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Wilmington animal organizations

There are 84 animal-focused nonprofit organizations in the greater Wilmington metro area. Combined, these Wilmington metro animal organizations employ 58 people, earn more than $9 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $38 million.
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Types of animal organizations in Wilmington

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Animal shelters and animal welfare organizations
 
58
 
$4,758,732
Wildlife conservation and protection organizations
 
10
 
$3,554,395
Organizations supporting multiple animal nonprofits
 
4
 
$0
Animal services organizations
 
2
 
$69,897
Organizations suppporting a single animal nonprofit
 
2
 
$0
Wildlife sanctuaries and refuges
 
2
 
$115,777
Animal alliances and advocates
 
2
 
$0
Veterinary organizations
 
2
 
$0
Animal professional societies
 
1
 
$117,810
Endangered species protection organizations
 
1
 
$1,812,979
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Job trends for Wilmington animal organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
9
1-10
 
2
11-25
 
1
26-100
 
1
101 to 1,000
 
0
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of animal organizations in Wilmington

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
22
$250k to $1M
 
4
$1M to $5M
 
3
$5M to $25M
 
0
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of animal organizations in Wilmington

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Paws4people

Paws4people is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Wilmington, NC whose mission is: Paws4people educates and empowers people to transform their lives with the help of assistance dogs.
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$17.4m
Employees
35
EIN
54-1948479
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center

Sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation center that provides medical care for injured or ill sea turtles with the goal of releasing them back to their natural habitat.
Revenue
$1.8m
Assets
$7.9m
Employees
0
EIN
56-1967579
IRS type
501(c)(3)

North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation

The purpose of the North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation is to assist in the acquisition, management and protection of wildlife habitat within the state of North Carolina and promote conservation education for the benefit of future generations.
Revenue
$1.0m
Assets
$8.0m
Employees
1
EIN
58-2011100
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Paws and Claws Aid

Paws and Claws Aid is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Wilmington, NC that was founded in 2018.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
82-3925015
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Triple Crown Kennel and Stable

Triple Crown Kennel and Stable is an animal-focused nonprofit organization in Wilmington, NC that was founded in 2006.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
20-3135226
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Coastal Plain Conservation Group

This usfws grant funding was used to conduct field research and captive propagation work (totaling more than 800 hours) for the purpose of maintaining and protecting the magnificent ramshorn snail, planorbella magnifica; a critically imperiled species of ....
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
45-5216282
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Friends of Felines

Friends of Felines spays/neuters/vaccinates feral cats in New Hanover County and provides medical care. They offer food to low-income caretakers.
Revenue
$104.7k
Assets
$175.1k
Employees
N/A
EIN
56-1973859
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cat Adoption Team

Cat Adoption Team rescues, spays, neuters, adopts cats and educates public on importance of spay/neuter; reimburses fosters for cat care.
Revenue
$16.4k
Assets
$7,751
Employees
N/A
EIN
56-1989031
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Heidis Hope For Homeless Animals

Heidis Hope For Homeless Animals is an animal rescue that saves at-risk dogs and cats, prevents shelter surrender with pet food support, and promotes spay/neuter.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
47-3734957
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hortons Rehab Ranch

Hortons Rehab Ranch is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Willard, NC that was founded in 2019.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
83-2892150
IRS type
501(c)(3)

PAWS Resale Shoppe

PAWS Resale Shoppe's mission is to support local rescue organizations and shelters by raising money through sale of donated goods.
Revenue
$73.8k
Assets
$7,783
Employees
N/A
EIN
83-4129884
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Heeling Hearts

Heeling Hearts, Inc. trains therapy and service dogs, enhancing independence for individuals with disabilities through volunteering and educational outreach.
Revenue
$225.5k
Assets
$123.9k
Employees
0
EIN
84-3587913
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cape Fear Bird Observatory

Cape Fear Bird Observatory promotes conservation of birds and their habitats in North Carolina through research, education, outreach, and community involvement. It is located in Wilmington, NC.
Revenue
$101.3k
Assets
$32.4k
Employees
0
EIN
85-3141289
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Coastal Wildlife Alliance

Coastal Wildlife Alliance is a wildlife conservation or protection organization in Carolina BCH, NC that was founded in 2024.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
93-4688952
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wilmington Fur Ball

Wilmington Fur Ball hosts one annual event per year with the mission of preventing animal cruelty. All profits from this event go to designated non-profit animal rescue groups in New Hanover and/or surrounding counties.
Revenue
$69.9k
Assets
$4,150
Employees
0
EIN
33-1201533
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wildlife Rehabilitation and Resource Center

Wildlife Rehabilitation and Resource Center is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Currie, NC that was founded in 2008.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
14-2009865
IRS type
501(c)(3)

All 4 Cats

All 4 Cats champions the prevention of cruelty to animals and actively rescues cats in need. The organization successfully rescued 263 cats, facilitating the adoption of 241 of them.
Revenue
$72.5k
Assets
$28.6k
Employees
N/A
EIN
46-4490146
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Montys Home

Montys Home is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Burgaw, NC whose mission is: Maintain prison training program for adoptions. Canine rescue, pet grief support.
Revenue
$101.5k
Assets
$469.6k
Employees
N/A
EIN
11-3814420
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New Hanover Humane Society

New Hanover Humane Society promotes humane treatment of animals through its animal protection and welfare programs, including a clinic for spaying.
Revenue
$117.8k
Assets
$151.3k
Employees
6
EIN
56-0939608
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Animal Lifeline International

Animal Lifeline International is a veterinary organization in Wilmington, NC that was founded in 2022.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
88-4058592
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "D00: Animal Related: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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