Global Wildlife Foundation

Analysis

Global Wildlife Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Folsom, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1993, 33 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 2022, Global Wildlife Foundation reported income of $2.8m and spending of $3.5m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income fell from $3.7m to $2.8m (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income dropped by 28%. 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, Global Wildlife Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zoomontana Inc ($2.8m), Animal Care Fund ($2.8m) and Nexus Equine Inc ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from program service revenue 106% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $305k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 44 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.