Wildlife Rescue League

Analysis

Wildlife Rescue League is a registered charity in United States, based in Falls Church, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1985, 41 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, Wildlife Rescue League reported income of $687k and spending of $62k, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $70k to $687k (+878%), an average of +77% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 727%. Over the whole period it spent 22% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Wildlife Rescue League sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation ($686k), Humane Society of Wickenburg ($687k) and Humane Society of Clarksville Montgomery County Incorporated ($686k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $3,050, net assets of $1.0m.