Tucson Wildlife Center

Analysis

Tucson Wildlife Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Tucson, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2002, 24 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, Tucson Wildlife Center reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $2.1m (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Tucson 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 86th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arizona Elk Society ($2.0m), Asia Wild Inc ($2.1m) and Humane Society of Scott County ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $557k. At year end it held assets of $8.3m against liabilities of $375k, net assets of $7.9m. It reported 31 employees.