Friends of Wildlife
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471502713
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Syracuse, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3157272922
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Wildlife Preservation, Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,325
- Expenses
- $12,352
- Assets
- $63
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Chad Norton (president)
- William Norton (vice president and secretary)
People named in this filing
- Chad Norton (president)
- William Norton (vice president and secretary)
- David Gravante (treasurer)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
990EZ Part III-The organizations primary exempt purpose is to provide for the maintenance and upkeep of Websters Pond and to assist in helping other organizations involved with conservation and environmental stewardship upon request. Fundraising efforts will be directed to supporting events at the pond such as Veterans Fishing Day, Muscular Dystrophy Day, Aurora for the Blind School field trips and club visits. Funding can be sought for the attendance to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Camp to support educating children from ages 7-16 in Conservation Management and to provide scholarships to students studying conservation and environmental curriculum, such as Environmental Conservation Officer. Some projects we host fundraisers for are to rebuild dilapidated nature trails to make accessible for the handicapped, install plumbing and build a facility for public restrooms, Holiday themed nature walks and fundraising events and fishing tournaments.
What it reported doing in 2024
990EZ Part III-The organizations primary exempt purpose is to provide for the maintenance and upkeep of Websters Pond and to assist in helping other organizations involved with conservation and environmental stewardship upon request. Fundraising efforts will be directed to supporting events at the pond such as Veterans Fishing Day, Muscular Dystrophy Day, Aurora for the Blind School field trips and club visits. Funding can be sought for the attendance to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Camp to support educating children from ages 7-16 in Conservation Management and to provide scholarships to students studying conservation and environmental curriculum, such as Environmental Conservation Officer. Some projects we host fundraisers for are to rebuild dilapidated nature trails to make accessible for the handicapped, install plumbing and build a facility for public restrooms, Holiday themed nature walks and fundraising events and fishing tournaments. This corporation will operate totally on donations from the public, community groups and grants. At no time will we set a fixed price on any event or fundraiser we are hosting.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -68% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -139.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.