2025-06-13T07:18:40-04:00 2023-12-31 320394930 STROEMER & COMPANY 14030 METROPOLIS AVE STE 200 FORT MYERS FL 33912 990 2023-01-01 237271040 CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC CLIN 2394723644 PO BOX 150 SANIBEL FL 33957 ALISON CHARNEY HUSSEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2394723644 2024-05-15 true MARC WHITFIELD CPA P00125986 2394331002 2025-06-12 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ALISON CHARNEY HUSSEY PO BOX 150 SANIBEL FL 33957 3338996 false X WWW.CROWCLINIC.ORG X 1972 FL THE CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL AND VISITOR CENTER DEDICATED TO THE SAVING OF WILDLIFE THROUGH STATE-OF-THE-ART VETERINARY CARE, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CONSERVATION MEDICINE. 15 15 35 100 0 4021661 2660953 145470 5980 -15676 217567 64462 301064 4215917 3185564 0 0 1299149 1140848 0 156077 904280 1008395 2203429 2149243 2012488 1036321 9895916 11212821 138504 79353 9757412 11133468 X THE CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL AND VISITOR CENTER DEDICATED TO THE SAVING OF WILDLIFE THROUGH STATE-OF-THE-ART VETERINARY CARE, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CONSERVATION MEDICINE. false false 1657466 THE CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE (CROW) IS LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA'S ONLY WILDLIFE HOSPITAL. OPEN 365 DAYS A YEAR, WE RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND RELEASE INJURED, ORPHANED AND ILL NATIVE AND MIGRATORY WILDLIFE. IN 2023, CROW ADMITTED FEWER PATIENTS THAN IN YEARS PAST DUE TO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE IAN. OF OUR 4598 PATIENTS. 52% BIRDS, 41% MAMMALS, AND A COMBINED 7% WERE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. AMONG THE 200 SPECIES SEEN, MANY ARE FEDERALLY AND/OR STATE LISTED AS THREATENED OR ENDANGERED INCLUDING WOOD STORKS, BURROWING OWLS, EASTERN INDIGO SNAKES, GOPHER TORTOISES, AND SEA TURTLES (LOGGERHEAD, KEMP'S-RIDLEY AND GREEN). CROW IS THE ONLY LICENSED SEA TURTLE REHABILITATION SITE BETWEEN SARASOTA AND THE KEYS. OF THOSE PATIENTS THAT SURVIVED THE FIRST 24 HOURS, 66% WERE REHABILITATED AND RELEASED. CROW'S STATE-OF-THE-ART HOSPITAL PROVIDES CRITICAL MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND ONGOING REHABILITATIVE CARE. DEDICATED HOSPITAL AREAS ARE INTAKE/EXAMINATION, RADIOLOGY, SURGERY, MULTIPLE NEONATE (BABY) ROOMS, ISOLATION, REPTILE, OXYGENATION, AND INTENSIVE CARE WHICH CAN HOUSE SEVERAL HUNDRED PATIENTS AT A TIME. THE HOSPITAL ALSO HOUSES A LAUNDRY FACILITY THAT OPERATES ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, WASHING TOWELS USED IN ICU CAGES AND INCUBATORS. THE CROW HOSPITAL CAMPUS INCLUDES 18 OUTDOOR REHABILITATION ENCLOSURES. ALL BUT 5 WERE SEVERLY DAMAGED BY HURRICANE IAN. MOST ARE SPECIES-SPECIFIC AND ALL MEET, OR EXCEED, FEDERAL AND STATE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF SIZE AND MATERIALS INCLUDING FURNITURE, HABITAT, RECIRCULATING POOLS, AND FLOORING FOR SPECIES SAFETY. THESE SPACES ARE CRITICAL TO THE CONDITIONING OF HEALING BONES, MUSCLES AND MORE. HERE ANIMALS LEARN/PRACTICE SURVIVAL SKILLS PREPARING THEM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD. OUR STUDENT PROGRAM TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF WILDLIFE PROFESSIONALS. IN 2022, WE HOSTED 23 STUDENTS FROM 36 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BEFORE WE WERE FORCED TO PAUSE THE PROGRAM DUE TO