Wildlifedirect Inc

Analysis

Wildlifedirect Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Davis, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Wildlifedirect Inc reported income of $75k and spending of $14k, leaving 81% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $317k to $75k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Wildlifedirect Inc sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 29th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reaching Beyond Ourselves ($75k), Cerdas Foundation ($75k) and Liberia Now ($74k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $311k against liabilities of $2,080, net assets of $309k.