The Wild Source Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850947494
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Golden, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7204971250
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protection of Endangered Species
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $129,420
- Expenses
- $92,240
- Assets
- $66,897
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WILLIAM GIVEN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- WILLIAM GIVEN (PRESIDENT)
- MOLLY FROEHLICH (SECRETARY/TR)
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
Creating lasting wildlife conservation through empowerment of local communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education & job training: - ping bush school hosted 1,890 students; educating students and community about coexisting with wildlife and managing ecotourism to promote wildlife and habitat conservation. - support for a local student josephat marcos; graduated from guide college and is now thriving as an apprentice guide. - provided laptop computers to five graduating secondary school students who are advancing to university from gudigwa village. - mama kathy fund project created a kitchen for the endeves school, 75,000 liter water tank for the women of mbuyuni, a tree planting project at the school, and is working on establishing a local market in mbuyuni.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.5%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
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: 28.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 49; 49th 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: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 39.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 46.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.5% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $85K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.