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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,459,999
Total expenses
$3,499,550
Contributions and grants received
$6,010,368
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$344,092
Investment income
$67,480
Other revenue
$38,059
Total assets, end of year
$7,217,933
Total liabilities, end of year
$126,581
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,091,352
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,916,140
Management and general expenses
$281,576
Fundraising expenses
$301,834
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,916,140

Program services were 83.3% 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

    $6,010,368

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $158,033

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAMS & TOURS

    total $344,092 · related or exempt $344,092

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $67,480 · excluded $67,480

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $83,570

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $47,516

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $36,054 · related or exempt $36,054

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,005 · excluded $2,005

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,005

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $73,140 · program services $32,913 · management and general $32,913 · fundraising $7,314

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,049,862 · program services $810,315 · management and general $50,526 · fundraising $189,021

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,486 · program services $33,214 · management and general $4,370 · fundraising $4,902

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $91,566 · program services $69,140 · management and general $6,803 · fundraising $15,623

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,219 · management and general $2,219

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $91,286 · management and general $91,286

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $65,925 · program services $37,549 · management and general $5,176 · fundraising $23,200

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,073 · program services $61 · management and general $7,147 · fundraising $23,865

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,507 · program services $7,788 · management and general $35,886 · fundraising $1,833

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,721 · program services $4,048 · management and general $213 · fundraising $1,460

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $303,883 · program services $300,972 · management and general $2,551 · fundraising $360

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,513 · program services $31,305 · management and general $208

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $160,789 · program services $145,523 · management and general $15,266

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,597 · program services $9,690 · management and general $5,907

  • 24a · Other expenses: ABANDONMENT OF CAPITAL PR

    total $732,964 · program services $732,964

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANIMAL REHAB, FOOD, & MED

    total $694,737 · program services $682,063 · management and general $12,210 · fundraising $464

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEIOUS

    total $36,750 · program services $6,451 · management and general $372 · fundraising $29,927

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $14,382 · program services $9,356 · management and general $1,576 · fundraising $3,450

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,150 · program services $2,788 · management and general $6,947 · fundraising $415

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $631,386 · end of year $684,501

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,748,386 · end of year $2,045,587

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $389,001 · end of year $315,229

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $43,774 · end of year $64,489

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $30,739 · end of year $25,686

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,815 · end of year $47,242

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

    $4,985,634

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

    $1,003,829

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,486,666 · end of year $3,981,805

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $52,050 · end of year $53,394

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $288,258 · end of year $126,581

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,066,826 · end of year $6,807,091

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $62,733 · end of year $284,261

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SAVING OUR WILDLIFE, ONE LIFE AT A TIME, BY RESCUING, REHABILITATING, AND RELEASING INJURED, DISPLACED, AND ORPHANED WILDLIFE, WHILE EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON THE IMPORTANCE F NATIVE WILDLIFE AND PARTICIPATING IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

  • MEDICAL CARE AND REHABILITATION: SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE OPERATES A VETERINARY CLINIC PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE FOR SICK, INJURED, OR ORPHANED MAMMALS. THROUGH OUR REHABILITATION WORK, MORE THAN 90% OF INTAKE ANIMALS WHO SURVIVE THEIR INITIAL TRAUMA ARE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD. ANIMAL SANCTUARY: SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE SPECIALIZES IN PROVIDING SANCTUARY FOR LARGE MAMMALS SUCH AS BLACK BEARS, MOUNTAIN LIONS, BOBCATS, AND COYOTES. SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE ALSO PARTICPATES IN THE MEXICAN WOLF RECOVERY PROGRAM BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR GERIATRIC WOLVES AND COLLECTING GENETIC MATERIAL. ANIMALS THAT HAVE LOST THE ABLITY TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD CAN LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN OUR ACCREDITED SANCTUARY.

    Expenses $2,809,949

  • EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE SHARES ITS KNOWLEDGE OF PROTECTING WILDLIFE THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WITH A GOAL OF INSPIRING PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT, RESPECT, AND CONSERVE OUR NATIVE WILDLIFE AND HABITATS. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OFFERED ONSITE AT THE SANCTUARY IN NORTHEAST SCOTTSDALE INCLUDE WALK WITH WILDLIFE, FAMILY DAYS FOR THE VERY YOUNG, FULL MOON TOURS, DISCOVERY DAYS, AND OTHER WORKSHOPS. SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE ALSO OFFERS OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS FOCUSED ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, INCLUDING STUDIES ON BOBCATS, KIT FOXES, AND JAVALINAS. SOUTHWEST WILDLIFE ALSO ASSISTED IN PRESERVING THE REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF ENDANGERED MEXICAN WOLVES FOR FUTURE BREEDING PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $106,191 · Revenue $380,146

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sam Coppersmith

    CHAIR/SECRET

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Diefenderfer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fairfax O'Reilly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Nick Robl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pam Wugalter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad Pullcheon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Woodward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raandi Morales

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $73,140
    From this org
    $73,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2025
Filed
29 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202602239349301655

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