Virginia · Nonprofit
THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA
THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,608,222 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($3,456,063). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What The Wildlife Foundation of Virginia does
Mission
The Wildlife Foundation of Virginia (wfv) is dedicated to conserving land, providing public access and outdoor recreation by strengthening the commitment of the commonwealth's sportsmen to the future of outdoor recreation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Support the mission of the va department of game and inland fisheries to further the parallel missions of outdoor recreation and wildlife conservation through: joint land acquisition projects; co-management of agency-directed programs including the state wildlife k9 team and the agency electronic store; national archery in the schools program; fishing education in the schools program; partnership on educational hunting, boating and conservation events; partnership on hunter retention and recruitment efforts, including wounded warriors outdoors programs; advocacy on behalf of the agency in regulatory and legislative matters; land acquisition project in accomack county.
$621,452 spentof which $173,135 as grants$411,656 earned by the program78% of program spendingManagement of fulfillment farms, a 2,000 acre tract of land to conserve and enhance wildlife habitat through robust timber management program aimed at providing small game habitat, including timber stand improvement cuts and wildlife burns; pre-season quail release to support state-wide efforts to engage quail hunters and provide public quail hunting oppportunities. Management efforts are directed towards providing no-fee public access to the farm for the purposes of hunting, hiking, fishing, birding, and wildlife watching, as well as providing handicapped accessible outdoor opportunities through the construction and maintenance of wheelchair accessible hunting blinds and open trails.
$163,492 spent21% of program spendingPromote wildlife conservation and enjoyment in the commonwealth of virginia through sponsored hunting and recreational activities and public education. Items include: sponsored youth and wounded warrior hunts on multiple properties throughout the year; participation in the following recreational and public education events: sponsorship of the southeastern fish and wildlife agencies' directors' meeting, sponsorship and paraticipation in the national land conservation rally in utah; appointment to the executive board of virginia forever.
$7,122 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $792,066.
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 2019 to 2020, from $9.3M to $5.0M (−47%).
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 5% · 2018 3% · 2019 13% · 2020 12% · 2021 6% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Jim Mcvey
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income fell $3.0M → $6k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA’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
THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
97% 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 WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 87% · 2020 100% · 2021 48% · 2022 93% · 2023 53% — 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
71% of THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 67% 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
THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Wfv Land Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Wfv Holdings LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA?
- THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,608,222 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($3,456,063). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $3,608,222 in grants to THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,456,063 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing