Wild Cat Education & Conservation Fund

Analysis

Wild Cat Education & Conservation Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Occidental, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Wild Cat Education & Conservation Fund reported income of $108k and spending of $148k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $146k to $108k (-26%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Wild Cat Education & Conservation Fund sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central California Inland Fisheries Kokanee and Salmon Foundations Inc ($108k), Friends of the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit Inc ($108k) and Pittilove Rescue Inc ($108k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 23% of the total. At year end it held assets of $171k against liabilities of $72, net assets of $171k.