience, the challenge has been identifying evidence based interventions that are powerful enough to change the industry.
Last year, THL UK piloted a groundbreaking new intervention for as many as food in the country.
They lobbied the UK Government to improve the slaughter legislation for farmed fishes, giving them the same protections that land animals have.
to resonate with the public, garner sympathy for these forgotten animals, and inspire action.
Four images of smiling volunteers and staff tabling, delivering signed petitions, and holding protest posters advocating to “Vote Yes on Prop 12” overlay a map of the united states with the the states of California and Massachussets highlighted in white.
Our vision for the future of THL, and our movement, has always included building grassroots political power.
Today, with a few bright exceptions, farm animals are absent from political discussions.
Our goal is to change this: we imagine a world where the considerable grassroots power of the animal movement is aligned around an achievable list of policy aspirations; and where these incremental legislative changes are won and then scaled over the years.
In the successful model of the OWA to build political and legislative power for farmed animal protection advocates in the US.
Our new Public Policy program will focus on organizing and empowering a national alliance of local and state-level animal advocacy groups and uniting them around legislative agendas that include animals raised for food.
A key focus of this project will be to provide resources—grants, training, legislative templates, and coordination—to local animal advocacy groups that are involved in electoral politics or implementing legislative strategies for animals.
In to have created a nationally-recognized, powerful alliance of state and local animal protection groups that wield strong legislative power on behalf of animals raised for food.
In our first staff, began to create the internal structures needed for regranting and policy work, and we mobilized our supporters around key issues like successfully strengthening Massachusetts’ law banning the intensive confinement of animals.
THL is committed to building a movement that is stronger every year—and developing a global force for animals that is bigger than ourselves.
That’s why we work to share resources, train animal advocates, and build a welcoming, collaborative community of Changemakers around the world.
chickens raised for meat A global map with blue highlight indicating that THL’s international organizations are: the United States, Mexico, The UK, and Japan.
2 1 3 TANZANIA Partner organizations secured the first ever cagefree commitment from a local company in Tanzania.
CHILE Latin American organizations secured commitments from Cencosud, a major retailer headquartered in Chile, after their most difficult regional campaign yet.
major legislative victories after successfully campaigning their governments to strengthen cage-free standards.
regions that have high concentrations of animals raised for food.
local and global corporations in every major market, winning campaigns for animals all around the world.
Because the corporate culture and legal climate in Japan are prohibitive for pressure campaigns, THL generates media coverage and builds positive relationships with companies to raise the profile of the cage-free issue and drive corporate action.
Alongside their corporate outreach, THL Japan is serving as a Core Member of the country’s first cage-free standard development committee.
will recommend and propose standards to the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture once the development is completed.
that operate throughout Latin America and the world.
Thanks to THL MX’s work to hold companies accountable for their cage-free commitments, five companies—including Grupo Bimbo, the largest bakery and Grupo Alsea, the largest restaurant operator in Latin America—agreed to begin reporting cage-free progress publicly.
enable egg producers to be audited and regulate standards for cage-free eggs in the country, where corporate transparency and accountability are low.
the issue was added to the legislative agenda.
SINCE THL UK BEGAN CAMPAIGNING, and the country is now over two-thirds cage-free.
This progress paves the way for even more powerful change—enshrining these protections in the law.
by one of our staff—which would ban battery cages in the UK, for good.
In addition, THL UK filed a Judicial Review challenging the Government’s failure to prevent the widespread use of chickens bred to suffer for meat, contrary to the country’s legislation designed to protect animals.
I’ve always cared deeply for animals, and I began my career as a veterinary scientist.
But early on, I began to feel helpless—that with every cow or pig I treated, I was merely addressing the symptoms of factory farming, not the root.
This led me to join the animal advocacy movement, first as a scientific researcher, working to build our understanding of how animals experience suffering and the interventions that can best help them, and then as an advocate and leader of groups working with global food companies.
For the last five years, I’ve been fortunate to have had the opportunity to build THL UK—to have been part of the team’s incredible accomplishments, and all they continue to achieve through their relentless approach and collaborative spirit.
Thanks to you, THL has never been stronger—from our board and staff to our programs and finances— laying the foundation for this opportunity to inject new energy and strategic ideation into our mission.
Dave’s leadership has always inspired me, and I plan to embody his courage, focus, and visionary approach, as well as my own commitments to candor, transparency, and continuing to cultivate THL’s culture; it is what makes this organization so special and why I’m so proud to work here.
At each step in my career, I’ve asked how I can make the greatest impact for animals.
I’m eager to use my skills as a leader, scientist, and strategist to create even bigger and bolder change for animals all over the world.
As THL enters this new phase of growth, I’m honored to work alongside you to further our mission to end the abuse of animals raised for food.
I am deeply grateful for your trust and partnership as we enter this new chapter together.
pressuring companies to end the worst abuses of chickens in their supply chains.
Secure more global corporate commitments to eliminate cages for billions of egg-laying hens and hold companies accountable to their commitments.
Explore strategic interventions to help pigs, cows, and fishes raised for food.
movement of professional and volunteer activists leveraging their skills and raising their voice for animals.
That’s why we conduct actionable interdisciplinary research to inform our strategies.
Our team of analysts and animal welfare scientists helps ensure that our efforts make the greatest impact—and that your dollars do the most good for animals.
single rating period—in part because of our cost effectiveness and efficient use of your generous funding.
our partnership with The Melanin Collective, to further our commitment to creating an equitable and inclusive workplace, as well as the costs for a comprehensive compensation study, to ensure that our staff are paid fairly.
All numbers have been rounded to the nearest one thousand.