HURRICANE IAN. POPULAR PROGRAMS - GOLD CERTIFIED BY THE FLORIDA SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL ECOTOURISM - INCLUDE WILDLIFE WALKS, DAILY PRESENTATIONS, SPEAKERS SERIES, LUNCH AND LEARNS, AND CUSTOM PROGRAMS. CROW COLLECTS DIAGNOSTIC SAMPLES DURING THE NORMAL COURSE OF CARE TO TAILOR TREATMENT PROTOCOLS TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PATIENT. THESE SAMPLES ALSO CONTRIBUTE NEW FINDINGS FOR CAUSES AND CURES WITH BROADER CONSERVATION IMPACTS EVERYWHERE. MOST RECENTLY WE PUBLISHED THE RESULTS OF A RED-TIDE TREATMENT FOR AFFECTED SEA AND SHORE LIFE. THIS THERAPY SAVED NEARLY THREE TIMES AS MANY LIVES AS PRIOR PROTOCOLS. CROW ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIRST TEXTBOOK COVER NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE MEDICINE ON A BROAD SCALE. THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR VETERINARIANS, REHABILITATORS, WILDLIFE HEALTH OFFICIALS, POLICY MAKERS, WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS AND STUDENTS WITH AN INTEREST IN WILDLIFE HEALTH. CROW'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WAS REINSTATED AND OVER 10,000 HOURS WERE DEVOTED BY VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR TO RESCUE WILDLIFE, FEED ORPHANS, CLEAN ENLOSURES, PREPARE PATIENT FOOD, TRANSPORT RESCUES, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, GREET GUESTS IN THE AWC VISTOR EDUCATION CENTER, STAFF OUR EVENTS, AND FACILITY THAT OPERATES ALL DAY, EVERY DAT, WASHING TOWELS USED IN ICU CAGES AND INCUBATORS. 1657466 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false true false false true false false false false false false false false true 6 0 35 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false true true false true true false false false true true true true true true true false X ALISON CHARNEY HUSSEY 2394723644 PO BOX 150 SANIBEL FL 33957 ALISON CHARNEY HUSSEY EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 165000 0 6514 CHRISTINE ATTARDO DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 PAUL BEN-SUSAN PRESIDENT 0.50 X X 0 0 0 LYNNE BIRDT SECRETARY 0.50 X X 0 0 0 HOLLY BOLDRIN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 KAREN BUCK DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 EDGAR L BURTON DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 CYNTHIA M HAWKINS CPA TREASURER 0.50 X X 0 0 0 RON CLAYTON DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 DAVE NICHOLS DVM VICE PRESIDE 0.50 X X 0 0 0 ANTHONY FARHAT DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 DARRIN GROTRIAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 CATHIE LEWIS DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 PHAIDRA MCDERMOTT DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 DAN MURPHY V. PRESIDENT 0.50 X X 0 0 0 FRED WEINMAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 165000 6514 1 false true false 255245 121166 2284542 70538 2660953 EDUCATION OUTREACH 712190 5980 5980 5980 167766 167766 103308 26820 26687 76488 -26687 49801 -26687 76488 59524 121166 78585 -19061 -19061 66792 21340 45452 45452 INSURANCE CLAIM 274609 274609 SALES TAX DISCOUNT 64 64 274673 3185564 299418 225193 165000 125400 19800 19800 764489 581011 91739 91739 3031 1442 1529 60 136411 103673 16369 16369 71917 54657 8630 8630 50320 50320 120242 110138 7424 2680 84749 40940 40955 2854 1594 669 925 366878 360867 6011 17718 7442 10276 138456 124751 13705 66559 31924 33234 1401 CLINIC