Maryland · Nonprofit
SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC
SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,747,086 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($840,275). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $7.9M
What Second Chance Wildlife Center Inc does
Mission
Provide injured, ill, and orphaned wild animals with compassionate rehabilitative care, release them back to nature, and educate the public on the importance of these animals and how to help and co-exist with them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Veterinary care and rehabilitation: since its founding in 1995, scwc has provided care and rehabilitation to ill, injured, and orphaned wildlife, especially those that have been negatively affected by human activities, with the goal of returning them to the wild. Scwc is licensed to operate under permits issued by the us fish & wildlife service and the maryland department of natural resources. Scwc's operations were transferred from the prior facility in gaithersburg, md to its newly constructed, larger facility in clarksburg, md in december 2025. In 2025, scwc admitted 2,568 wildlife patients representing 138 different species. (continued on schuedle o)
$797,726 spent100% of program spendingEducating the public: works to educate the public about the importance of wildlife and how to live in closer harmony with nature. Scwc staff responded to over 8,000 telephone calls and emails from the public to answer questions about how properly to respond to encountered wildlife. Scwc's newsletter, brochures, staff presentations to residents and groups, videos, social media messaging, and personal interactions at its wildlife rehabilitation facility provide education and expert advice about wildlife care and the preservation of maryland's wildlife resources. Scwc's year- round internship program provides hands-on training and mentorship to college students considering careers in wildlife care, wildlife biology, veterinary care, and more.
A source of wildlife information and expertise for government & professional organizations: functions as a wildlife referral and informational resource to local residents, state and federal agencies, other local agencies, organizations, businesses, students, and educators. Scwc's president provides guidance to governmental authorities as the wildlife rehabilitation representative to the montgomery county animal services advisory committee. New montgomery county animal services call center operators frequently train with scwc's telephone hotline staff as part of their onboarding process. Scwc senior staff are members of the national wildlife rehabilitators association and the maryland wildlife rehabilitators association. (continued on schedule o)
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $797,726.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.4M to $5.6M (+133%).
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% · 2022 11% · 2023 9% · 2024 4% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Kenneth Button
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $75k → $109k.
11 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 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
SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% 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
68% 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 SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 50% · 2019 42% · 2020 22% · 2021 27% · 2022 23% · 2023 25% — 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
60% of SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
56% of SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER 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 $775k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 14 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $972k 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
SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC?
- SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,747,086 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($840,275). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $1,747,086 in grants to SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $840,275 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 40 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