California · Nonprofit
Ojai Raptor Center
Ojai Raptor Center (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,745,834 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($608,565). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Ojai Raptor Center does
Mission
Ojai Raptor Center is dedicated to the care and protection of wildlife through the rehabilitation and release of sick, injured, and orphaned animals, participation in scientific efforts that improve standards of care, and education that inspires environmental stewardship. Through its integrated rehabilitation and education programs, ORC contributes to improved wildlife outcomes and increased public awareness across its service region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Wildlife RehabilitationOjai Raptor Center provides specialized medical treatment and rehabilitation in a dedicated facility for birds of prey. In 2025, ORC admitted 879 animal patients originating from 14 counties and responded to 1,134 wildlife hotline calls, serving as a regional resource for the public and partner organizations. Education and Community OutreachORC delivers community education and school-based programming designed to increase awareness of wildlife conservation and the ecological role of raptors. In 2025, these programs reached 2,997 individuals through community events, presentations, and curriculum-based engagement with schools. Volunteer ProgramORCs work is supported by a strong volunteer base. In 2025, 87 volunteers contributed more than 10,000 hours of service across rehabilitation, education, and operational support.
$789,083 spent$15,263 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $789,083.
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 $817k to $1.0M (+25%).
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 2% · 2023 4% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Ojai Raptor Center’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $19k → $249k.
11 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 Ojai Raptor Center’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
Ojai Raptor Center leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 Ojai Raptor Center.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 57% · 2019 48% · 2020 81% · 2021 67% · 2022 45% · 2023 41% — 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.
How long its funders stay
56% of Ojai Raptor Center's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
74% of Ojai Raptor Center'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 $451k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
Ojai Raptor Center has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Ojai Raptor Center
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Ojai Raptor Center: 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 Ojai Raptor Center?
- Ojai Raptor Center (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,745,834 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($608,565). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Ojai Raptor Center have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $1,745,834 in grants to Ojai Raptor Center, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ojai Raptor Center?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $608,565 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ojai Raptor Center find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 39 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing