Howling for Wolves Action Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454865272
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Hopkins, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6124243613
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $122,425
- Expenses
- $141,655
- Assets
- $22,669
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MAUREEN HACKETT (President)
People named in this filing
- MAUREEN HACKETT (President)
- ROMAN OLIYNYK (BOARD MEMBER)
- JOSEPH WOLF (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Howling for wolves action fund was created to be a voice for wild wolves at the state of minnesotas legislature and in congress. Hfw educates the public about the wolf population and informs people how they can take action to keep wild wolves in a self-sustaining existence.
What it reported doing in 2024
Howling for wolves action fund 2024 activities (hfw-af)hfw-af organized and supervised the wolf day event at the Minnesota state capitol on april 17, 2024. Hfw supporters were assisted in meeting with their Minnesota state representatives and senators to advocate to pass laws to protect wolves including a prohibition on wolf hunting and the adoption of non-lethal wolf plans.hfw-af funds a lobbying firm to represent hfw at the state capitol to monitor bills on wolf hunting and trapping and to assist with engaging supporters to contact their legislators.hfw-af's lobbyists advocate for legislative funding for nonlethal prevention methods to avoid conflicts between wolves and livestock.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -99% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.