Wild Me

Portland, ORUnknown exempt organization EIN 26-2151271Revenue $1.0M in FY2023Latest return filed Nov 15, 2024

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Foster wildlife conservation through research, info technology development, and citizen science.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-2151271) · Dispute this line
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 7 volunteers and 7 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2023
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $173K a year · 14% of revenue · last 4 filings
A surplus in 0 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
94% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$473K
to officers and key staff · 39% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 39% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
Named funders
5
named funders · $586K
5 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
3 of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$1.0M
-26% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
94%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2023
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2023▼ -26%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$998K
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.0M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2023▼ -28%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.2M
Net assets
$0
FY2023▼ -100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$740K
FY2021$668K
FY2022$332K
FY2023$0

From the FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $1.1M Management & general 6% · $67K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $473K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$174,283Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Engineer
$149,426Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Product
$149,426Pt VII · Sec A
President and Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary and Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jason Holmberg$174,283$158,864$160,002$157,500
Jason Parham—$127,669$166,022$121,490
Jonathan Van Oast$149,426$134,611$132,537$122,581
Tanya Stere$149,426$140,144$138,283—
Andrew Blout—$135,976$133,832$107,525

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Conserves wildlife through research, technology, and citizen science.

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3 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Wildbook (WWW.WILDBOOK.ORG) is our flagship project, underlying most of wild me's research and technology efforts. Continuing the development of wildbook as a free and open-source software package for use by the wildlife research community.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-2151271) · Dispute this line
$840Kprogram expense
02

Flukebook.org

Flukebook is a global-scale cetacean research platform supporting noaa, boem, and whale and dolphin researchers around the world with free access to cutting-edge machine learning tools to speed and scale photo-identification for population assessments. Tracking 73,000+ individual whales and dolphins.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-2151271) · Dispute this line
$268Kprogram expense
03

Modernizing Wildlife Surveys (mws)/Kaza Survey

MWS/KAZA applies ai to process high volumes of imagery for wildlife population assessment via aerial surveys. Our first application will be to the kaza transfrontier aerial survey.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 26-2151271) · Dispute this line
$30Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 5 funders$586K
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $30K · 2022–2022

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$660K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$340K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$67K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$660K
Government grantsLn 1e$297K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$340K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 67
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$344K$0
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$25K$0
Total assetsLn 16$369K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$37K$0
Net assetsLn 32$332K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$186K$151K$35K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$781K$781K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$14K
Management feesLn 11a$6K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$11K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$306$306
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$387$387
Information technologyLn 14$148K$148K
OccupancyLn 16$11K$11K
TravelLn 17$10K$10K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K
InterestLn 20$709$709
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$9K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$1.1M$67K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2023 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 $1.0M$1.2M−$211K$0 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $1.3M$1.7M−$336K$332K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 13, 2022 $1.5M$1.6M−$72K$668K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 11, 2021 $998K$1.1M−$72K$740K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990
Part I · Summary $1,003,832 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,133,102$660,153
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $213,200$339,778
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,400$1,473
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $422$2,428
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,349,124$1,003,832
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $30,000$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,521,196$997,580
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $134,066$216,979
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,685,262$1,214,559
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$336,138−$210,727
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,003,832 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $20 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$297,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$363,153
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$660,153
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $339,778$339,778
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,473$1,473
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,408$2,408
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $339,778 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,901$1,003,832
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,214,559 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $150,858 · Management $34,857$185,715
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $781,253$781,253
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,642$16,642
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,970$13,970
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $5,744$5,744
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $11,188$11,188
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $306$306
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $1,170$1,170
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $387$387
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $147,942$147,942
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,672$10,672
IX-17 TravelPrograms $9,658$9,658
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,325$1,325
IX-20 InterestManagement $709$709
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,230 · Management $2,306$11,536
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $9,816$9,816
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $6,526$6,526
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,147,294 · Management $67,265 · Fundraising $0$1,214,559
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $343,575$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $25,426$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $369,001$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $37,370$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $37,370$0
X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $0$0
X-30 Paid-in or capital surplusStart of year $0$0
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $331,631$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $331,631$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $369,001$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,003,832
XI-2 Total expenses$1,214,559
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$210,727
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$331,631
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$120,904
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file FY2023 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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