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The Wild Animal Sanctuary

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Saving One Animal May Not Change The World... But Surely, For That One Animal... The World Will Change Forever!

The Wild Animal Sanctuary was founded in Boulder, Colorado in 1980, and has been operating for more than 38 years. The refuge is open to supporters daily, and is run by staff and volunteers. The Wild Animal Sanctuary is one of only a handful of true sanctuaries for abused and abandoned great cats and bears in the United States, where the animals are not bred, sold, or otherwise commercially exploited in any way. The Sanctuary is located on the plains northeast of the Denver Metro area, and also operates a second location in southeastern Colorado. Comprising 9,793 acres and sheltering more than 470 lions, tigers, bears, leopards, mountain lions, wolves and other large carnivores, it is the largest carnivore sanctuary in the world, as well as the only sanctuary providing large acreage (5 to 100 acres each) species-specific habitats for its rescued animals.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.38Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$16,229,659

Total expenses · USD$14,203,892

Program expenses

$12,826,114.48 recorded amount

90.3%

Fundraising expenses

$937,456.87 recorded amount

6.6%

Administrative expenses

$426,116.76 recorded amount

3.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Patrick L. Craig
Recorded compensation: $191,887.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.35%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Wild Animal Sanctuary
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The Wild Animal Sanctuary was founded in Boulder, Colorado in 1980, and has been operating for more than 38 years. The refuge is open to supporters daily, and is run by staff and volunteers. The Wild Animal Sanctuary is one of only a handful of true sanctuaries for abused and abandoned great cats and bears in the United States, where the animals are not bred, sold, or otherwise commercially exploited in any way. The Sanctuary is located on the plains northeast of the Denver Metro area, and also operates a second location in southeastern Colorado. Comprising 9,793 acres and sheltering more than 470 lions, tigers, bears, leopards, mountain lions, wolves and other large carnivores, it is the largest carnivore sanctuary in the world, as well as the only sanctuary providing large acreage (5 to 100 acres each) species-specific habitats for its rescued animals.
`ein` EIN	84-1351483
`tot_exp` Total expenses	14203892.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.03
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.066
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.903
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Patrick L. Craig
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	191887.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.013500000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Saving One Animal May Not Change The World... But Surely, For That One Animal... The World Will Change Forever!
`name` Charity name	The Wild Animal Sanctuary
`tot_rev` Total revenue	16229659.0
`score` Overall score	92.38
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Wildlife Conservation
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	12826114.476
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	937456.8720000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	426116.76

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 84-1351483
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Wildlife Conservation
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.