California · Nonprofit
Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary
Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,062,480 to it, the largest being MZURI WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($213,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $535k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $541k
What Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary does
Mission
To actively advance and promote environmental conservation and the sustainable use of indigenous resources in Southern Africa.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
This organization provided funds to Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust based in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe for the purposes of the rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife. In cases where wildlife have been injured or orphaned due to human interference, Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust will help animals recover through veterinary or other care methods. The wildlife rehabilitation center allows care for rescued animals until they can be released back into the wild.
$34,405 spentof which $34,405 as grants$15,000 earned by the program7% of program spendingThis organization provided funds to Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust based in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe for wildlife research. Research plays a key role in finding sustainable solutions for long term conservation as human population growth puts a strain on environmental resources and wildlife habitats. Research projects include monitoring lions and their contact with humans and their domestic animals and finding ways to control conflict, spatial movement of elephants to avoid human conflict, rhinoceros conservation, and vulture conservation.
$28,869 spentof which $28,869 as grants$25,000 earned by the program6% of program spendingThis organization provided funds to Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust based in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to assist in the operation of the wildlife disease and forensics laboratory. The laboratory tests for zoonotic diseases and their spread. The laboratory also works to disrupt the illegal wildlife trade and tests wildlife samples for case work for wildlife crimes.
$23,121 spentof which $23,121 as grants$2,500 earned by the program5% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 110,216, Grants and allocations 110,216, Revenue 24,425 This organization provided funds to Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust based in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to assist in community outreach. Outreach includes conservation education and veterinary care of domestic animals. Community Outreach has also worked to reduce illegal timber offtake, and to develop rural livelihoods and value chains while alleviating the human wildlife conflict. Program Service Expenses 263,648, Grants and allocations 263,648, Revenue 0 The organization provided funds to assist in general operating costs including laboratory and medical supplies, administration, repairs, and travel. Program Service Expenses 1,030, Grants and allocations 1,030, Revenue 0 The organization provided funds to counter wildlife crime, which integrates research, community involvement, and technology to tackle wildlife crime. Crimes include poaching, illegal trafficking, and other offenses that threaten the survival of endangered species and the health of ecosystems and wellbeing of local communities. Program Service Expenses 25,177, Grants and allocations 25,177, Revenue 18,020 The organization provided…
$400,071 spentof which $400,071 as grants$42,445 earned by the program82% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $486,466.
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 2018 to 2019, from $32k to $249k (+686%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% 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 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $20k → $171k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 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 Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
73% 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 Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 39% · 2019 66% · 2020 25% · 2021 56% · 2022 30% · 2023 30% — 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
50% of Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
51% of Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $294k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary has grown faster than half of the 3,954 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,954 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 12 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary: 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 Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary?
- Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,062,480 to it, the largest being MZURI WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($213,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,062,480 in grants to Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary?
- MZURI WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $213,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Wild Horizons Wildlife Orphanage and Sanctuary 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 17 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