Nonprofit · EIN 82-0537401
THE WILD FUND INC
Also known as WILD GIFT
Tax-exempt · HAILEY, ID 83333
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $167,087 | $176,069 | -$8,982 | $342,064 | $49,608 | $292,456 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $198,871 | $177,924 | $20,947 | $354,754 | $53,316 | $301,438 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $155,051 | $192,046 | -$36,995 | $336,293 | $55,802 | $280,491 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 | $90,201 | $236,710 | -$146,509 | $374,900 | $57,414 | $317,486 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $132,314
- Program service revenue
- $6,060
- Investment income
- $28,713
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $60,000
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $71,514
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $3,804
- Travel
- $7,357
- Program services (functional)
- $103,028
- Management and general (functional)
- $38,099
- Fundraising (functional)
- $34,942
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $354,754
- Total assets, end of year
- $342,064
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $49,608
- Net assets, end of year
- $292,456
- Publicly traded securities
- $7,730
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $292,456
- Gross receipts
- $167,087
- Employees
- 1
- Year formed
- 2001
- State of legal domicile
- ID
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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LISA CURTIS | BOARD PRESID Officer | 20 | $60,000 |
| CHRIS HOWELL | TREASURER Officer | – | $0 |
| CASSIDY CICHOWICZ | EXECUTIVE DI Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEO FRIEDMAN | SECRETARY Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CASSIDY CICHOWICZ | EXECUTIVE DI Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| ANNE MARIE MITCHELL | TREASURER Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEX BAILEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LISA CURTIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LAURA FIESELMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| RAJ VABLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ALEXANDER WANKEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| SARAH EMENHIZER | PRESIDENT Officer | 3 | $0 |
| CHRIS HOWELL | TREASURER Officer | 3 | $0 |
| PETE LAND | SECRETARY Officer | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEX BAILEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LISA CURTIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| SARAH EMENHIZER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| LAURA FIESELMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| CHRIS HOWELL | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| PETE LAND | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| RAJ VABLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ALEXANDER WANKEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 1151, HAILEY, ID 83333-1121
- In care of
- % LISA CURTIS
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- LISA CURTIS, PO BOX 1151, HAILEY, ID 83333
- Signed the 990
- LISA CURTIS, BOARD PRESIDENT
- Website
- WWW.WILDGIFT.ORG
- Return prepared by
- J NEEL AND COMPANY PA
Mission
WILD GIFT SELECTS EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS, TAKES THEM ON A DEEP WILDERNESS TRIP, AND GIVES THEM STARTUP CAPITAL AND EXPERT MENTORSHIP TO ACCELERATE THEIR BETTER-WORLDS IDEAS.
Program accomplishments
- FORM 990, PART THREE LINE 4A - FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT THROUGH VIGOROUS OUTREACH AND A INTENSIVE SELECTION PROCESS, EACH YEAR WILD GIFT SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITS IMPRESSIVE VISIONARIES (AGES 21-35) WITH BREAK- THROUGH IDEAS WHO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO GROW A SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE, BRING DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUND, AND WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE PROBLEM THAY ARE TRYING TO SOLVE EACH CLASS OF FELLOWS EMBARKS ON A 16-MONTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, COMMERCING WTH THE:"WILD GIFT" A 20-DAY EXPEDITION IN THE IDAHO WILDERNESS. THE EXPEDITION CHALLENGES EACH FELLOW PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, REMMOVES THEM FROM THEIR COMFORT ZONE, AND CONNECTS THEM TO THE NATURAL WORLD ON A VERY PERSONAL LEVEL. THEY ARE ABLE TO UNPLUG, GAIN CLARITY, INCUBATE IDEAS, AND ENVISION THE TRUE SCOPE OF THERI WORK AND LIVES, AND BUILD LIFE LONG BONDS WITH PEERS TACKLING SIMILAR CHALLENGES. CONNECTIONS ARE DRAWN BETWEEN THE CHALLENGES OF SURVIVING IN THE WILD TO THOSE CONFRONTED ON THE GROUND WHEN LAUNCHING A SOCIAL VENTURE - THE WILLINGNESS TO EMBRACE RISK, SEEING OBSTACLES AS OPPROTUNITIES, PERSERVANCE, HUMILTY, THE INTERCONNECTNESS OF ALL THINGS, AND FRAGILITY OF THE NATURAL WORLD. THE PROGRAM INCORPORATES A PLATFORM WHERE AUTHENTICITY, COLLOBRATION AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE REVERED, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND LIFE BALANCE MATTER, AND FAILURE IS VIEWED AS A NECESSARY SETP TO SUCCESS. POST-EXPEDITION, EACH WILD GIFT FELLOW IS PROVIDED WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DEDICATED MENTORS TO HELP THEM LAUNCH THEIR INITIATIVE. THEY ARE NETWORKED INTO A TIGHT-KNIT CADRE OF OTHER WILD GIFT SOCIAL ENTERPRENEURS WORKING ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING SPONSORSHIP TO ATTEND ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP RETREATS. FELLOWS ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BEYOND THE OFFICIAL SPONSORSHIP TERM OF THEIR FELLOWSHIP THROUGH ONGOING NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, SPEAKING INVITATIONS, AND CONTINUED INCLUSION IN WILD GIFT'S NATIONAL AND INTERNATIOINAL OUTREACH.
