To improve the quality of life for wolves and wolf dogs through: rescue, sanctuary and education. See schedule O for a detailed description of our mission.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 volunteers and 23 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $51K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$38K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $187K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$610K
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$685K
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$878K
To programs
79%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$685K
FY2024▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$910K
FY2022$827K
FY2023$665K
FY2024$685K
Expenses
$878K
FY2024▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$636K
FY2021$660K
FY2022$902K
FY2023$910K
FY2024$878K
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2024▼ -9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.0M

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 Aug 1995.

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

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $695K Management & general 16% · $141K Fundraising 5% · $42K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $38K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Senior Director of Operations
$20,250Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$18,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary and Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Laura Davis’s $20K as Senior Director of Operations is at the 22nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1221 $100K–1M animals nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Shelley Coldiron$18,000$18,000$18,000$18,000$36,000
Laura Davis$20,250$20,000$20,000——

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

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

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Rescues, shelters, and educates about wolves and wolf dogs to improve their lives.

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3 programs · $695K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Sanctuary

Sanctuary is the main focus of wolf. We provide life long care to captive born wolf dogs that are targeted to be pets or are recovered from abusive situations such as fur farms or private zoos that are unable to care for the animals. This includes veterninary care, feeding, enrichment, and training.

$692Kprogram expense
02

Rescue

Rescue involves participating in a nationwide resuce network that assists with placement, reclassification, AND/OR owner education associated with wolf dogs.

$2Kprogram expense
03

Education

Education is related to tabling events, presentations at schools, musuems and other settings. Education also includes advocacy with government and educational entities as well as speaking engagements.

$1Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$685K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$720K
Investment incomeLn 3$350
Money outPt IX
$878K
Ln 25
Programscol B$695K
Managementcol C$141K
Fundraisingcol D$42K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$132K
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$610K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$720K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$163K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$143K
Investment incomeLn 3$350
Gains on assetsLn 7$267
Total revenueLn 12$685K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$125K
SavingsLn 2$7K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$132K
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$2K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$6K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$452
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$610K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$163K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$158K$132K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$451$452
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.6M$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$541K$610K
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M$2.0M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$38K$33K$4K$1K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$148K$129K$15K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$6K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$14K$2K$505
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$25K$25K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$78K$49K$26K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$2K$10K
Office expensesLn 13$44K$21K$5K$17K
Information technologyLn 14$612$196$416
OccupancyLn 16$101K$86K$15K
TravelLn 17$25K$24K$716$155
InterestLn 20$31K$11K$20K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$109K$109K
InsuranceLn 23$26K$26K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$214K$194K$14K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$878K$695K$141K$42K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 28, 2025 $685K$878K−$194K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 29, 2024 $665K$910K−$245K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 11, 2023 $827K$902K−$76K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Sep 21, 2022 $910K$660K$250K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Sep 24, 2021 $1.2M$636K$518K$2.1M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $684,695 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $680,640$720,452
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$39,904$350
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $24,618−$36,107
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $665,354$684,695
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $255,113$208,431
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $710,455$670,069
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $965,568$878,500
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$300,214−$193,805
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $684,695 across 14 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,455 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$143,157
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$577,295
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$163,235
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$720,452
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $83$83
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $267 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$267
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$47,845−$47,845
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $8,283 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$8,283
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $12,005 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$47,762$684,695
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $878,500 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $33,150 · Management $3,956 · Fundraising $1,144$38,250
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $128,559 · Management $15,344 · Fundraising $4,436$148,339
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $5,870$5,870
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,748 · Management $1,719 · Fundraising $505$15,972
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,870$4,870
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $24,754$24,754
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $48,965 · Management $26,314 · Fundraising $3,195$78,474
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $1,780 · Fundraising $9,936$11,716
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $21,120 · Management $5,298 · Fundraising $17,099$43,517
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $196 · Management $416$612
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $85,875 · Management $15,442$101,317
IX-17 TravelPrograms $23,684 · Management $716 · Fundraising $155$24,555
IX-20 InterestPrograms $11,229 · Management $19,891$31,120
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $108,923$108,923
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $26,280$26,280
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $193,658 · Management $14,360 · Fundraising $5,913$213,931
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $695,387 · Management $140,730 · Fundraising $42,383$878,500
Part X · Balance sheet $2,659,778 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $151,620$125,289
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,595$6,678
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $3,510$1,593
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,794$5,678
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,614,485$2,520,088
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $451$452
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,784,455$2,659,778
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $25,992$7,709
X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $219,000$319,000
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $296,365$283,776
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $541,357$610,485
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,243,098$2,049,293
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,243,098$2,049,293
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,784,455$2,659,778
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,049,293 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$684,695
XI-2 Total expenses$878,500
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$193,805
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,243,098
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,049,293

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