Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center

Analysis

Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Scottsdale, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1994, 32 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, Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center reported income of $3.8m and spending of $2.3m, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $3.8m (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center 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 91st percentile, and in the 88th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greenhill Humane Society ($3.8m), Feeding Pets of the Homeless ($3.8m) and Clay County Humane Society ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 8.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $712k. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $126k, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 32 employees.