South Carolina · Nonprofit
SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC
SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $358,750 to it, the largest being HENRY & SYLVIA YASCHIK FOUNDATION INC ($270,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $359k
- Net assets
- $5.9M
What Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Inc does
Mission
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, our mission is to...1) showcase the nation's finest wildlife art2) create awareness for the conservation of wildlife and the environment3) positively influence wildlife and nature education4) impact the local and statewide economies through increased tourismthe culmination of our work happens every february in charleston, south carolina. The largest event of its kind in the u.s., sewe promises attendees unforgettable experiences as we gather to share our collective love for wildlife and nature and recognize our role in protecting them for future generations.our mission to preserve the wild inspires everything we do at sewe. It is the foundation of our event, the integrity of our conservation promise and the creativity behind our wildlife art.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Our story - since the inaugural sewe was held in february 1983, we have become an important and highly-anticipated event in charleston, kicking off the city's tourism season and becoming synonymous with presidents' day weekend celebrations. The original show hosted 100 artist and exhibitors and 5,000 attendees. Now sewe welcomes approximately 500 artists, exhibitors and wildlife experts and 40,000 attendees annually, generating an estimated $33 million in economic impact every year.we are proud of the legacy we have built in our community and the conservation world, and we are thankful to those who make sewe a tradition every february.while we continue to grow, evolve our vision and diversify our show to entertain our loyal attendees, one thing has not changed -- we have and always will remain a celebration of wildlife art and the sporting lifestyle.sewe is as important today as it has ever been. Our organization's multifaceted mission is imperative on many fronts. Each event brings us closer to reaching the goals we set when sewe was founded in 1983 -- to make positive contributions, through entertainment, to the genre of wildlife art, conservation, education and the local,…
$3,372,466 spent$3,154,439 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,372,466.
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 2024 to 2025, from $4.9M to $6.1M (+24%).
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: 2017 8% · 2018 8% · 2019 14% · 2022 20% · 2023 16% · 2024 18% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $31k → $35k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION 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
SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 70% · 2022 70% · 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 22% 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
81% of SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION 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 SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC?
- SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $358,750 to it, the largest being HENRY & SYLVIA YASCHIK FOUNDATION INC ($270,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $358,750 in grants to SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC?
- HENRY & SYLVIA YASCHIK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $270,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 9 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