California · Nonprofit
SAFE WORLDWIDE INC
SAFE WORLDWIDE INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $312,020 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($265,640). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $368k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $312k
- Net assets
- $63k
What Safe Worldwide Inc does
Mission
Addressing root causes of endangered species decline and habitat loss through education, strategic partnerships and innovative community-driven solutions.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Wildlife Conservation Partnerships & Species Recovery Program Description SAFE Worldwide's Wildlife Conservation Partnerships & Species Recovery Program provides financial and technical support to frontline wildlife conservation organizations working to protect endangered species and preserve biodiversity throughout the world. Through strategic grants and long-term partnerships, SAFE Worldwide strengthens the capacity of local conservation organizations to implement science-based conservation initiatives that address the primary threats facing wildlife, including habitat loss, illegal wildlife trafficking, poaching, human-wildlife conflict, emerging diseases, and environmental degradation. Grant funding supports a broad range of conservation activities, including wildlife rescue and rehabilitation; veterinary care; endangered species recovery; anti-poaching initiatives; wildlife crime investigations; snare removal; habitat restoration; wildlife release and post-release monitoring; conservation research; ranger support; and wildlife health programs. SAFE Worldwide also provides funding for critical conservation infrastructure, including veterinary clinics, animal rehabilitation…
$325,324 spentof which $319,308 as grants92% of program spendingConservation Education Programs Description SAFE Worldwide's Conservation Education Programs inspire and educate children, students, educators, and communities about wildlife conservation while encouraging future careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), wildlife biology, ecology, veterinary medicine, and environmental stewardship. The program is founded on the belief that long-term conservation success depends upon educating and empowering future generations to become informed advocates and leaders for wildlife and the environment. Throughout the year, SAFE Worldwide provides educational presentations and outreach programs for public and private schools, community organizations, and youth groups, sharing firsthand experiences from wildlife conservation projects around the world. Educational programs introduce participants to endangered species, biodiversity, ecosystem conservation, wildlife trafficking, habitat protection, and innovative conservation solutions through engaging presentations, photographs, videos, and interactive discussions. The program also includes SAFE Worldwide's educational book series, which uses age-appropriate storytelling to teach…
$9,498 spentof which $5,750 as grants3% of program spendingCommunity Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods Program Description SAFE Worldwide's Community Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods Program recognizes that successful wildlife conservation depends upon healthy, informed, and economically resilient communities living alongside protected wildlife habitats. The program supports community-based conservation initiatives that improve education, strengthen local livelihoods, and reduce the economic pressures that often contribute to habitat destruction, illegal hunting, and wildlife trafficking. Grant funding supports projects that improve educational opportunities, develop sustainable income-generating activities, strengthen conservation awareness, and provide community resources that benefit both people and wildlife. During the fiscal year, SAFE Worldwide supported the construction of community conservation facilities, improvements to local schools, educational resources for students, women's economic empowerment initiatives, sustainable beekeeping projects, ranger recognition programs, and other community-based conservation efforts designed to promote long-term stewardship of natural resources. Many of these initiatives are…
$18,500 spentof which $18,500 as grants5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $353,322.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $38k to $72k (+89%).
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 SAFE WORLDWIDE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 2 of the last 7 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
Linda Lanzl
Chairperson of the Board
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $38k → $76k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 SAFE WORLDWIDE INC’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
SAFE WORLDWIDE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 SAFE WORLDWIDE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 70% · 2021 100% · 2022 75% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
91% of SAFE WORLDWIDE INC'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 $30k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $283k 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
SAFE WORLDWIDE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 128 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 128 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like SAFE WORLDWIDE INC
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
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 SAFE WORLDWIDE INC: 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 SAFE WORLDWIDE INC?
- SAFE WORLDWIDE INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $312,020 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($265,640). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAFE WORLDWIDE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $312,020 in grants to SAFE WORLDWIDE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAFE WORLDWIDE INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $265,640 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAFE WORLDWIDE INC 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing