WildCare supports people everywhere to live well with wildlife, through a full cycle of programs including wildlife advocacy and information resources, nature education programs, and medical aid for wild animals in need. Each year we treat as many as 3,500 ill, injured and orphaned wild animals in our wildlife hospital, teach 13,000+ children and adults through our acclaimed environmental education programs, and advocate for wildlife at the local, state and national levels.Since our hospitals founding, we have treated and cared for more than 120,000 wild animal patients, and we have engaged more than 1,000,000 children and adults through environmental learning experiences and advocacy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 250 volunteers and 42 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.2M a year · 41% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$753K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
53 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 53.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $225K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.4M
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.6M
+190% vs prior year
Spent
$4.0M
To programs
74%
Net assets
$26.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.6M
FY2025▲ +190%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$3.2M
FY2022$4.1M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$4.7M
FY2025$13.6M
Expenses
$4.0M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.5M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$3.4M
FY2025$4.0M
Net assets
$26.6M
FY2025▲ +55%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$17.2M
FY2025$26.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1975.

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Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $3.0M Management & general 9% · $379K Fundraising 17% · $679K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $753K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Exec. Director
$191,169Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Dir.
$174,856Pt VII · Sec A
Veterinarian
$144,071Pt VII · Sec A
Development Dir
$126,325Pt VII · Sec A
Marketg & Comm Dir
$116,174Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Audit Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ellyn Weisel$191,169$145,349$143,324$122,216$132,624$139,999
Robert F Kendall$174,856$134,618$124,778$114,891$106,934$114,893
Julianna Sorem$144,071—————
Nicole Trautsch$126,325—————
Alison S Hermance$116,174—————

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

Advocates for wildlife and a sustainable world.

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2 programs · $3.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Animal Care

Each year, WildCare delivers world-class medical care to as many as 3,500 ill, injured and orphaned wild animal patients in our open-admission wildlife hospital. Over the course of our history in wildlife medicine, we have given more than 120,000 wild animals a second chance at life in the wild.WildCares patients represent more than 200…

$1.9Mprogram expense
02

Wildlife Education

WildCares Terwilliger Nature Education programs provide school and youth programs, as well as family nature outings, which connect over 16,000 children and adults to the Bay areas abundant open spaces and wildlife.

$1.1Mprogram expense

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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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$225K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $1.1M · 2020–2021
Friends of WildcareCA · FY2021$500,000
Friends of WildcareCA · FY2021$500,000
Friends of WildcareCA · FY2020$100,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$750K
Other incomeLn 4–11$242K
Money outPt IX
$4.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.0M
Managementcol C$379K
Fundraisingcol D$679K
Owns and owesPt X
$26.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$18.0M
Total assetsLn 16$28.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3.8M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$17K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$164K
Investment incomeLn 3$750K
Other incomeLn 4–11$242K
Gains on assetsLn 7$180K
Total revenueLn 12$13.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$86K
SavingsLn 2$17.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$18.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$60K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.8M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$28.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$26.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 542
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$13.7M$18.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$14K$60K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.0M$9.8M
Total assetsLn 16$18.0M$28.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$827K$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$17.2M$26.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1K$1K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$460K$210K$186K$64K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.8M$1.5M$56K$279K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$264K$218K$8K$39K
Payroll taxesLn 10$174K$131K$17K$26K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$127K$127K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$324K$254K$37K$33K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$21K$16K$2K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$6K$745$1K
Information technologyLn 14$28K$21K$3K$4K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$182K$137K$18K$27K
TravelLn 17$42K$36K$3K$4K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$192$192
InterestLn 20$4K$4K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$75K$56K$7K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$403K$332K$28K$42K
All other expensesLn 24e$105K$79K$9K$17K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.0M$3.0M$379K$679K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $13.6M$4.0M$9.5M$26.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.7M$3.4M$1.3M$17.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.8M$3.0M$758K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.1M$3.3M$856K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.2M$2.6M$588K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.8M$2.5M$301K$1.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $13,574,877 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,861,490$12,419,450
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $146,811$163,607
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $240,618$749,697
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $437,439$242,123
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,686,358$13,574,877
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,000$1,059
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,361,929$2,724,239
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $90,857$127,163
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $912,185$1,193,046
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,365,971$4,045,507
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,320,387$9,529,370
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $13,574,877 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$17,250
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$12,402,200
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,803,755
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$12,419,450
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $163,607$163,607
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $569,915$569,915
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $179,782$179,782
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$242,123
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $163,607 · Excluded from tax $749,697$13,574,877
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,045,507 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,059$1,059
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $209,512 · Management $185,862 · Fundraising $64,203$459,577
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,490,649 · Management $56,108 · Fundraising $279,348$1,826,105
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $217,559 · Management $7,947 · Fundraising $38,974$264,480
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $130,905 · Management $17,060 · Fundraising $26,112$174,077
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $127,163$127,163
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $254,275 · Management $37,448 · Fundraising $32,706$324,429
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $15,964 · Management $2,081 · Fundraising $3,185$21,230
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,715 · Management $745 · Fundraising $1,140$7,600
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $21,152 · Management $2,757 · Fundraising $4,219$28,128
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $137,177 · Management $17,876 · Fundraising $27,362$182,415
IX-17 TravelPrograms $35,534 · Management $2,685 · Fundraising $4,111$42,330
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $192$192
IX-20 InterestManagement $4,173$4,173
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $56,405 · Management $7,351 · Fundraising $11,251$75,007
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $332,344 · Management $27,736 · Fundraising $42,454$402,534
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $78,832 · Management $8,917 · Fundraising $17,259$105,008
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,987,082 · Management $378,938 · Fundraising $679,487$4,045,507
Part X · Balance sheet $28,086,695 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $13,748,299$86,180
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$17,908,865
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$30,060
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $181,505$92,210
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $74,673$62,413
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,965,860$9,847,040
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $14,060$59,927
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $43,947$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $18,028,344$28,086,695
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $620,305$1,231,482
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $54,177$60,959
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $152,887$149,368
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $827,369$1,441,809
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $8,362,453$18,419,716
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $8,838,522$8,225,170
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $17,200,975$26,644,886
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $18,028,344$28,086,695
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $26,644,886 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,574,877
XI-2 Total expenses$4,045,507
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$9,529,370
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$17,200,975
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$85,459
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$26,644,886

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