AMC’s Ken Kimball Research Fellow, Arcadia Lee, has worked to establish organizational Energy and Climate Policies, setting the path for net zero no later than 2010 levels by 2030.

Understand A second year into the COVID pandemic caused continued disruption and delayed AMC’s return to full-scale operations.

Given the many financial and operational challenges, AMC has much to be proud of in terms of mission delivery and comes out of the year in a position of strong fiscal health thanks to sound management and the generosity of donors at every level.

The need for AMC’s work is greater than ever.

We are grateful for your support as members, donors, guests, and volunteers and are inspired to propel our mission forward in 2022.

AMC remains financially healthy and is looking forward to the years ahead.

The results presented have not been audited as of press time; for audited results as they become available, visit the AMC's website at www.outdoors.org/financials.

P: The mission of the Appalachian Mountain Club is to foster the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the outdoors.

2 1 annual report AS I REFLECT ON OUR PAST YEAR TOGETHER, I’M FEELING DEEPLY GRATEFUL.

After years of tireless campaigns and painstaking negotiations, of refining our strategy and building momentum, in mission.

In the United States, giant grocery stores, which purchase the majority of chicken raised for meat, started to recognize that these sensitive and intelligent beings deserve better treatment—a tipping point in our campaign to impact the most widely abused land animal on earth.

Alongside our global coalition of fellow organizations, we won our biggest campaign yet when the world’s largest fast food company pledged to free egg-laying hens from barren battery cages in more than countries.

We tested breakthrough interventions, launching a public policy program in the United States and advocating for fish in the United Kingdom.

And we reached more people than ever, exposing the truth about what happens behind the doors of factory farms and growing support for our cause with groundbreaking investigations and mainstream media coverage in The New York Times, CBS News, and more.

I’m also feeling grateful because, for the last eleven years, I’ve had the privilege of leading The Humane League (THL).

While this is bittersweet for me—I have loved connecting with THL’s many incredible supporters—it’s time for a new leader to take the helm as we move into a new phase of growth and impact.

Vicky Bond, formerly our UK Managing Director, will be leading THL as we continue to scale our programs and work to dismantle factory farming with focus and energy.

Your support has fueled each and every one of our wins for animals.

And it’s fueled us as advocates, bringing us hope and empowering us to continue fighting every single day.

NEW INTERVENTIONS were launched (p a year of BREAKTHROUGHS TOGETHER, we are ending the abuse of animals raised for food.

cages every single year, unable to spread their wings or turn around.

Their feet are mangled and twisted on the wire floor, and they become so stressed they pull out their own feathers.

