Wildlife Conservation International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841899559
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
3106340900
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,534,990
Expenses
$2,016,608
Assets
$818,969
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TROY KENAH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TROY KENAH (PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT GILBERT (SECRETARY)
  • LAUREN GILBERT (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To ensure the survival of all orangutan species in their natural habitat and promote the welfare of all orangutans.

What it reported doing in 2025

Wildlife conservation international (the "charity") is an incorporated u.s. Nonprofit "friends of" organization organized to fundraise and support wci ("wci") a globally recognized tax-exempt NGO registered and based in australia, committed to ensure the survival of all orangutan species in their natural habitat and promote the welfare of all orangutans. Saving orangutans also saves other endangered species such as sumatran tigers and sumatran elephants. Working with non-orangutan conservation groups protecting habitat also saves more orangutans. Due to these mutually beneficial projects the orangutan project founded the international elephant project and the international tiger project which now all operate under wildlife conservation international. The projects funded by wci (au) not only include direct orangutan, tiger and elephant conservation, such as rescues, rehabilitations and release programs, but also forest habitat protection and regeneration, education, research and local community partnerships. Wci (au) bases conservation four key pillars: legally protect forests secure, restore & patrol orangutan habitat rescue, rehabilitate & release organutans educate & empower local people tying funding into direct outcomes for the species has enabled wci (au) to partner with the majority of orangutan conservation projects, along with select tiger and elephant conservation projects, operating on the ground today in borneo and sumatra.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 93.6%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $110.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th 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: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 93.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.