Minnesota · Nonprofit
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,602 to it, the largest being ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($70,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $334k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $146k
- Net assets
- $547k
What National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association does
Mission
The National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association (nwra) is dedicated to improving and promoting the profession of wildlife rehabilitation and its contributions to preserving natural ecosystems.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Annual symposiumnwra symposium was an in-person opportunity for wildlife professionals worldwide to exchange new research and knowledge to improve the care of injured wildlife in their region. Symposium programming included lectures, hands-on workshops, seminars, roundtable discussions, field trips, a poster session, and networking opportunities. In 2024, 425 attendees came to the annual symposium in omaha, nebraska.
$172,796 spent$230,236 earned by the program42% of program spendingEducational publications, courses, website, and training materialsnwra offered three race-approved, on-demand courses in 2024 to enhance the education of veterinary professionals on the care of injured wildlife. In addition, nwra's developing leadership course hosted two cohorts of up-and-coming leaders in the field of animal welfare. "publications" have engaged over 12,200 readers across 120 countries, with content downloaded more than 28,681 times.
$79,383 spent19% of program spendingMember benefitsnwra added new benefits to members in 2024 to serve our 1,822 members. Member benefits include discounts on nwra programs and publications, access to the community directory, member communications, access to the entire library of published wildlife rehabilitation journal volumes and recorded symposia sessions, free access to birds of the world, free webinars, and access to read the newest edition of standard for wildlife rehabilitation online.
$155,967 spentof which $15,120 as grants38% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $408,146.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.1M to $990k (−9%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Whitney Buccicone
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $36k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 51% · 2020 98% · 2021 94% · 2022 90% · 2023 69% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
90% of NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $131k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION?
- NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $145,602 to it, the largest being ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($70,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $145,602 in grants to NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION?
- ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing