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Founded in 1883, the American Anti-Vivisection Society is the oldest organization in the United States dedicated to ending animal research. It has an annual budget in excess of $1 million that it spends trying to abolish experiments with animals. It has a web site at AAVS.org.
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As a nonprofit, AAVS is required to file a Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service detailing its income and expenditures. This site has copies of the group's Form 990 for the following years:
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