Pacific Wildlife Care

Analysis

Pacific Wildlife Care is a registered charity in United States, based in Morro Bay, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1987, 39 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, Pacific Wildlife Care reported income of $3.3m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $410k to $3.3m (+697%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 239%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Pacific Wildlife Care sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Defenders of Animal Rights Inc ($3.3m), Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation ($3.3m) and Animal Alliance Galveston County Inc ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $405k. At year end it held assets of $6.5m against liabilities of $12k, net assets of $6.5m. It reported 12 employees.