New York · Nonprofit
WILD BIRD FUND INC
WILD BIRD FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,036,537 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($827,898). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 121
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $248k
What Wild Bird Fund Inc does
Mission
Wild bird fund is a 501(c)(3) organization that cares for the injured, ill and orphaned wild life of new york city. Our mission is to provide veterinary care and rehabilitation to native and migrant wildlife and to educate new yorkers about the rich diversity and environmental needs of the city's wildlife.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025 wild bird fund treated a record 13,190 birds and other wildlife. We provide veterinary and rehabilitative care during hospitalization until the wildlife patient recovers from their injuries or illness. In the case of displaced or orphaned babies we raise the animal to adulthood, providing species-specifc nutrition and environmental enrichment. Care is provided seven days a week, 365 days a year. Our dedicated team of veterinarians, wildlife rehabilitators, animal care managers and trained volunteers evaluates each patient every day through its stay conducting: x-rays, diagnostic tests, surgery, splinting, wound care, antibiotics, pain relief and physical therapy. We also test and treat for parasites and lead or rodenticide poisoning and test for hpai, "bird flu." when the wiildlife patient is fully recovered they are released back to the wild or sent to other wildlife facilities for further care and re-conditioning in outdoor flight cages.
$1,736,380 spent$33,074 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,736,380.
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 2022 to 2023, from $533k to $2.7M (+407%).
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: 2021 10% · 2022 10% · 2023 6% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of WILD BIRD FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 broadened from 25 funders to 50 funders, grant income rose $202k → $516k.
19 of 121 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 WILD BIRD FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 121 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
WILD BIRD FUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
52% 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 WILD BIRD FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 12% · 2018 23% · 2019 16% · 2020 47% · 2021 22% · 2022 22% · 2023 23% — growing more concentrated.
“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
54% of WILD BIRD FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
59% of WILD BIRD FUND INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
WILD BIRD FUND INC's funding base is broadening — from 25 funders to 50 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WILD BIRD FUND 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 New York
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WILD BIRD FUND INC?
- WILD BIRD FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,036,537 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($827,898). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILD BIRD FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 121 organizations giving $4,036,537 in grants to WILD BIRD FUND INC, 73 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILD BIRD FUND INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $827,898 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILD BIRD FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 121 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