Florida Wildlife Federation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 591398265
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Tallahassee, FL, US
- Phone
- +1 850 656 7113
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,655,243
- Expenses
- $1,154,843
- Assets
- $4,221,666
- Liabilities
- $54,676
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sarah Gledhill (President & CEO)
- Capt Adam Morley (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Sarah Gledhill (President & CEO): $122,896 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To safeguard Florida's water, wildlife, and wild spaces by taking action today to prevent irreversible loss tomorrow.
What it reported doing in 2024
Wildlife and Wild Lands Conservation Program - From the Florida Keys to the Panhandle, our statewide advocacy programs work to conserve Florida's wildlife, waters, and wild lands for the benefit of all. We partner with many different organizations to advance local, state, and federal policies and funding initiatives that support land conservation through public acquisition and conservation easements. Our efforts also prioritize the protection and restoration of vital waterways such as the Ocklawaha and Apalachicola Rivers, the Greater Everglades, and Florida's springs. We work to improve water quality across the state, recognizing its critical role in sustaining ecosystems and protecting vulnerable species like the Florida manatee. We promote responsible outdoor recreation that respects ecosystem integrity, and we champion the protection of iconic and imperiled species-including the Florida panther, black bear, and scrub-jay-through landscape-scale habitat preservation and the advancement of wildlife crossings
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.2%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $25.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.66; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 67.2% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $123K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.