The California Wildlife Center

Analysis

The California Wildlife Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Calabasas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 June 2023, The California Wildlife Center reported income of $2.3m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $3.1m to $2.3m (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The California Wildlife Center sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Council Towers Housing Development Fund Corporation ($2.3m), Completion House Inc ($2.3m) and Carondelet Regional Medical PC ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 7.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $206k (14% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $651k. At year end it held assets of $8.7m against liabilities of $114k, net assets of $8.6m. It reported 19 employees.