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CHAMPIONS FOR WILDLIFE

EIN 87-4584220 LYNN, NC

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Revenue 2025
$512,708
Expenses 2025
$274,781

Program services were 80.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A25
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 128

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

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.

  • Wild for Art Education Programs Champions for Wildlife delivers Wild for Art programs that connect elementary-aged students to native North Carolina wildlife through a combination of science-based learning and hands-on art. Programs are delivered directly in classrooms and community settings, removing barriers to access and supporting diverse learning styles. Each program includes a standards-aligned wildlife lesson followed by a guided art activity that helps students creatively express what they learned. During the tax year, Champions for Wildlife: - Delivered 310 Wild for Art programs - Reached 4,875 students across Western North Carolina - Served primarily Title I and rural schools - Focused on native and often overlooked wildlife species - Provided ready-to-use, standards-aligned programming for teachers

    Expenses $219,754 · Grants $3,819 · Revenue $29,362

  • Community & Expanded Learning Programs In addition to in-school programming, Champions for Wildlife partnered with schools and community organizations to deliver after-school and expanded learning programs. These programs provide additional time for deeper engagement, creativity, and exploration of wildlife through art, particularly for students with limited access to enrichment opportunities. During the tax year, Champions for Wildlife: - Delivered programs in after-school and community-based settings - Reached students across multiple grade levels and school systems - Expanded access to wildlife education beyond the traditional classroom - Strengthened partnerships with schools and local organizations

  • Digital & Teacher-Supported Learning Champions for Wildlife continued to expand access to wildlife education through the development of digital and teacher-supported resources. These tools are designed to extend learning beyond a single program experience and provide educators and families with accessible ways to reinforce wildlife learning through art. During the tax year, Champions for Wildlife: - Began development of the Kids Corner, a digital hub for wildlife art activities and resources - Created tools to help teachers integrate wildlife learning into their classrooms - Extended program impact beyond direct instruction through accessible, creative resources

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Tashi Brewster

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $62,310
    From this org
    $62,310
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Loti Woods

    CEO, Board Member & Co-Founder

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    65

  • Dale Weiler

    President and Co-Founder

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $512,708
    Expenses
    $274,781
    Contributions
    $447,763
    Grants paid
    $3,819
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $426,307
    Expenses
    $230,224
    Contributions
    $365,262
    Grants paid
    $9,365
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $312,345
    Expenses
    $142,186
    Contributions
    $231,684
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $190,394
    Expenses
    $46,057
    Contributions
    $158,548
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.