Nonprofit · EIN 51-0172331
WILDCARE
Tax-exempt · SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $13,574,877 | $4,045,507 | $9,529,370 | $28,086,695 | $1,441,809 | $26,644,886 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $4,686,358 | $3,365,971 | $1,320,387 | $18,028,344 | $827,369 | $17,200,975 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $3,771,228 | $3,013,582 | $757,646 | $3,927,266 | $372,356 | $3,554,910 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $12,419,450
- Program service revenue
- $163,607
- Investment income
- $749,697
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $179,782
- Net income from fundraising events
- $242,123
- Other revenue
- $242,123
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,059
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $459,577
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,826,105
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,724,239
- Professional fundraising fees
- $127,163
- Occupancy
- $182,415
- Travel
- $42,330
- Program services (functional)
- $2,987,082
- Management and general (functional)
- $378,938
- Fundraising (functional)
- $679,487
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $18,028,344
- Total assets, end of year
- $28,086,695
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,441,809
- Net assets, end of year
- $26,644,886
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $9,847,040
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $18,419,716
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $8,225,170
- Gross receipts
- $28,343,705
- Employees
- 42
- Volunteers
- 250
- Year formed
- 1975
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLYN WEISEL | EXEC. DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $191,169 | $41,730 |
| ROBERT F KENDALL | FINANCE DIR. Officer | 40 | $174,856 | $23,168 |
| JULIANNA SOREM | VETERINARIAN | 40 | $144,071 | $21,333 |
| NICOLE TRAUTSCH | DEVELOPMENT DIR | 40 | $126,325 | $15,612 |
| ALISON S HERMANCE | MARKETG & COMM DIR | 40 | $116,174 | $15,021 |
| DARIN FREITAG | MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| KATE VAN GYTENBEEK | MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT CARLSON | AUDIT CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MING WU | MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA STILES | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| BEN FACKLER | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| HELEN YANG-FUNG | MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| VERONICA GECZI | President Trustee or director, Officer | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| BETH RIDOUT | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| MAGDA SARKISSIAN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLYN WEISEL | EXEC. DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $145,349 | $38,263 |
| ROBERT F KENDALL | FINANCE DIR. Officer | 1 | $134,618 | $22,977 |
| DARIN FREITAG | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATE VAN GYTENBEEK | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT CARLSON | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MING WU | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA STILES | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BEN FACKLER | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VERONICA GECZI | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB KLINE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VAUGHN R MAURICE | AUDIT CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BETH RIDOUT | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MAGDA SARKISSIAN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLYN WEISEL | EXEC. DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $143,324 | $41,627 |
| ROBERT F KENDALL | FINANCE DIR. Officer | 1 | $124,778 | $21,434 |
| DARIN FREITAG | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATE VAN GYTENBEEK | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT CARLSON | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MING WU | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA STILES | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BEN FACKLER | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VERONICA GECZI | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB KLINE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VAUGHN R MAURICE | AUDIT CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BETH RIDOUT | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MAGDA SARKISSIAN | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 76 ALBERT PARK LN, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901-3929
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ELLYN WEISEL, 76 ALBERT PARK LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901
- Signed the 990
- ELLYN WEISEL, EXEC. DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (415) 453-1000
- Website
- WWW.DISCOVERWILDCARE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Perotti & Carrade CPAs
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 51-0172331 or by the name WILDCARE.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
WildCare supports people everywhere to live well with wildlife, through a full cycle of programs including wildlife advocacy and information resources, nature education programs, and medical aid for wild animals in need. Each year we treat as many as 3,500 ill, injured and orphaned wild animals in our wildlife hospital, teach 13,000+ children and adults through our acclaimed environmental education programs, and advocate for wildlife at the local, state and national levels.Since our hospitals founding, we have treated and cared for more than 120,000 wild animal patients, and we have engaged more than 1,000,000 children and adults through environmental learning experiences and advocacy.
Program accomplishments
- ANIMAL CARE: Each year, WildCare delivers world-class medical care to as many as 3,500 ill, injured and orphaned wild animal patients in our open-admission wildlife hospital. Over the course of our history in wildlife medicine, we have given more than 120,000 wild animals a second chance at life in the wild.WildCares patients represent more than 200 different species, and over 90% of the wild animals we have helped have been injured or orphaned as a result of human interaction. Our goal is always to treat and heal our wild animal patients, and release them back to their wild lives.Expenses $1,870,119 · grants $741
- WILDLIFE EDUCATION: WildCares Terwilliger Nature Education programs provide school and youth programs, as well as family nature outings, which connect over 16,000 children and adults to the Bay areas abundant open spaces and wildlife. Our programs aim to strengthen environmental stewardship and responsibility by teaching an appreciation of nature and a respect for wildlife. Our experiential and academically supportive approach to environmental education attracts participation from more than 130 schools and community organizations for the eight Bay Area counties. Through our scholarship program, WildCare is able to provide our programs to students from disadvantaged and low-income backgrounds, so these students no longer have to miss out on nature discovery opportunities that ignite a sense of excitement about science and foster personal connections to the natural world. Through free family nature outings, our robust scholarship and bilingual programming (Spanish/English) ensure that children and families from diverse backgrounds have equal access to environmental education. This is a non-cash scholarship program. The scholarship is a discount of WildCares normal educational program fees using the percentage of the student body used to establish eligibility under the free and reduced lunch program of each school. In past years, an estimated 34% of students participating in our youth programs received a scholarship.WildCares advocacy efforts are committed to preventing wildlife injuries, protecting habitat, and promoting understanding of our wildlife neighbors. Our Living with Wildlife Hotline 415-456-7283 supplies advice on safely rescuing injured and orphaned animals and living well with wildlife to over 15,000 callers each year. Our advocacy team speaks out and encourages community action against harms to wildlife including the use of rat poisons, illegal trapping, tree-trimming during wildlife baby season and many more.Expenses $1,116,963 · grants $318 · revenue $163,607
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 51-0172331
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1975
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $28,086,695
- Income (IRS master file)
- $28,343,705
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $13,574,877 | $4,045,507 | $28,086,695 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $4,686,358 | $3,365,971 | $18,028,344 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $3,771,228 | $3,013,582 | $3,927,266 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2022 | $4,131,881 | $3,276,168 | $3,082,793 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 51-0172331).
Questions about WILDCARE
- What is the EIN of WILDCARE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WILDCARE is 51-0172331.
- Is WILDCARE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1975.
- Are donations to WILDCARE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WILDCARE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of WILDCARE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WILDCARE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of WILDCARE?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names ELLYN WEISEL.
- Who are the officers and directors of WILDCARE?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $191,169 (ELLYN WEISEL, EXEC. DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does WILDCARE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $13,574,877, expenses of $4,045,507 and total assets of $28,086,695 at year end.
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