California · Nonprofit
WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,263 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($120,133). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $-26646
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $121k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Wildlife Research Institute does
Mission
Wri is a non-profit organization based in san diego county dedicated to the preservation of wildlife through research, education, advocacy, cooperative work with governmental agencies, and land trust management
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Hawk watch:these events help the citizens and families of the southern california region understand the importance of conserving the remaining grasslands in california. Further, it helps instruct the citizens about the importance of hawks and owls in this ecosystem.poison free san diego campaign: wri continued this initiative that has expanded to providing wildlife-safe alternative pest control solutions as a products vendor. The goal of this program is toeducate the public, agricultural facilities such as vineyards, ranches and county agencies of the importance to adopt a poison free resolution.
$43,158 spent100% of program spendingGolden eagle survey project - 2022 was wri's 34th year of eagle survey and monitoring. Initial implementation of drone monitoring.our mission statement:1 - to document past and present golden eagle nests and their territories,2 - to document past and present golden eagle foraging areas which are critical areas for the success of current and future pairs of eagles.3 - to monitor and document the long-term dynamics of golden eagle nestin territories including natural threats, threats from human disturbance and change over time.4 - to monitor and document the pairs, their life history and any other data which may help evaluate the future success of the species in san diego county
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $43,158.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.2M to $1.1M (−7%).
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.
-207% of WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $11k → $14k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 RESEARCH INSTITUTE’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 RESEARCH INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 97% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“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 RESEARCH INSTITUTE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $121k 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.
Against its field
WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE's revenue fell 119% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,996 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: 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 RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,263 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($120,133). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $121,263 in grants to WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE?
- THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $120,133 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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