Hawaii Wildlife Center

Analysis

Hawaii Wildlife Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Kapaau, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Hawaii Wildlife Center reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.3m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $400k to $1.6m (+293%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Hawaii Wildlife Center sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heritage Humane Society ($1.6m), Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc ($1.6m) and Washington County Humane Society Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 44% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $77k (5.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $622k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $260k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 25 employees.