Wyoming · Nonprofit
THE WYLDLIFE FUND
THE WYLDLIFE FUND (Wyoming) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,222,451 to it, the largest being The Knobloch Family Foundation ($903,849). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What The Wyldlife Fund does
Mission
To unite people to advance wyoming wildlife habitat, research, and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wildlife and roadways initiative: supporting the wyoming game and fish department and the wyoming department of transportation to reduce the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions across wyoming. By investing in statewide priority wildlife overpasses, underpasses, and exclusionary fencing, we aim to enhance safety for both drivers and wildlife, ensuring a smoother journey for all.
$910,706 spentof which $910,706 as grants37% of program spendingHabitat enhancements: investing in on-the-ground projects that strengthen vital habitats and migration corridors for wyoming's wildlife. Efforts include combating invasive annual grasses, installing wildlife-friendly fencing, restoring streambeds, enhancing wetlands, and implementing other practical measures that promote wildlife health and improve habitat connectivity.
$1,069,851 spentof which $1,069,851 as grants44% of program spendingWestern conservation leadership development program: a dynamic program which builds leadership capacity for a diversity of partners to implement landscape conservation for the future. In 2020, the program was established after it was recognized that national and otherleadership programs were not able to meet the growing demand for conservation training.
$376,942 spentof which $91,500 as grants$363,652 earned by the program15% of program spendingInspire a kid: to educate and inspire the next generation of outdoor conservationists and leaders. Supporting a wide range of programs, including the inspire a kid camps hosted by The Wyldlife Fund and the maury brown kids fishing day. Additionally, supporting inspire a kid initiatives through the wyoming game and fish department to help achieve this critical goal.
$93,113 spentof which $31,711 as grants$151,345 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,450,612.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $3.2M to $5.7M (+82%).
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: 2020 48% · 2021 41% · 2022 13% · 2023 2% · 2024 6% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of THE WYLDLIFE FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Mark Wilson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 15 funders, grant income rose $20k → $929k.
8 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 WYLDLIFE FUND’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 WYLDLIFE FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
30% 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 WYLDLIFE FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 86% · 2022 59% · 2023 27% — 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
67% of THE WYLDLIFE FUND's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 59% 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 WYLDLIFE FUND draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Wyoming, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $421k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 WYLDLIFE FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE WYLDLIFE FUND receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $137k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$75k
- Department of the Interior$62k
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 WYLDLIFE FUND
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 Wyoming
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE WYLDLIFE FUND: 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 WYLDLIFE FUND?
- THE WYLDLIFE FUND (Wyoming) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,222,451 to it, the largest being The Knobloch Family Foundation ($903,849). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WYLDLIFE FUND have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $4,222,451 in grants to THE WYLDLIFE FUND, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WYLDLIFE FUND?
- The Knobloch Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $903,849 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WYLDLIFE FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wyoming. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 22 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