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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WILDLIFE IN NEED CENTER LTD.

Totals

Total revenue
$703,145
Total expenses
$656,640
Contributions and grants received
$611,418
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$15,052
Investment income
$46,876
Other revenue
$29,799
Total assets, end of year
$2,112,558
Total liabilities, end of year
$80,864
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,031,694
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$490,543
Management and general expenses
$105,142
Fundraising expenses
$60,955
Program service expenses (Part III)
$490,543

Program services were 74.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $5,430

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $49,346

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $556,642

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $47,598

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION REVENUE

    total $15,052 · related or exempt $15,052

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $46,368 · excluded $46,368

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $508

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $508

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $508 · excluded $508

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $65,433

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $49,346

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $41,579

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $23,854 · excluded $23,854

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $10,834

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $6,785

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,049 · excluded $4,049

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,896 · excluded $1,896

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,896

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $53,010 · program services $2,650 · management and general $34,457 · fundraising $15,903

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $343,537 · program services $274,829 · management and general $34,354 · fundraising $34,354

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,469 · program services $25,975 · management and general $3,247 · fundraising $3,247

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,500 · program services $5,400 · management and general $7,425 · fundraising $675

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $288 · management and general $288

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,430 · program services $971 · management and general $1,337 · fundraising $122

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,046 · program services $4,819 · management and general $6,625 · fundraising $602

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,042 · program services $13,570 · management and general $1,806 · fundraising $666

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,695 · program services $2,695

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,025 · program services $22,971 · management and general $2,702 · fundraising $1,352

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,902 · program services $3,902

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,804 · program services $722 · management and general $992 · fundraising $90

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $50,646 · program services $43,050 · management and general $5,065 · fundraising $2,531

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,803 · program services $10,883 · management and general $1,280 · fundraising $640

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD SUPPLIES

    total $35,055 · program services $35,055

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SUP

    total $14,656 · program services $14,656

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEDICAL SUPPLIES

    total $13,605 · program services $13,605

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION PROGRAM

    total $9,813 · program services $5,998 · management and general $3,497 · fundraising $318

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,314 · program services $8,792 · management and general $2,067 · fundraising $455

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $173,265 · end of year $444,618

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $680,412 · end of year $1,042,900

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $307,173 · end of year $68,159

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $8,548 · end of year $7,416

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,603 · end of year $8,291

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,086,569

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $567,769

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $538,131 · end of year $518,800

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $316,444

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $28,259 · end of year $22,374

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $51,062 · end of year $75,424

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $7,500 · end of year $5,440

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,615,117 · end of year $1,963,262

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $381,156 · end of year $68,432

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION TO WISCONSIN WILDLIFE WITH INTENT TO RELEASE BACK TO THE NATIVE HABITAT, CONDUCT RESEARCH DESIGNED TO FURTHER THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF REHABILITATION, AND PROVIDE QUALITY COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TREAT INJURED AND ORPHANED WILDLIFE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING WILDLIFE.

  • WILDLIFE REHABILITATION IS THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF INJURED, SICK, OR ORPHANED INDIGENOUS WILDLIFE, AND THE SUBSEQUENT RETURN OF HEALTHY VIABLE ANIMALS TO APPROPIATE HABITATS IN THE WILD. THROUGH THE PROGRAM, OVER 10,000 PHONE CALLS ARE ANSWERED FROM PEOPLE ASKING FOR ADVICE OR HELP WITH WILDLIFE ISSUES AND ADMIT APPROXIMATELY 3,000 ANIMALS OVER 140 SPECIES ANNUALLY. THE PROGRAM ALSO CONDUCTS RESEARCH DESIGNED TO FURTHER THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF REHABILITIATION.

    Expenses $418,239

  • WILDLIFE IN NEED CENTER OFFERS EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE TAILORED TO ANY AGE GROUP. PROGRAMS ARE GIVEN AT SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, OFFICE BUILDINGS, OR OTHER SITES, INCLUDING WILDLIFE IN NEED CENTER FACILITIES TO ACCOMODATE GROUPS OF 40-60 PEOPLE. THE PROGRAMS TYPICALLY INCLUDE AN APPEARANCE FROM A FEW OF OUR LIVE EDUCATIONAL ANIMAL AMBASSADORS. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND QUALITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE WELL-BEING OF WILDLIFE.

    Expenses $72,304 · Revenue $15,052

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Demers

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Jennifer Bloss

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Christine Jeschke

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mike Guznizcak

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gottlieb John Marmet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Heather Merewood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lynn Wilde

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Thomas Roberts

    DIRECTOR THROUGH NOVEMBER 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kim Banach

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $49,330
    From this org
    $49,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    48

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
2 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620439349300632

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