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Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc

Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc (New Mexico) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $392,995 to it, the largest being CARROLL PETRIE FOUNDATION ($160,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$710k
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$393k
Net assets
$543k
13/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc does

Mission

Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing displaced, unwanted, and non-releasable captive-bred wolves, wolfdogs, and other wild canid species.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Program

  1. Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary's 2023 program activites were:1. Purchase of an ATV / UTV2. Began development of a new Employee Handbook3. Submitted a grant application for $250,000 for infrastructure4. Road into the sanctuary was paved after Brittanys visit to the House of Representatives in Santa Fe5. 14 rescued animals from Arizona, Minnesota, Oregon and Pennsylvania6. Septic tank at cabin repaired7. Fundraising Committee formed to expand opportunities and diversify support8.Eight acres donated to sanctuary9. Season booth at Albuquerque Isotopes home games10. Work done to electrical system, drainage work including culverts and gravel11. Created first organizational budget for 202412. Four employees were certified for Euthanasia Technician Training & Certification13. Second half of the campground tent loop concrete laid14. $6,000 Bonner Family Foundation Grant15. $35,000 Carroll Petrie Foundation 16. Established time clock policy and procedures with Clockify platform17. 290 intake requests18. Reintroduced Educational Encounters with Twilight Tours

    $718,978 spent$20,052 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $718,978.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($465k) Expenses 100 ($495k) Net assets 100 ($864k)2018 Revenue 129 ($601k) Expenses 113 ($560k) Net assets 105 ($908k)2019 Revenue 130 ($605k) Expenses 115 ($568k) Net assets 110 ($950k)2020 Revenue 97 ($453k) Expenses 126 ($621k) Net assets 98 ($846k)2021 Revenue 111 ($517k) Expenses 105 ($520k) Net assets 98 ($843k)2022 Revenue 147 ($683k) Expenses 163 ($808k) Net assets 83 ($718k)2023 Revenue 153 ($710k) Expenses 179 ($885k) Net assets 63 ($543k)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (153)Expenses (179)Net assets (63)Peer revenue range

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 $1.4M to $1.1M (−22%).

$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$893k
$688k
2017201820192020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$30k
’17
$41k
’18
$37k
’19
−$168k
’20
−$3k
’21
−$126k
’22
−$175k
’23
2.3
months of
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.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed4454568
Joined·+0+3+3+1+1+4
No longer listed·024002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $13k → $58k.

5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc’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

Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

35% 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 Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc.

41%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 57% · 2019 48% · 2020 61% · 2021 58% · 2022 44% · 2023 60% — 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

53% of Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

63% of Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc's grant income comes from New Mexico funders.

NY
MA
CA
MD
DE
NM
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
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’20
’21
’22
’23
New Mexico out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−25% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,280 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023

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In New Mexico

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 14%Fundraising 5%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NM

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Questions and answers

Who funds Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc?
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc (New Mexico) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $392,995 to it, the largest being CARROLL PETRIE FOUNDATION ($160,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $392,995 in grants to Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc?
CARROLL PETRIE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 18 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