Wildfire Research Center

Analysis

Wildfire Research Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Niwot, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2019, 7 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, Wildfire Research Center reported income of $486k and spending of $456k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $197k to $486k (+147%), an average of +147% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Wildfire Research Center sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mk9s Service Dogs ($486k), Sweetbeau Horses ($486k) and Heaven Can Wait Animal Haven ($486k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $57k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $57k.