California · Nonprofit
PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT
PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,238 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($25,051). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2021
- $30k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $136k
What Pacific Wildlife Project does
Mission
Wildlife rescue, medical care and rehabilitation of native animals; public outreach and education to foster a humane ethic towards wildlife and all animals and encourage conservation and responsible stewardship of the environment and all animals. Set an active example of humane care and protection of wildlife and all animals and provide safe haven and sanctuary to all animals in need of rescue and treatment of abuse or injury.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Animal protection and welfare;Provided animal rescue, medical care and rehabilitation, return to the wild or sanctuary placement for 900 native and domestic animals. Conducted field rescues of native and domestic animals in peril, Advised the public in wildlife encounters, nuisance situation, safety and management; Gave direct medical aid and hospice care and conditioning for recovery and return to the wild, Gave medical aid and rehabilitative and hospice aid to endangered seabird species and to conduct supportive services in the public interest in conservation, research and education to support its humane mission of wildlife and environmental conservation and protection
$22,717 spentof which $37,740 as grants100% of program spendingEducation Purpose: Operated year round telephone and online helpline education and information portal. Publish online educational seasonal and topical information to promote animal protection and environmental stewardship. Provided consultations and training and publications to animal care facilities, hospitals and to animal welfare organizations. Presented Education exhibits and community centers, animal shelters and schools and libraries to promote animal welfare, environmental protection and conservation.
$0 spent0% of program spendingScientific Research study and Medical support; Provided medical management to ailing animals, Maintained medical data compilations, established baselines of care and treatment for specialized incidents. Published articles and monographs for use by shelters and animal facilities and for review by the general public.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,717.
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 2018 to 2019, from $165k to $149k (−10%).
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.
100% of PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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
Kara McLeod
CEO
As listed on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $777.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 55% · 2021 91% · 2022 71% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
62% of PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT'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 $17k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT's revenue fell 24% between 2017 and 2021.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,305 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT: 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 PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT?
- PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,238 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($25,051). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $45,238 in grants to PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $25,051 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PACIFIC WILDLIFE PROJECT 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 5 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