The Wildlife Foundation of Virginia
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541853027
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Norge, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7575664000
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Wildlife Sanctuary, Refuge
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,535,612
- Expenses
- $842,165
- Assets
- $8,850,852
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JENNY WEST (EXECUTIVE DI): $120,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The wildlife foundation of Virginia (wfv) is dedicated to conserving land, providing public access and outdoor recreation by strengthening the commitment of the commonwealth's sportsmen to the future of outdoor recreation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Management of fulfillment farms, a 2,000 acre tract of land to conserve and enhance wildlife habitat through robust timber management program aimed at providing small game habitat, including timber stand improvement cuts and wildlife burns; pre-season quail release to support state-wide efforts to engage quail hunters and provide public quail hunting oppportunities. Management efforts are directed towards providing no-fee public access to the farm for the purposes of hunting, hiking, fishing, birding, and wildlife watching, as well as providing handicapped accessible outdoor opportunities through the construction and maintenance of wheelchair accessible hunting blinds and open trails.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, 22% for grants, and 1% for member benefits.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.3%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 45.2%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.51; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.3% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $792K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 13 filed related-organization links
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.