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← SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,615,449
Total expenses
$2,972,454
Contributions and grants received
$2,427,411
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$36,340
Investment income
$147,774
Other revenue
$3,924
Total assets, end of year
$6,000,367
Total liabilities, end of year
$139,659
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,860,708
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,465,189
Management and general expenses
$277,264
Fundraising expenses
$230,001
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,465,189

Program services were 82.9% 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

    $2,427,411

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $334,555

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $4,050 · related or exempt $4,050

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WILDLIFE CENTER

    total $19,479 · related or exempt $19,479

  • 2c · Program service revenue: VOLUNTEER TRAINING FEES

    total $12,811 · related or exempt $12,811

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $125,349 · excluded $125,349

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $698,095

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

    securities $675,670

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $22,425

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $22,425 · excluded $22,425

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other

    total $3,924 · related or exempt $3,924

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,924

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $146,853 · program services $123,356 · management and general $13,217 · fundraising $10,280

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,352,838 · program services $1,136,383 · management and general $121,756 · fundraising $94,699

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,357 · program services $76,001 · management and general $3,494 · fundraising $7,862

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $116,296 · program services $97,688 · management and general $10,467 · fundraising $8,141

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,750 · program services $20,047 · management and general $2,228 · fundraising $2,475

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $27,239 · management and general $27,239

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,370 · program services $14,880 · management and general $1,653 · fundraising $1,837

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $137,466 · program services $34,367 · management and general $48,113 · fundraising $54,986

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $275,512 · program services $247,961 · management and general $27,551

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $103,886 · program services $96,614 · management and general $7,272

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $51,842 · program services $49,769 · management and general $1,555 · fundraising $518

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND FIELD

    total $314,774 · program services $314,774

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANIMAL FOOD AND SUPPLIES

    total $214,231 · program services $214,231

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION MATERIALS

    total $66,205 · program services $24,496 · fundraising $41,709

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $14,638 · program services $8,344 · management and general $4,391 · fundraising $1,903

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,197 · program services $6,278 · management and general $8,328 · fundraising $5,591

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $673,422 · end of year $575,676

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $923,209 · end of year $563,941

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $46,515 · end of year $89,804

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

    $2,011,704

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

    $1,832,125

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $283,465 · end of year $179,579

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,025,025 · end of year $4,588,243

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,124 · end of year $3,124

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $119,810 · end of year $139,659

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,075,250 · end of year $5,860,708

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $759,700

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTERS MISSION IS PROTECTING WILDLIFE THROUGH RESCUE, REHABILITATION, RELEASE, AND EDUCATION. THE SFWC HAS BEEN THE TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR WILDLIFE IN THE TRI-COUNTY REGION OF MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH, 365 DAYS A YEAR SINCE 1969.

  • IN 2025, SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE CENTER PROVIDED DIRECT CARE TO MORE THAN 7,700 BIRDS, MAMMALS AND REPTILES FROM 240 DIFFERENT SPECIES, SOLIDIFYING OUR POSITION AS THE HIGHEST-VOLUME WILDLIFE TRAUMA HOSPITAL AND REHABILITATION CENTER IN FLORIDA. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SFWCS DEDICATED STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 100,000 CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE. OUR TEAM OF WILDLIFE REHABILITATORS, CLINICAL STAFF, ANIMAL CARE SPECIALISTS, AND RESCUE EXPERTS REMAIN COMMITTED TO DELIVERING LIFESAVING VETERINARY AND REHABILITATIVE CARE WHILE ADVANCING SFWCS MISSION TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE, RELEASE, AND EDUCATE.

    Expenses $2,465,189 · Revenue $36,340

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • CAROLINA MONTANO

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $101,539
    From this org
    $101,539
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ALESSANDRA MEDRI

    EX-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $47,290
    From this org
    $45,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,976
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEFFREY J ARCINIACO

    PRESIDENT & CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • THOMAS J SABATINO

    VICE CHAIR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ADARTH ROSENGARDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DOUG KOGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC BERNTHAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS BARTELMO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELISSA RUBIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612239349300111

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