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World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

WWF is a natural resource conservation nonprofit based in Washington, DC that was founded in 1960. As of 2017 they had $226 million in revenue and $488 million in assets.

WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

EIN:

52-1693387

City:

Washington

State:

District of Columbia

Metro:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

NTEE:

C30: Natural resource conservation organizations

Website:

worldwildlife.org

Phone:

800 - 960 - 0993

Type:

501(c)(3)

Revenue:

$226,396,387

Assets:

$488,571,414

Employees:

605

Fiscal year end:

June

Founded:

1960

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Form 990s for WWF

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2017-06	Jan 19, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-06	Mar 29, 2017	990	View PDF
2016-06	Jan 3, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-06	Apr 6, 2016	990	View PDF
2014-06	Dec 29, 2014	990	View PDF
...and four more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for WWF

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Federated campaigns	$1,169,222	$1,528,861	-23.5%
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$77,804	-100%
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$57,929,779	$46,365,374	24.9%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$154,739,918	$177,865,955	-13.0%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$3,477,097	$3,127,328	11.2%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$213,838,919	$225,837,994	-5.3%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$213,838,919	$225,837,994	-5.3%
Program services	$94,033	$868,592	-89.2%
Investment income and dividends	$2,098,753	$2,284,735	-8.1%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$5,308,848	$11,085,268	-52.1%
Net rental income	$-895,907	$533,601	-267.9%
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$5,749,590	$7,734,229	-25.7%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$-47,408	-100%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$202,151	$333,941	-39.5%
Total revenues	$226,396,387	$248,630,952	-8.9%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$4,301,157	$1,711,675	151.3%
Grants to individuals in USA	$237,424	$422,845	-43.9%
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$74,060,688	$71,432,354	3.7%
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$4,207,051	$3,929,512	7.1%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$57,503,790	$54,166,540	6.2%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$3,538,109	$3,161,568	11.9%
Other employee benefits	$18,234,166	$17,077,642	6.8%
Payroll taxes	$3,651,117	$3,423,978	6.6%
Management fees	$100,440	$129,527	-22.5%
Legal fees	$230,593	$94,700	143.5%
Accounting fees	$0	$256,654	-100%
Lobbying fees	$134,000	$0	999%
Pro. fundraising fees	$1,751,225	$756,295	131.6%
Investment mgmt fees	$1,737,715	$1,238,926	40.3%
Other fee-for-service	$18,981,319	$17,056,508	11.3%
Advertising and promotion	$4,554,533	$4,285,997	6.3%
Office expenses	$21,145,455	$20,553,368	2.9%
Information tech. expenses	$2,621,575	$2,712,244	-3.3%
Royalty expenses	$595,084	$732,752	-18.8%
Occupancy	$3,189,359	$3,054,973	4.4%
Travel	$7,110,573	$6,829,114	4.1%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$4,380,461	$3,784,085	15.8%
Interest	$948,012	$958,769	-1.1%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$2,753,975	$2,042,048	34.9%
Insurance	$638,792	$618,587	3.3%
All other expenses	$10,583,336	$10,525,188	0.6%
Total expenses	$247,189,949	$230,955,849	7.0%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$39,673,596	$41,310,065	-4.0%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$15,967,716	$32,999,520	-51.6%
Pledges and grants receivable	$45,629,287	$45,251,835	0.8%
Accounts receivable	$77,590,992	$77,801,011	-0.3%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$3,667,003	$3,638,491	0.8%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$65,584,639	$64,701,794	1.4%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$104,459,904	$98,230,358	6.3%
Investments, other securities	$129,283,663	$107,107,984	20.7%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$6,714,614	$10,669,566	-37.1%
Total assets	$488,571,414	$481,710,624	1.4%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$27,945,929	$25,887,091	8.0%
Grants payable	$39,711,754	$37,653,505	5.5%
Deferred revenue	$5,891,149	$7,161,590	-17.7%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$55,478,275	$57,681,988	-3.8%
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$11,375,555	$16,769,524	-32.2%
Total liabilities	$140,402,662	$145,153,698	-3.3%

Field	2017	2016	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$157,840,538	$138,193,973	14.2%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$147,344,526	$156,152,518	-5.6%
Permanently restricted net assets	$42,983,688	$42,210,435	1.8%

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Vendors for WWF

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Microsoft Services	Software		2019-08-30
█████████	Fundraising software; CRM software; Marketing software; CRM Consulting	$2,515,518	2019-08-29
██████	Fundraising software		2019-08-29
███████ ███ ████	Fundraising software; Payment processing		2019-08-29
███ ███ ███	Tax accounting; Audit accounting		2018-12-17
████ ██████████ ███	Fundraising Counsel	$135,000	2017-06-01
██████████ ████ ███████████ ███████████ ████	Face To Face	$313,092	2017-06-01
██████████ █████████ ███	Face To Face	$22,775	2017-06-01
...and 19 more vendors

Personnel at WWF

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Carter Roberts	President and Chief Executive Officer	$756,312	July 17, 2019
Rebecca Shaw	Chief Scientist	-	July 17, 2019
█████ ████	Senior Vice President, Markets \| Executive Director, Markets Institute	$353,473	July 17, 2019
█████ █████	Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications	-	July 17, 2019
█████ ██████	Senior Vice President, Development	$308,867	July 17, 2019
███████ ███████████	Vice President of Human Resources	-	July 17, 2019
█████ ████████	Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships and Multilateral Engagement	$256,540	July 17, 2019
███████ ██ ██	Senior Vice President, Fresh Water and Food	-	July 17, 2019
████████ ████████	Senior Vice President and General Counsel	$369,516	July 17, 2019
...and one more key personnel

Peer natural resource conservation organizations

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	World Resources Institute (WRI)	501(c)(3)	$93 million	Washington, DC
2	Conservation International (CI)	501(c)(3)	$145 million	Arlington, VA
3	Sierra Club	501(c)(4)	$141 million	Oakland, CA
4	National Democratic Institute for International Affairs	501(c)(3)	$110 million	Washington, DC
5	American Enterprise Institute (AEI)	501(c)(3)	$61 million	Washington, DC
6	The Aspen Institute	501(c)(3)	$129 million	Washington, DC
7	The Brookings Institution	501(c)(3)	$96 million	Washington, DC
8	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	501(c)(3)	$58 million	Washington, DC
9	The One Campaign	501(c)(3)	$60 million	Washington, DC
10	National Geographic Society (NGS)	501(c)(3)	$130 million	Washington, DC
11	Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)	501(c)(6)	$57 million	Washington, DC
12	Paralyzed Veterans of America	501(c)(3)	$112 million	Washington, DC
13	Evidence Action	501(c)(3)	$64 million	Washington, DC
14	Acdi / Voca	501(c)(3)	$118 million	Washington, DC
15	Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS)	501(c)(3)	$80 million	Washington, DC
16	Great Minds	501(c)(3)	$66 million	Washington, DC
17	Special Olympics	501(c)(3)	$129 million	Washington, DC
18	Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation	501(c)(3)	$180 million	Washington, DC
19	Truth Initiative	501(c)(3)	$70 million	Washington, DC
20	International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)	501(c)(3)	$84 million	Washington, DC
21	American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences	501(c)(3)	$457 million	Washington, DC
22	Newseum	501(c)(3)	$58 million	Washington, DC
23	Judicial Watch	501(c)(3)	$71 million	Washington, DC
24	DKT International	501(c)(3)	$190 million	Washington, DC
25	American Councils for International Education	501(c)(3)	$77 million	Washington, DC

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