Ohio Wildlife Center

What it reported doing in 2025

Wildlife rehabilitation: caring for ill, injured, and orphaned wildlife with the goal of their healthy release back into the wild is the primary mission of Ohio wildlife center. In 2025, the center admitted 8,700 animals for care, the center partners with its team of volunteers and local correctional \institutions to provide care for admitted animals offsite. Patients require regular ongoing feeding, quiet surroundings, and care. The center's pre-release facility replicates natural environments for animals on the last leg of their journey. Staff and volunteers provide basic needs like food and monitor animals for key behaviors to ensure they are healthy and capable of being released back to the wild.wildlife & conservation education programsohio wildlife center strives to instill a greater appreciation and understanding of wild animals and can help prevent harmful interactions thus reducing the number of animals admitted to its donation-based animal hospital.Ohio wildlife center offers education programs for all ages. Programs are offered both on and offsite with a focus on reducing community wildlife conflicts through an appreciation of native species. In 2025, Ohio wildlife center led 321 on and offsite programs, reaching approximately 22,409 people. These programs included 23 second sunday and wild story times, reaching approximately 1,392 people. Ohio wildlife center also hosted summer camp for 310 children ages 3 through 16.all programs are supported by over 60 animals ambassadors representing many of Ohio's native species. All of the ambassadors were former patients of the wildlife hospital and became ambassadors when they were diagnosed as non-releasable, either due to a permanent injury that affects their ability to hunt successfully or because they had already been inhabited to human care. These animals are permanent residents of Ohio wildlife center and are cared for every day by the education staff as well as rotating interns from our partnership with otterbein university.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 63.2%; rating input score 63
• Program expense ratio: 70.3%; rating input score 70
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.62; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings