Teton Raptor Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830328068
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Wilson, WY, USA
Phone
3072032551
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,081,126
Expenses
$2,481,992
Assets
$14,527,656
Liabilities
$99,577

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Amy McCarthy (CEO (Non-Voting))

Highest reported compensation

  • Amy McCarthy (CEO (Non-Voting)): $171,623 total reported compensation
  • Roger Smith (Chief Mission Officer (Non-Voting)): $154,509 total reported compensation
  • Bryan Bedrosian (Conservation Director): $111,144 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Advancing raptor conservation through education, research and rehabilitation

What it reported doing in 2025

REHABILITATION: Teton Raptor Center provides rescue, emergency medical treatment, and rehabilitative care to injured, ill, and orphaned birds of prey with the goal of returning them to the wild. As one of only twofacilities in Wyoming offering this level of specialized care for raptors, TRC plays a critical role in regional rehabilitation. In FY 2025-26, TRC admitted 168 avian patients, including 148 raptors representing 21 species from Wyoming and Idaho. The clinic also treated and provided short-term stabilization for 23 other birds (representing 9 different species). The leading causes of admission included vehicle collisions, window strikes, and gunshot wounds. Red-Tailed Hawks were the most frequently admitted species, with 29 individuals treated. TRC's medical clinic also serves as a training ground for emerging professionals, hosting several pre-veterinary interns and veterinary externs over the course of the year. In collaboration with our primary veterinarians and medical advisors, TRC continues to advance treatment protocols and rehabilitation techniques to improve outcomes for every patient in our care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.5%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.4%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.85; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.5% of revenue deployed · 83.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.