For decades, this has been the egg industry’s standard practice.

But over the past five years, THL has rallied our movement to demand that companies put an end to this cruel practice.

In there are now more than 100 companies that have committed to eliminate cages from their entire global supply.

groups on six continents that are dedicated to banishing battery cages from the face of the earth.

Brands, the world’s largest fast food company, pledged to eliminate battery cages from its global supply chain.

Thousands of activists across the globe took to the streets, signed petitions, made phone calls, and sent countless tweets, messages, and emails demanding that they treat animals better.

And now, thanks to you, countless hens will never face life in a cage.

What’s more, this victory is a watershed moment for our movement to end the abuse of animals.

When the world’s largest fast food chain acts, others are sure to follow.

Graph shows the increasing percentage of hens free from cages in the United States from 2009 to 2021.

, we have fought to free hens from cages.

only meaningful if they translate into real change for animals on farms.

That’s why THL works to hold companies accountable to their cage-free commitments and ensure that they comply with state laws banning intensive confinement—freeing hens from tiny barren cages once and for all.

When companies fall behind, THL uses highly public pressure campaigns to hold companies accountable for profiting off animal abuse.

Thanks to these efforts, the percentage of the US egg-laying flock living free from cages crossed a major benchmark this year: more than one third of hens are now free from cages, which is over 100M birds.

chickens are raised and killed for meat around the world, enduring some of the worst and most widespread abuses on factory farms.

They are bred to grow so fast that they struggle to stand under their weight, often resulting in a disease called “white striping,” named for the stripes of fat that develop due to their explosive growth.

Crammed by the thousands into windowless sheds, they suffer chemical burns from lying in their own waste.

the world have now agreed, and each one of their pledges impacts millions of chickens.

However, until which account for more than 50% of chickens purchased in the US.

Thanks to our groundbreaking investigation— the White Striping Report, which uncovered the disturbing truth that supermarket shelves showed signs of white striping disease—we finally broke through to these massive supermarket chains.

walls of factory farms and end the abuse of animals raised for food.

In tirelessly to bring the animal welfare movement into the mainstream and engage new allies in our mission.

THL made headlines, reaching billions of people with the heartbreaking details of factory farming, and convincing them to join our cause by speaking up, taking action, or leaving animals off their plates.

FIGHTING to see farm animals treated in a way that’s far beneath what they believe to be moral, but far above what’s become normal.

Despite common misconceptions, the evidence is clear: fish feel pain.

Unfortunately, they are far from being afforded the same compassion and protections as land animals.

Though many in the animal protection movement have long known of the scale of suffering that fishes and other aquatic animals experience, the challenge has been identifying evidence based interventions that are powerful enough to change the industry.

Last year, THL UK piloted a groundbreaking new intervention for as many as food in the country.

They lobbied the UK Government to improve the slaughter legislation for farmed fishes, giving them the same protections that land animals have.

to resonate with the public, garner sympathy for these forgotten animals, and inspire action.

Four images of smiling volunteers and staff tabling, delivering signed petitions, and holding protest posters advocating to “Vote Yes on Prop 12” overlay a map of the united states with the the states of California and Massachussets highlighted in white.

Our vision for the future of THL, and our movement, has always included building grassroots political power.

Today, with a few bright exceptions, farm animals are absent from political discussions.

Our goal is to change this: we imagine a world where the considerable grassroots power of the animal movement is aligned around an achievable list of policy aspirations; and where these incremental legislative changes are won and then scaled over the years.

In the successful model of the OWA to build political and legislative power for farmed animal protection advocates in the US.

Our new Public Policy program will focus on organizing and empowering a national alliance of local and state-level animal advocacy groups and uniting them around legislative agendas that include animals raised for food.

A key focus of this project will be to provide resources—grants, training, legislative templates, and coordination—to local animal advocacy groups that are involved in electoral politics or implementing legislative strategies for animals.

In to have created a nationally-recognized, powerful alliance of state and local animal protection groups that wield strong legislative power on behalf of animals raised for food.

In our first staff, began to create the internal structures needed for regranting and policy work, and we mobilized our supporters around key issues like successfully strengthening Massachusetts’ law banning the intensive confinement of animals.

