California · Nonprofit
THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER
THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,031,129 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($320,010). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $9.7M
What The California Wildlife Center does
Mission
The California Wildlife Center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. As the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility, cwc strives to ensure that each animal received the highest level of rescue and medical care for release back to their wild, free-ranging state.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In fy 2025, cwc admitted 4,345 orphaned, injured, or ill wild animals. These animals were rescued by the staff, volunteers, and the public. Each animal was medically evaluated, and a plan of care was determined. Surgery and other medical procedures were performed as needed. Subsequently, patients were cared for at cwc's rehabilitation facilities until ready to be released back into the wild.
$1,452,669 spent$49,579 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,452,669.
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 2018 to 2019, from $4.6M to $6.5M (+43%).
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 4% · 2018 1% · 2019 49% · 2020 13% · 2021 9% · 2022 9% · 2023 26% · 2024 12% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% 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.
Chief executive
Jennifer Guess Eff91424
Executive director
Board chair
Aaron Frank Jd
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $142k → $212k.
9 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.8M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Pacific Animal Initiatives). These are real filings, and they are not money THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
42% 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 THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 26% · 2019 57% · 2020 25% · 2021 29% · 2022 41% · 2023 24% — 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
30% of THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
69% of THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $661k 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
THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $71k on record.
- Department of Commerce$71k
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.
Organizations like THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: 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 THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER?
- THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,031,129 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($320,010). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $2,031,129 in grants to THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $320,010 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 71 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