Wishes in the Wild Inc

Analysis

Wishes in the Wild Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Wishes in the Wild Inc reported income of $86k and spending of $169k, spending 197% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $2.1m to $86k (-96%), an average of -66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Wishes in the Wild Inc sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashley County Health Foundation ($86k), 42 Foundation ($86k) and Italian-American Charity Golf Assoc Inc ($86k).

At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $2.2m.