Wildlife Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650093613
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bradenton Beach, FL, USA
Phone
9417786324
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$187,240
Expenses
$256,760
Assets
$397,592
Liabilities
$337

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EDWARD STRAIGHT (President)
  • DAMEN HURD (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • EDWARD STRAIGHT (President)
  • GAIL STRAIGHT (Treasurer)
  • LINDA HAMILTON (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and education.

What it reported doing in 2025

Food, medicine, vet bills, shelter, and supplies for rescued wildlife and 15 permanent educational wildlife residents. 75% of rescued wildlife released to native habitat.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 71.3%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -37.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 59%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.8% of revenue deployed · 71.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $183K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.