Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center

Analysis

Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Divide, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1998, 28 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, Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center reported income of $2.2m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $2.2m (+22%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cape Coral Animal Shelter Corporation ($2.2m), Insync Exotics Inc ($2.2m) and Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.2% and program service revenue 74% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $132k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $330k. At year end it held assets of $9.0m against liabilities of $63k, net assets of $8.9m. It reported 20 employees.