The Wild Fund Inc

Analysis

The Wild Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hailey, ID. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, The Wild Fund Inc reported income of $155k and spending of $192k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $167k to $155k (-7.0%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Wild Fund Inc sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within ID. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heart of the Community Foundation Inc ($155k), Santa Barbara Immigration Community Center Inc ($155k) and Gendersphere ($155k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $60k. It paid $1,542 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $336k against liabilities of $56k, net assets of $280k. It reported 2 employees.