THL is committed to building a movement that is stronger every year—and developing a global force for animals that is bigger than ourselves.

That’s why we work to share resources, train animal advocates, and build a welcoming, collaborative community of Changemakers around the world.

chickens raised for meat A global map with blue highlight indicating that THL’s international organizations are: the United States, Mexico, The UK, and Japan.

2 1 3 TANZANIA Partner organizations secured the first ever cagefree commitment from a local company in Tanzania.

CHILE Latin American organizations secured commitments from Cencosud, a major retailer headquartered in Chile, after their most difficult regional campaign yet.

major legislative victories after successfully campaigning their governments to strengthen cage-free standards.

regions that have high concentrations of animals raised for food.

local and global corporations in every major market, winning campaigns for animals all around the world.

Because the corporate culture and legal climate in Japan are prohibitive for pressure campaigns, THL generates media coverage and builds positive relationships with companies to raise the profile of the cage-free issue and drive corporate action.

Alongside their corporate outreach, THL Japan is serving as a Core Member of the country’s first cage-free standard development committee.

will recommend and propose standards to the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture once the development is completed.

that operate throughout Latin America and the world.

Thanks to THL MX’s work to hold companies accountable for their cage-free commitments, five companies—including Grupo Bimbo, the largest bakery and Grupo Alsea, the largest restaurant operator in Latin America—agreed to begin reporting cage-free progress publicly.

enable egg producers to be audited and regulate standards for cage-free eggs in the country, where corporate transparency and accountability are low.

the issue was added to the legislative agenda.

SINCE THL UK BEGAN CAMPAIGNING, and the country is now over two-thirds cage-free.

This progress paves the way for even more powerful change—enshrining these protections in the law.

by one of our staff—which would ban battery cages in the UK, for good.

In addition, THL UK filed a Judicial Review challenging the Government’s failure to prevent the widespread use of chickens bred to suffer for meat, contrary to the country’s legislation designed to protect animals.

I’ve always cared deeply for animals, and I began my career as a veterinary scientist.

But early on, I began to feel helpless—that with every cow or pig I treated, I was merely addressing the symptoms of factory farming, not the root.

This led me to join the animal advocacy movement, first as a scientific researcher, working to build our understanding of how animals experience suffering and the interventions that can best help them, and then as an advocate and leader of groups working with global food companies.

For the last five years, I’ve been fortunate to have had the opportunity to build THL UK—to have been part of the team’s incredible accomplishments, and all they continue to achieve through their relentless approach and collaborative spirit.

Thanks to you, THL has never been stronger—from our board and staff to our programs and finances— laying the foundation for this opportunity to inject new energy and strategic ideation into our mission.

Dave’s leadership has always inspired me, and I plan to embody his courage, focus, and visionary approach, as well as my own commitments to candor, transparency, and continuing to cultivate THL’s culture; it is what makes this organization so special and why I’m so proud to work here.

At each step in my career, I’ve asked how I can make the greatest impact for animals.

I’m eager to use my skills as a leader, scientist, and strategist to create even bigger and bolder change for animals all over the world.

As THL enters this new phase of growth, I’m honored to work alongside you to further our mission to end the abuse of animals raised for food.

I am deeply grateful for your trust and partnership as we enter this new chapter together.

pressuring companies to end the worst abuses of chickens in their supply chains.

Secure more global corporate commitments to eliminate cages for billions of egg-laying hens and hold companies accountable to their commitments.

Explore strategic interventions to help pigs, cows, and fishes raised for food.

movement of professional and volunteer activists leveraging their skills and raising their voice for animals.

That’s why we conduct actionable interdisciplinary research to inform our strategies.

Our team of analysts and animal welfare scientists helps ensure that our efforts make the greatest impact—and that your dollars do the most good for animals.

single rating period—in part because of our cost effectiveness and efficient use of your generous funding.

our partnership with The Melanin Collective, to further our commitment to creating an equitable and inclusive workplace, as well as the costs for a comprehensive compensation study, to ensure that our staff are paid fairly.

All numbers have been rounded to the nearest one thousand.