Oaken Acres Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center

Analysis

Oaken Acres Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Sycamore, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1985, 41 years ago. 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, Oaken Acres Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center reported income of $471k and spending of $417k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $313k to $471k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Oaken Acres Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clarence G Tortorell Charitable Trust ($471k), Montgomery Youth Sports Association Inc ($471k) and Achievement Center Ltd ($471k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $163k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $3,654, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 18 employees.