- FORM 990, PART THREE LINE 4A - FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT THROUGH VIGOROUS OUTREACH AND A INTENSIVE SELECTION PROCESS, EACH YEAR WILD GIFT SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITS IMPRESSIVE VISIONARIES (AGES 21-35) WITH BREAK- THROUGH IDEAS WHO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO GROW A SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE, BRING DIVERSITY OF BACKGROUND, AND WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE PROBLEM THAY ARE TRYING TO SOLVE EACH CLASS OF FELLOWS EMBARKS ON A 16-MONTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, COMMERCING WTH THE:"WILD GIFT" A 20-DAY EXPEDITION IN THE IDAHO WILDERNESS. THE EXPEDITION CHALLENGES EACH FELLOW PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, REMMOVES THEM FROM THEIR COMFORT ZONE, AND CONNECTS THEM TO THE NATURAL WORLD ON A VERY PERSONAL LEVEL. THEY ARE ABLE TO UNPLUG, GAIN CLARITY, INCUBATE IDEAS, AND ENVISION THE TRUE SCOPE OF THERI WORK AND LIVES, AND BUILD LIFE LONG BONDS WITH PEERS TACKLING SIMILAR CHALLENGES. CONNECTIONS ARE DRAWN BETWEEN THE CHALLENGES OF SURVIVING IN THE WILD TO THOSE CONFRONTED ON THE GROUND WHEN LAUNCHING A SOCIAL VENTURE - THE WILLINGNESS TO EMBRACE RISK, SEEING OBSTACLES AS OPPROTUNITIES, PERSERVANCE, HUMILTY, THE INTERCONNECTNESS OF ALL THINGS, AND FRAGILITY OF THE NATURAL WORLD. THE PROGRAM INCORPORATES A PLATFORM WHERE AUTHENTICITY, COLLOBRATION AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE REVERED, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND LIFE BALANCE MATTER, AND FAILURE IS VIEWED AS A NECESSARY SETP TO SUCCESS. POST-EXPEDITION, EACH WILD GIFT FELLOW IS PROVIDED WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DEDICATED MENTORS TO HELP THEM LAUNCH THEIR INITIATIVE. THEY ARE NETWORKED INTO A TIGHT-KNIT CADRE OF OTHER WILD GIFT SOCIAL ENTERPRENEURS WORKING ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING SPONSORSHIP TO ATTEND ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP RETREATS. FELLOWS ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BEYOND THE OFFICIAL SPONSORSHIP TERM OF THEIR FELLOWSHIP THROUGH ONGOING NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, SPEAKING INVITATIONS, AND CONTINUED INCLUSION IN WILD GIFT'S NATIONAL AND INTERNATIOINAL OUTREACH.Expenses $103,028
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 82-0537401
- 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
- 2002
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $342,064
- Income (IRS master file)
- $167,087
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $167,087 | $176,069 | $342,064 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $198,871 | $177,924 | $354,754 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $155,051 | $192,046 | $336,293 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $90,201 | $236,710 | $374,900 | XML |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | 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 82-0537401).
Questions about THE WILD FUND INC
- What is the EIN of THE WILD FUND INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE WILD FUND INC is 82-0537401.
- Is THE WILD FUND INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2002.
- Are donations to THE WILD FUND INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE WILD FUND INC 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 THE WILD FUND INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE WILD FUND INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THE WILD FUND INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names LISA CURTIS.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE WILD FUND INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 3 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $60,000 (LISA CURTIS, BOARD PRESID).
- How much revenue does THE WILD FUND INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $167,087, expenses of $176,069 and total assets of $342,064 at year end.
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