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WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION

WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,745 to it, the largest being ROLLIN M GERSTACKER FOUNDATION ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$86k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$76k
Net assets
$90k
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 56%
01What it does

What Wildlife Recovery Association does

Mission

The Wildlife Recovery Association provides educational programs on raptors in Michigan, cares for injured and orphaned raptors.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. The Wildlife Recovery Association provides educational programs. The WRA also treated and rehabilitated many raptors in 2025.

    $72,407 spent
    91% of program spending
  2. Protection of important wetlands off of Coleman Rd. in Midland county.

    $7,547 spent
    9% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $79,954.

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 ($140k) Expenses 100 ($77k) Net assets 100 ($127k)2018 Revenue 95 ($133k) Expenses 188 ($145k) Net assets 90 ($115k)2019 Revenue 87 ($122k) Expenses 181 ($140k) Net assets 75 ($96k)2020 Revenue 61 ($86k) Expenses 164 ($127k) Net assets 42 ($53k)2021 Revenue 58 ($80k) Expenses 109 ($84k) Net assets 39 ($49k)2022 Revenue 71 ($99k) Expenses 122 ($94k) Net assets 42 ($54k)2023 Revenue 59 ($82k) Expenses 126 ($98k) Net assets 30 ($38k)2024 Revenue 83 ($115k) Expenses 91 ($70k) Net assets 66 ($84k)2025 Revenue 62 ($86k) Expenses 103 ($80k) Net assets 71 ($90k)
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Revenue (62)Expenses (103)Net assets (71)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 2023 to 2024, from $38k to $84k (+118%).

$127k
$115k
$96k
$53k
$49k
$54k
$38k
$84k
$90k
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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
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

89% of WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,580 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$62k
’17
−$13k
’18
−$19k
’19
−$41k
’20
−$4k
’21
$5k
’22
−$15k
’23
$45k
’24
$6k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $55k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION’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

WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

79%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 96% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 91% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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

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Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,315 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,315 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

55%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION: 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 WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION?
WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,745 to it, the largest being ROLLIN M GERSTACKER FOUNDATION ($60,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $75,745 in grants to WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION?
ROLLIN M GERSTACKER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 5 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