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SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC

SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC (Florida) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,763,102 to it, the largest being Humane World for Animals Inc ($11,157,331). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.6M
Funders on record
72
Grants received
$17M
Net assets
$5.9M
43/72 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 90%
01What it does

What South Florida Wildlife Center Inc does

Mission

The south florida wildlife centers mission is protecting wildlife through rescue, rehabilitation, release, and education. The sfwc has been the trusted resource for wildlife in the tri-county region of miami-dade, broward, and palm beach, 365 days a year since 1969.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. In 2025, south florida wildlife center provided direct care to more than 7,700 birds, mammals and reptiles from 240 different species, solidifying our position as the highest-volume wildlife trauma hospital and rehabilitation center in florida. Throughout the year, sfwcs dedicated staff and volunteers responded to more than 100,000 calls for assistance. Our team of wildlife rehabilitators, clinical staff, animal care specialists, and rescue experts remain committed to delivering lifesaving veterinary and rehabilitative care while advancing sfwcs mission to rescue, rehabilitate, release, and educate.

    $2,465,189 spent$36,340 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,465,189.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.7M) Expenses 100 ($3.7M) Net assets 100 ($273k)2018 Revenue 169 ($6.3M) Expenses 98 ($3.6M) Net assets 1081 ($3.0M)2019 Revenue 133 ($5.0M) Expenses 208 ($7.7M) Net assets 71 ($194k)2020 Revenue 206 ($7.7M) Expenses 60 ($2.2M) Net assets 2172 ($5.9M)2021 Revenue 64 ($2.4M) Expenses 56 ($2.1M) Net assets 2335 ($6.4M)2022 Revenue 54 ($2.0M) Expenses 67 ($2.5M) Net assets 1862 ($5.1M)2023 Revenue 68 ($2.5M) Expenses 78 ($2.9M) Net assets 1921 ($5.2M)2024 Revenue 94 ($3.5M) Expenses 76 ($2.8M) Net assets 2137 ($5.8M)2025 Revenue 70 ($2.6M) Expenses 80 ($3.0M) Net assets 2146 ($5.9M)
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Revenue (70)Expenses (80)Net assets (2146)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $381k to $6.0M (+1470%).

$449k
$3.2M
$381k
$6.0M
$6.5M
$5.3M
$5.4M
$6.0M
$6.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

93% of SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,665 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’17
$2.7M
’18
−$2.8M
’19
$5.5M
’20
$290k
’21
−$478k
’22
−$363k
’23
$680k
’24
−$357k
’25
4.6
months of
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

Jeffrey J Arciniaco

President & chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed577779
Joined·+3+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·10000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 36 funders, grant income fell $1.9M → $824k.

9 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 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

SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

70% 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 SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC.

67%
largest funder
82%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 45% · 2019 90% · 2020 92% · 2021 44% · 2022 42% · 2023 30% — 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

44% of SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 20 states in all.

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MO
VA
DE
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $569k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC is better cushioned than half of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $368k on record.

Federal$368k
grants $0contracts $368k
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18
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$368k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 9%Fundraising 8%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

CA
FL

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC?
SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC (Florida) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,763,102 to it, the largest being Humane World for Animals Inc ($11,157,331). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $16,763,102 in grants to SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC?
Humane World for Animals Inc is the largest funder on record, with $11,157,331 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 72 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