OPERATIONS 97470 75052 12671 9747 IN KIND EQUIP, SUPP, FOOD 27970 21537 3636 2797 DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES 18081 4159 13922 STUDENT PROGRAM 9062 8971 91 9296 4833 4463 2149243 1657466 335700 156077 3530861 3012164 107858 107992 34419 34419 22759 60397 5158961 2004718 2933968 3154243 3266051 4843606 9895916 11212821 138504 79353 138504 79353 X 8667107 10312726 1090305 820742 9757412 11133468 9895916 11212821 X 1036321 339735 X false true X true false X 1909625 2203245 3090601 3831694 2660953 13696118 1909625 2203245 3090601 3831694 2660953 13696118 1519699 12176419 63818 52606 56793 85619 167766 426602 14122720 1279538 0.86220 0.85710 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 578578 107 91775 5373 665087 676581 500 -84211 5759 8533 578578 601838 60 109660 5665 20000 9312 676581 565486 50133 5754 8028 601838 482768 96379 5727 7933 565486 0.25150 0.74850 true false 35754 35754 2001608 857224 1144384 589851 240297 349554 315283 259926 55357 2216465 647271 1569194 3154243 X 3547258 339735 619 21340 361694 3185564 3185564 2171202 619 21340 21959 2149243 2149243 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 THE PURPOSE OF THE ENDOWMENT FUND IS TO PROVIDE PERMANENT FUNDING FOR THE MISSION OF CROW. THE ASSETS SHALL BE MANAGED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO FACILITATE CROW'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS OUTLINED BY BOARD POLICY. THE PRINCIPAL IS PERMANENT AND IRREVOCABLE, THUS IT SHALL NOT BE SPENT EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A CATASTROPHIC EVENT AND BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE BOARD. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE ORGANIZATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT FLORIDA CORPORATION AND THEREFORE IS NOT SUBJECT TO STATE INCOME TAXES. THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE PROVIDES FOR TAXATION OF UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ORGANIZATION REPORTS NO UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME; HOWEVER, SUCH STATUS IS SUBJECT TO FINAL DETERMINATION UPON EXAMINATION OF THE RELATED TAX RETURNS BY THE APPROPRIATE TAXING AUTHORITIES. THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX FILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY VARIOUS TAXING AUTHORITIES. CERTAIN INCOME TAX RETURNS FILED BY THE ORGANIZATION REMAIN OPEN TO EXAMINATION BY THESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS ASC TOPIC, "INCOME TAXES" IN ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS EVALUATED ITS TAX POSITIONS AND ANY ESTIMATES UTILIZED IN ITS TAX RETURNS, AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS TAKEN NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS GUIDENCE. INTEREST AND PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN INCOME TAX EXPENSE, IF REQUIRED. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2D COGS 21,340 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D COGS 21,340 WILD ABOUT CROW 180690 121166 59524 3000 24563 3623 47399 180690 121166 59524 3000 24563 3623 47399 78585 -19061 false false false false false false false false false ALISON CHARNEY HUSSEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 165000 6514 171514 PRIORITY MARKETING 12140 CARISSA COMMERCE CT 201 DIRECTOR 3999 MARKETING false X 2 26083 X EQUIP,SUP,FOOD 87 27970 FMV X AUCTION ITEMS 47 16485 FMV false false false FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 