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← THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$656,221
Total expenses
$1,232,931
Contributions and grants received
$349,855
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$170,309
Investment income
$126,371
Other revenue
$9,686
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,192,960
Management and general expenses
$39,971
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,192,960

Program services were 96.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $34,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $315,355

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS DONATIONS

    total $170,309 · related or exempt $170,309

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $126,371 · excluded $126,371

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $34,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,079

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,079 · excluded -$3,079

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $12,765 · excluded $12,765

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,765

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $474,106 · program services $474,106

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,364 · program services $8,364

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $47,124 · program services $47,124

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,791 · program services $37,791

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,300 · management and general $11,300

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $75 · management and general $75

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,890 · program services $4,752 · management and general $14,138

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,753 · program services $11,144 · management and general $10,609

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $460,433 · program services $460,433

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,598 · program services $9,598

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,855 · program services $19,855

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL FOOD & SUPPLIES

    total $106,566 · program services $106,566

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $12,003 · program services $12,003

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $3,849 · management and general $3,849

  • 24d · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY

    total $1,224 · program services $1,224

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $204,333 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $11,193 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,717 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,460 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,012,327 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,126,539 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,142,480 · end of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,011 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CARE FOR INJURED, ILL, AND ORPHANED WILDLIFE THROUGH REHABILITATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RELEASE.

  • THE MISSION OF THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS IS TO CARE FOR INJURED, ILL, AND ORPHANED WILDLIFE THROUGH REHABILITATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND RELEASE.THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS IS THE REGION'S LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE TRAUMA AND REHABILITATION CENTER THAT ACCEPTS ALL INJURED, SICK, OR ORPHANED NATIVE WILDLIFE. IN 2024, OVER 16,000 WILD ANIMALS COMPRISING OVER 360 DIFFERENT SPECIES ARRIVED AT THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS IN NEED OF TREATMENT AND CARE.IN ADDITION TO THE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF NATIVE WILDLIFE, THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS IS ALSO A LEADING PROVIDER OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS, SHARING OUR MESSAGE OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE, RESPECT AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF TEXAS IS A SUBSIDIARY OF THE HOUSTON SPCA.

    Expenses $1,192,960 · Revenue $170,309

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Douglas Clarke

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Patricia Mercer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $449,854
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $398,000
    Other
    $51,854
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $298,000 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,354 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $449,854 related

  • Laird Doran

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Adam Adams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J PART I LINE 3
RELATED ORGANIZATION USES COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521019349301332

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