Blackbird Ranch Wildlife Rehabilitation and Farm Sanctuary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822885644
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pullman, WA, USA
Phone
6197291813
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,402
Expenses
$76,198
Assets
$31,532

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNA RAMSEY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JENNA RAMSEY (PRESIDENT)
  • AVERY LANE (SECRETARY)
  • TAYLOR ROSS (DIR. OF ANIM)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Blackbird ranch, wildlife rehabilitation and farm sanctuary is an advocate and champion for animals. We provide rehabilitation to injured and orphaned wildlife with the objective of returning them to their natural habitat. We also protect farm animals from cruelty, provide lifelong sanctuary to farm animals in need and offer education and support for the community in order to inspire cruelty-free and compassionate living.

What it reported doing in 2025

Advocate for animals by providing rehabilitation to injured and orphaned wildlife in order to return them to their natural habitat. Protect farm animals from cruelty, provide lifelong sanctuary to farm animals in need, and offer education and support for the community in order to inspire cruelty-free and compassionate living.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.5%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.5% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.