Walking Wild Rescue Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
845180905
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Newark, OH, USA
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$139,235
Expenses
$138,723
Assets
$254,990

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Via Smith (Board Member)
  • Madeline Slack (Board Member)
  • Cami Baker (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

Walking Wild provides a one-of-a-kind animal centered sanctuary for non-wild foxes and other non-wild friends in need of a safe place to call home. We are continually expanding and improving our facility to allow us to save more lives and continue to provide the best care and home we can to all the animals that call Walking Wild home. Not only do we save lives but we educate our community provided educational opportunities and encourage a love for foxes and work to end the exploitation of animals in the exotic pet trade.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cared for and housed 157 foxes 4 coyotes and 3 wolf dogs. This includes 29 fox that we rescued in 2024. This includes medical care food enrichment and maintenance of enclosures that animals live in.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97

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: 0.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 78; 78th 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: 62.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 97.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $135K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Operating margin scored 35/100.