DAILY PATIENT CARE. OUR GULLS, PELICANS, OSPREY, OPOSSUMS, SQUIRRELS, SONGBIRDS AND OTHER PATIENTS ALL HAVE CAGES, LAUNDRY AND DISHES THAT MUST BE CLEANED. VOLUNTEERS ALSO ASSIST WITH GRAZING GOPHER TORTOISES AND FROM EARLY SPRING TO FALL, WITH FEEDING AN ABUNDANCE OF ORPHANED BABIES. FOOD AND DIETARY DUTIES. AFTER ASSISTING WITH CAGE CLEANING RESPONSIBILITIES, SOME VOLUNTEERS TRAIN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOOD PREPARATION PROCESS FOR CROW PATIENTS. PATIENT TRANSPORTATION. EVERY DAY, LOCAL CITIZENS TAKE INJURED PATIENTS TO GREATER LEE COUNTY VETERINARY HOSPITALS THAT SERVE AS CROW DROP-OFF LOCATIONS. VOLUNTEER DRIVERS USE THEIR OWN VEHICLES TO PICK UP THESE ANIMALS AND TRANSPORT THEM TO CROW. PATIENT RESCUE. INDIVIDUALS TRAINED BY CROW STAFF AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESCUE AND BRING IN SELECT SICK, INJURED AND ORPHANED BIRDS, MAMMALS AND REPTILES. PATIENT RELEASE. INDIVIDUALS TRAINED BY CROW STAFF AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST IN THE RELEASE BACK TO THE WILD SELECTED BIRDS, MAMMALS AND REPTILES. ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES. VOLUNTEERS ASSIST CROW STAFF WITH GENERAL ADMINISTRATION WORK SUCH AS ANSWERING PHONES, FILING, INPUTTING DATA AND OTHER OPERATIONAL NEEDS. FUNDRAISING EVENTS. CROW HOSTS A VARIETY OF FUNDRAISING EVENTS EACH YEAR, AND VOLUNTEERS HELP WITH EVENT PLANNING, FOLDING AND STUFFING INVITATIONS, TICKET SALES, BOOTH STAFFING, DIRECTING PARKING AND MORE. PROGRAMS/EDUCATION. EXPERIENCED VOLUNTEERS WHO COMPLETE A SPECIAL TRAINING COURSE ARE ELIGIBLE TO LEAD VISITOR OUTREACH HERE ON THE CROW GROUNDS AND PROMOTE THE ORGANIZATION AT AREA SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS AND SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. CROWBAR REPAIR TEAM. CROWBAR VOLUNTEERS COMPLETE GENERAL FACILITIES MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, SUCH AS PAINTING, ELECTRICAL WIRING, PLUMBING, CAGE MAINTENANCE AND CARPENTRY. GROUNDS MAINTENANCE. VOLUNTEERS KEEP CROW'S 12.5 ACRES OF GROUNDS TIDY BY TRIMMING TREES, MOWING LAWNS, WEEDING GARDENS AND COMPLETING LANDSCAPING PROJECTS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THE CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE (CROW) IS LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA'S ONLY WILDLIFE HOSPITAL. OPEN 365 DAYS A YEAR, WE RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND RELEASE INJURED, ORPHANED AND ILL NATIVE AND MIGRATORY WILDLIFE. IN 2023, CROW ADMITTED FEWER PATIENTS THAN IN YEARS PAST DUE TO RECOVERY FROM HURRICANE IAN. OF OUR 4598 PATIENTS. 52% BIRDS, 41% MAMMALS, AND A COMBINED 7% WERE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. AMONG THE 200 SPECIES SEEN, MANY ARE FEDERALLY AND/OR STATE LISTED AS THREATENED OR ENDANGERED INCLUDING WOOD STORKS, BURROWING OWLS, EASTERN INDIGO SNAKES, GOPHER TORTOISES, AND SEA TURTLES (LOGGERHEAD, KEMP'S-RIDLEY AND GREEN). CROW IS THE ONLY LICENSED SEA TURTLE REHABILITATION SITE BETWEEN SARASOTA AND THE KEYS. OF THOSE PATIENTS THAT SURVIVED THE FIRST 24 HOURS, 66% WERE REHABILITATED AND RELEASED. CROW'S STATE-OF-THE-ART HOSPITAL PROVIDES CRITICAL MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND ONGOING REHABILITATIVE CARE. DEDICATED HOSPITAL AREAS ARE INTAKE/EXAMINATION, RADIOLOGY, SURGERY, MULTIPLE NEONATE (BABY) ROOMS, ISOLATION, REPTILE, OXYGENATION, AND INTENSIVE CARE WHICH CAN HOUSE SEVERAL HUNDRED PATIENTS AT A