Second Chance Wildlife Center Inc

Analysis

Second Chance Wildlife Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Clarksburg, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1995, 31 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, Second Chance Wildlife Center Inc reported income of $1.2m and spending of $722k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.6m to $1.2m (-27%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 575%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Second Chance Wildlife Center Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 80th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pixies and Paws Rescue Inc ($1.2m), Volunteers of Muskegon County Animal Control ($1.2m) and Hill Country Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $453k. At year end it held assets of $6.7m against liabilities of $411k, net assets of $6.2m. It reported 12 employees.