Colorado · Nonprofit
Sacred Wolf Foundation
Sacred Wolf Foundation (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Goldens Without Borders Inc ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $45k
What Sacred Wolf Foundation does
Mission
To love honor and celebrate the wolf as sacred and our closest kin paying respect to Native and like-minded Western populations who cherish the wolf as a totem To protect and nurture wild wolves canis lupus and domesticated wolves canis lupus familiaris through education in service to local peoples of Colorado and land preservation preserving public and private lands through conservation leases or land purchases for wildlife habitats including habitats for deer elk rabbits foxes and wolves To acquire ranch lands and associated BLM leases and replace domestic animals cattle and sheep with more robust ruminants such as bison or elk. To advocate for a State Wildlife Corridor where wolves can flourish free from domestic livestock. To donate to the proper care of canids in the State of Colorado in service to sick or disabled dog owners neglected or malnourished dogs and wildlife sanctuaries
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Trail Cam Project: Used trail cameras on ranch lands to identify areas of where wolves traveled and burrowed in Snowmass Colorado Domestic Wolf Care: Rescued two dogs whos owners tragically died fostered them and re-homed them
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Education: Authored a newspaper editorial regarding CPWs management of the wolf reintroduction in Colorado https: www.aspentimes.com news hughes-cpws-handling-has-been-a-dishonor-to-the-wolf . Attended and participated in over five events with CPW members other conservation organizations local ranchers and local farmers about coexistence with wolves and other native wildlife species.
$6,571 spent29% of program spendingCanid Care: Domestic Wolf Care: Rescued two dogs after owners died tragically. SWF fed fostered rehomed these canids
$10,752 spent47% of program spendingHabitat Preservation: Identified lands in Colorado as suitable habitats for wild wolves and associated native species and solicited funds for preservation of these habitats through purchase or lease. Developed relationship with local and regional land trust organizations as well as CPW officials Bison ranchers and University of Colorado scientists on how to best manage such wildlife habitats. Spoke with Senator Russ Andrews who solicited the idea of a State Wildlife Corridor for wolf habitat protection to the Governor Polis of Colorado. Polled over 500 Colorado residents regarding the benefits of such a wildlife corridor and the need to separate wolf and domestic livestock habitats. Polled over 1000 participants regarding the use of wild lands USFS and BLM for wild species particularly wolves and bison Trail Cam Project: Used trail cameras on ranch lands to identify areas of where wolves traveled and burrowed in Snowmass Colorado
$2,525 spent11% of program spendinggeneral office taxes conference fees board meetings
$3,154 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,002.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $718 to $40k (+5539%).
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.
0% of Sacred Wolf Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 0 of the last 3 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.
Board chair
John Hughes
Chair of Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Sacred Wolf Foundation’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.
Where its funders are
Sacred Wolf Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Sacred Wolf Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,315 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,315 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Sacred Wolf Foundation
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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 Sacred Wolf Foundation: 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 Sacred Wolf Foundation?
- Sacred Wolf Foundation (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Goldens Without Borders Inc ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Sacred Wolf Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to Sacred Wolf Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sacred Wolf Foundation?
- Goldens Without Borders Inc is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sacred Wolf Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 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