TIME. THE HOSPITAL ALSO HOUSES A LAUNDRY FACILITY THAT OPERATES ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, WASHING TOWELS USED IN ICU CAGES AND INCUBATORS. THE CROW HOSPITAL CAMPUS INCLUDES 18 OUTDOOR REHABILITATION ENCLOSURES. ALL BUT 5 WERE SEVERLY DAMAGED BY HURRICANE IAN. MOST ARE SPECIES-SPECIFIC AND ALL MEET, OR EXCEED, FEDERAL AND STATE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF SIZE AND MATERIALS INCLUDING FURNITURE, HABITAT, RECIRCULATING POOLS, AND FLOORING FOR SPECIES SAFETY. THESE SPACES ARE CRITICAL TO THE CONDITIONING OF HEALING BONES, MUSCLES AND MORE. HERE ANIMALS LEARN/PRACTICE SURVIVAL SKILLS PREPARING THEM FOR REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD. OUR STUDENT PROGRAM TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF WILDLIFE PROFESSIONALS. IN 2022, WE HOSTED 23 STUDENTS FROM 36 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BEFORE WE WERE FORCED TO PAUSE THE PROGRAM DUE TO HURRICANE IAN. POPULAR PROGRAMS - GOLD CERTIFIED BY THE FLORIDA SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL ECOTOURISM - INCLUDE WILDLIFE WALKS, DAILY PRESENTATIONS, SPEAKERS SERIES, LUNCH AND LEARNS, AND CUSTOM PROGRAMS. CROW COLLECTS DIAGNOSTIC SAMPLES DURING THE NORMAL COURSE OF CARE TO TAILOR TREATMENT PROTOCOLS TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PATIENT. THESE SAMPLES ALSO CONTRIBUTE NEW FINDINGS FOR CAUSES AND CURES WITH BROADER CONSERVATION IMPACTS EVERYWHERE. MOST RECENTLY WE PUBLISHED THE RESULTS OF A RED-TIDE TREATMENT FOR AFFECTED SEA AND SHORE LIFE. THIS THERAPY SAVED NEARLY THREE TIMES AS MANY LIVES AS PRIOR PROTOCOLS. CROW ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIRST TEXTBOOK COVER NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE MEDICINE ON A BROAD SCALE. THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR VETERINARIANS, REHABILITATORS, WILDLIFE HEALTH OFFICIALS, POLICY MAKERS, WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS AND STUDENTS WITH AN INTEREST IN WILDLIFE HEALTH. CROW'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WAS REINSTATED AND OVER 10,000 HOURS WERE DEVOTED BY VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR TO RESCUE WILDLIFE, FEED ORPHANS, CLEAN ENLOSURES, PREPARE PATIENT FOOD, TRANSPORT RESCUES, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, GREET GUESTS IN THE AWC VISTOR EDUCATION CENTER, STAFF OUR EVENTS, AND FACILITY THAT OPERATES ALL DAY, EVERY DAT, WASHING TOWELS USED IN ICU CAGES AND INCUBATORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS MEMBERS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A MEMBERS APPROVE THE SELECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B ORGANIZATION IS GIVEN RETURN TO REVIEW AND SIGN 8879 BEFORE RETURN IS FILED. REVIEW IS DONE BY THE TREASURER AND BOARD PRESIDENT FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS ACKNOWLEDGE ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A BOARD VOTES AND APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR THE TOP MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES BASED ON COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EVALUATES THE TOP MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES. THE BOARD EVALUATES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B BOARD VOTES AND APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES BASED ON COMPARABLE DATA FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 COGS 21,340 COGS -21,340