Wildlife Experiences Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770539107
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Oak View, CA, USA
Phone
8056495384
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,386
Expenses
$13,989
Assets
$8,778

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRUCE RAYMOND (President)
  • MARIO ROBINSON (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • BEVERLY R CRITCHER (Secretary)
  • BRUCE RAYMOND (President)
  • MARIO ROBINSON (Vice President)

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

Wildlife Experience is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation through community education. With the implementation of unique nature programs and field conservation projects, Wildlife Experience aims to conserve wildlife and the habitats in which they live by encouraging and empowering people to become responsible stewards of our natural world.Wildlife Experience focuses on three specific areas of education: b

What it reported doing in 2024

Wildlife Experience is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation through community education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.1%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.3% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.