Western Section of the Wildlife Society

Analysis

Western Section of the Wildlife Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Davis, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Western Section of the Wildlife Society reported income of $424k and spending of $358k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $391k to $424k (+8.2%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Western Section of the Wildlife Society sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northwest Hub ($424k), PTA Arkansas Congress ($424k) and Wenatchee Valley Symphony Assoc Inc ($423k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 12% and program service revenue 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $544k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $544k.