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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHAMPIONS FOR WILDLIFE.

Totals

Total revenue
$426,307
Total expenses
$230,224
Contributions and grants received
$365,262
Grants paid
$9,365
Program service revenue
$27,950
Investment income
$14,729
Other revenue
$18,366
Total assets, end of year
$515,906
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,327
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$510,579
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$192,996
Management and general expenses
$23,927
Fundraising expenses
$13,301
Program service expenses (Part III)
$192,996

Program services were 83.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $365,262

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,434

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Education Programs

    total $27,950 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,729 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $14,729

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $20,401

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,600

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $17,801 · excluded $17,801

  • 11a · Other revenue: Sales Tax recovery

    total $565 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $565

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $565

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $9,365 · program services $9,365

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $146,742 · program services $118,861 · management and general $16,142 · fundraising $11,739

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,858 · program services $8,795 · management and general $1,194 · fundraising $869

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $770 · program services $770 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,059 · program services $0 · management and general $4,059 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $75 · fundraising $75

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,180 · program services $506 · management and general $674 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $461 · program services $461 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,276 · program services $5,459 · management and general $817 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,123 · program services $17,000 · management and general $123 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $229 · program services $0 · management and general $229 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,601 · program services $1,977 · management and general $624 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Supplies

    total $23,773 · program services $23,773 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Volunteer Expense

    total $2,147 · program services $2,147 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Event Expense

    total $740 · program services $740 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: In-Kind Utilized

    total $1,834 · program services $1,834 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,991 · program services $1,308 · management and general $65 · fundraising $618

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $22,735 · end of year $9,359

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $295,830 · end of year $494,995

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,632 · end of year $8,841

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $448

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

    $2,940

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

    $229

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $2,711

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,149 · end of year $5,327

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $314,496 · end of year $510,579

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Our mission is to inspire kids to be champions for wildlife using art and education. We believe the more you learn, the more you love, the more you protect.

  • Champions for Wildlife partners with local schools to provide Wild for Art programs on North Carolina native wildlife. All programs incorporate an art activity. Each activity runs 45-60 minutes, with 15-20 minutes of a standards-aligned science and wildlife lesson. Students take the art home and share what they learned with family and friends. Each of these programs is provided to teachers free of charge thanks to the support from donors and grantors. In 2024, Champions for Wildlife taught in-class programming - primarily in Henderson and Polk Counties, NC a total of 259 classes and and 4,773 students were reached.

    Expenses $192,996 · Grants $9,365 · Revenue $27,950

  • In addition to the in-class programming, Champions for Wildlife partnered with the Polk County School District to lead 40 after-school programs also on native North Carolina wildlife with a focus on creating art to demonstrate appreciation of that wildlife. This programming reached children in K-8th grades in five schools.

  • After Hurricane Helene, Champions for Wildlife assembled & distributed wildlife art kits for kids who lost everything in the storm. Thanks to donors and volunteers, we delivered the Sunshine and Smiles kits to over 500 children in Western NC, including all foster children in Polk County in grades K-5th.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Loti Woods

    Co-Founder Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    65

  • Dale Weiler

    Co-Founder President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Diana Twining

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deb Vasilopoulos

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cassia Rivera

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carolyn Baughman

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531359349314483

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