Exotic Wildlife Association

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To protect game ranchers and hunters, as well as develop and expand non-native Wildlife breeding throughout the united states, providing non-native Wildlife breeding throughout the united states, providing stringent member code of ehtics as management tools to fosterconservation

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$69K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $225K a year · 26% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$69K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
24 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 23.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$783K
26% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 26% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 21 voting members
Looks good: 21 of 21 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
100%
Net assets
$2.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2024▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$475K
FY2021$630K
FY2022$895K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.1M
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2024▲ +18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$355K
FY2021$401K
FY2022$512K
FY2023$867K
FY2024$1.0M
Net assets
$2.2M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 1997.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $1.0M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

21 people listed on the 990; $69K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$69,200Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
W K Yancey JR$69,200————
Charley Seale—$36,000———
Charly Seale——$36,000$36,000$36,000

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

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

Programs and updates

Promotes non-native wildlife breeding and conservation for ranchers and hunters.

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3 programs · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provided technical support and useful information to our members in order to foster development of the alternative livestock industry through agricultural diversification into production and marketing;promoted conservation through commerce; articulated the professionalism and ethics code by which members are bound.

$565Kprogram expense
02

Animal Dna Registry

Dna test-parentagepermanent dna record and parentage evaluated from sire and dam candidates provided by owner. Advertising sales

$248Kprogram expense
03

Sale of products and darts

$206Kprogram 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 · FY2022
Cadeaux I INCFY2022$15K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $9K · 2023–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,750

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$674K
Investment incomeLn 3$204K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$180K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$2.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$783K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a21
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$180K
Investment incomeLn 3$204K
Other incomeLn 4–11$674K
Gains on assetsLn 7$161K
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$984K
SavingsLn 2$1.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M
Accounts receivableLn 4$101K
Notes and loans receivableLn 7$13K
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$57K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$19K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$816K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$783K
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.3M$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$546K$816K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$752K$783K
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M$2.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$9K$9K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$69K$69K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$275K$275K
Payroll taxesLn 10$27K$27K
Legal feesLn 11b$121K$121K
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$67K$67K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$100K$100K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$14K$14K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$27K$27K
TravelLn 17$39K$39K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
InterestLn 20$78$78
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$51K$51K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$185K$185K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$1.0M$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 28, 2025 $1.1M$1.0M$39K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 17, 2024 $1.2M$867K$352K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 27, 2023 $895K$512K$383K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 $630K$401K$229K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $475K$355K$121K$1.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,057,965 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $164,138$180,123
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $175,592$203,961
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $879,519$673,881
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,219,249$1,057,965
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $8,750$9,494
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $231,544$371,580
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $626,575$638,129
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $866,869$1,019,203
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $352,380$38,762
Part VI · Governance 21 of 21 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21
VI-1b Independent voting members21
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,057,965 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $40,639 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$178,569
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,554
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$180,123
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $43,384$43,384
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $160,577$160,577
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $623,285$623,285
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $9,957$9,957
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $254,557 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $623,285$1,057,965
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,019,203 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $9,494$9,494
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $69,200$69,200
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $275,435$275,435
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $26,945$26,945
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $121,266$121,266
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $7,912$7,912
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $67,000$67,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $100,318$100,318
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,568$3,568
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,585$13,585
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,500$2,500
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $27,182$27,182
IX-17 TravelPrograms $39,375$39,375
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,897$2,897
IX-20 InterestPrograms $78$78
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $51,287$51,287
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,537$7,537
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $184,798$184,798
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $8,826$8,826
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,019,203 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,019,203
Part X · Balance sheet $3,030,962 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,211,358$984,423
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,113,539$1,041,253
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $27,809$100,575
X-7 Notes and loans receivableStart of year $3,500$13,000
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $49,741$57,319
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,843$18,550
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $546,364$815,842
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,961,154$3,030,962
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $748,326$742,898
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,631$40,042
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $751,957$782,940
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,209,197$2,248,022
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,209,197$2,248,022
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,961,154$3,030,962
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,248,022 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,057,965
XI-2 Total expenses$1,019,203
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$38,762
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,209,197
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$63
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,248,022

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