Wild Welfare US EIN 87-3213544

Wild Welfare US

EIN  87-3213544 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Houston, TX Founded 2021
Form 990 (PDF) Compare with another nonprofit →
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Wild Welfare US claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Rescues and improves welfare for captive wild animals globally.
Leadership
Margaret Whittaker · Executive Director · $69K
Money in and out
$413K revenue, $466K expenses
Bottom line
88% program efficiency

Rescues and improves welfare for captive wild animals globally. For fiscal year 2025 it reported $413K in revenue, $466K in expenses, and $159K in net assets.Pt I

Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$413K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$466K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$159K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$53K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.88 Management & general $0.11 Fundraising $0.01
Program efficiency
88%
of spending reaches programs▲ +15% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
4.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▼ -57% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
-13%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -152% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$413K
FY2025▲ +20%
Expenses
$466K
FY2025▲ +80%
Total assets
$159K
FY2025▼ -25%
Total liabilities
$0
FY2025
Total revenue
$413K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$466K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$159K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$53K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$159K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B88%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 36
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 42
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $102K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

Lok Kawi Wildlife Park in Sabah, Malaysia

training staff to train elephants, consulting on design and construction of new elephant barns and assisting, coordinating elephant moves to new barn.

$63Kprogram expense
02

Public Education

Auditor training (for auditing animal welfare standards), workshops, presentations at animal care facilities and sanctuaries.

$36Kprogram expense
03

Gave presentations at several animal association conferences on topics of animal wellness and animal welfare auditing and assessements.

$3Kprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CWild Welfare US
EINHdr · item D87-3213544
Principal addressHdr · item CHouston, TX
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.wildwelfare-us.org
Year of formationHdr · item L2021
State of legal domicileHdr · item MTX
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFAnimals (D02)
Ruling yearIRS BMFAug 2022

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a6
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b2
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$68,750Pt VII · Sec A
Operations Manager
$14,400Pt VII · Sec A
Field Director
$7,825Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Margaret Whittaker’s $69K as Executive Director is at the 76th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1218 $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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Margaret Whittaker$68,750$49,000
Dena Honeycutt$14,400$15,600
David Morgan$7,825$15,550
Debbie Ng$2,300

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.

See Wild Welfare US executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$373K · 90%
Program service revenue$35K · 8%
Investment income$5K · 1%
Contributions & grants90%$373K
Program service revenue8%$35K
Investment income1%$5K
Total revenueLn 12$413K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.88 Management & general $0.11 Fundraising $0.01
Program services88%$408K
Management & general11%$52K
Fundraising1%$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$466K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$155K
Total assetsLn 16$159K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$0
Total net assetsLn 32$159K
Months of cash on handcomputed4.0

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2025 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $155K · Operating expenses/yr $466K
4.0 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $408K · Total expenses $466K
88%
Management & General
Management & general $52K · Total expenses $466K
11%
Fundraising
Fundraising $5K · Total expenses $466K
1%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $14K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $402K
$0.03 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $373K · Total revenue $413K
90%
Government reliance
Government grants $0 · Total revenue $413K
0%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $35K · Total revenue $413K
8%
Investment reliance
Investment income $5K · Total revenue $413K
+1%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $35K · Total expenses $466K
8%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $413K · Prior year $343K
+20%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $159K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $413K · Expenses $466K
-13%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $159K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $159K · Total assets $159K
100%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $159K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Margaret Whittaker · Reported title Executive Director · Highest reported compensation $69K · Total expenses $466K
15%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $93K · Total expenses $466K
20%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 88%
Overhead ratio 11%
Fundraising cost ratio 1%
Revenue growth 20%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$15K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $25K · 2024–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$25,000

Similar Organizations

Closest in mission — by what they do
See all organizations like Wild Welfare US →

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2025 (Latest)$413K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2024$343K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$513K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$165K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.