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World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Form 990s | Financials | Vendors | Personnel | Peers

WWF is a natural resource conservation nonprofit based in Washington, DC that was founded in 1960. As of 2018 they had $256 million in revenue and $502 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.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) makes grants to other organizations, such as $3,084,303 to Wildlife Conservation Society for "Conservation"; $551,002 to Regents of the University of California / Office of the President for "Conservation"; $267,700 to Conservation International (CI) for "Conservation"; $192,856 to Rare for "Conservation"; and $174,000 to Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation for "Conservation".

EIN:

52-1693387

City:

Washington

State:

District of Columbia

Metro:

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

Website:

worldwildlife.org

Phone:

800 - 960 - 0993

Twitter:

@world_wildlife

Founded:

1960

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

C30: Natural resource conservation organizations

Revenue:

$256,825,626

Assets:

$502,673,998

Employees:

615

Fiscal year end:

June

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Form 990s for WWF

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-06	Oct 12, 2019	990	View PDF
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
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for WWF

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Federated campaigns	$254,681	$1,169,222	-78.2%
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$37,820	$0	999%
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$46,811,542	$57,929,779	-19.2%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$195,601,684	$154,739,918	26.4%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$4,519,544	$3,477,097	30.0%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$242,705,727	$213,838,919	13.5%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$242,705,727	$213,838,919	13.5%
Program services	$570,889	$94,033	507.1%
Investment income and dividends	$2,199,377	$2,098,753	4.8%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$6,369,195	$5,308,848	20.0%
Net rental income	$439,713	$-895,907	149.1%
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$4,343,225	$5,749,590	-24.5%
Net income from fundraising events	$-27,740	$0	-999%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$225,240	$202,151	11.4%
Total revenues	$256,825,626	$226,396,387	13.4%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$5,641,495	$4,301,157	31.2%
Grants to individuals in USA	$203,504	$237,424	-14.3%
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$69,209,009	$74,060,688	-6.6%
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$5,004,897	$4,207,051	19.0%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$59,065,635	$57,503,790	2.7%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$3,587,602	$3,538,109	1.4%
Other employee benefits	$19,766,643	$18,234,166	8.4%
Payroll taxes	$3,867,475	$3,651,117	5.9%
Management fees	$111,900	$100,440	11.4%
Legal fees	$120,841	$230,593	-47.6%
Accounting fees	$278,184	$0	999%
Lobbying fees	$296,750	$134,000	121.5%
Pro. fundraising fees	$1,313,301	$1,751,225	-25.0%
Investment mgmt fees	$2,264,690	$1,737,715	30.3%
Other fee-for-service	$22,047,596	$18,981,319	16.2%
Advertising and promotion	$6,309,132	$4,554,533	38.5%
Office expenses	$21,988,821	$21,145,455	4.0%
Information tech. expenses	$3,594,728	$2,621,575	37.1%
Royalty expenses	$1,007,679	$595,084	69.3%
Occupancy	$3,323,752	$3,189,359	4.2%
Travel	$7,325,307	$7,110,573	3.0%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$4,479,599	$4,380,461	2.3%
Interest	$933,746	$948,012	-1.5%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$3,333,257	$2,753,975	21.0%
Insurance	$834,108	$638,792	30.6%
All other expenses	$12,127,822	$10,583,336	14.6%
Total expenses	$258,037,473	$247,189,949	4.4%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$40,035,624	$39,673,596	0.9%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$18,377,944	$15,967,716	15.1%
Pledges and grants receivable	$62,378,037	$45,629,287	36.7%
Accounts receivable	$69,455,079	$77,590,992	-10.5%
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	$3,700,685	$3,667,003	0.9%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$62,346,815	$65,584,639	-4.9%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$104,445,005	$104,459,904	-0.0%
Investments, other securities	$133,299,074	$129,283,663	3.1%
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$8,635,735	$6,714,614	28.6%
Total assets	$502,673,998	$488,571,414	2.9%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$26,959,098	$27,945,929	-3.5%
Grants payable	$44,850,708	$39,711,754	12.9%
Deferred revenue	$7,768,610	$5,891,149	31.9%
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	$51,932,974	$55,478,275	-6.4%
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$8,090,626	$11,375,555	-28.9%
Total liabilities	$139,602,016	$140,402,662	-0.6%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$164,571,699	$157,840,538	4.3%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$153,937,568	$147,344,526	4.5%
Permanently restricted net assets	$44,562,715	$42,983,688	3.7%

Vendors for WWF

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
BDO USA LLP	Tax accounting; Audit accounting		2020-02-06
█████████ ████████	Software		2019-08-30
█████████	Fundraising software; CRM software; Marketing software		2019-08-29
██████	Fundraising software		2019-08-29
███████ ███ ████	Fundraising software; Payment processing		2019-08-29
█████████████ ███	Face To Face	$99,330	2018-06-01
████ ██████████ ███	Fundraising Counsel	$129,052	2018-06-01
█ █ █████████ ████████	Online Consulting	$553,650	2018-06-01
...and 16 more vendors

Personnel at WWF

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Carter Roberts	President and Chief Executive Officer	$1.3 million	July 17, 2019
Martha Piper	Chief Operating Officer	-	July 17, 2019
████ ██████	Chief Financial Officer	-	July 17, 2019
███████ ████	Chief Scientist	-	July 17, 2019
█████ ████	Senior Vice President, Markets \| Executive Director, Markets Institute	$662,538	July 17, 2019
█████ █████	Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications	-	July 17, 2019
█████ ██████████	Senior Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs	-	July 17, 2019
█████ ██████	Senior Vice President, Development	$319,508	July 17, 2019
█████ ████████	Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships and Multilateral Engagement	$271,446	July 17, 2019
███████ ██████	Senior Vice President, Wildlife Conservation	$313,448	July 17, 2019
...and nine more key personnel

Peer natural resource conservation organizations

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	World Resources Institute (WRI)	501(c)(3)	$140 million	Washington, DC
2	Nia Tero Foundation	501(c)(3)	$150 million	Seattle, WA
3	Conservation International (CI)	501(c)(3)	$145 million	Arlington, VA
4	The Aspen Institute	501(c)(3)	$134 million	Washington, DC
5	National Democratic Institute for International Affairs	501(c)(3)	$109 million	Washington, DC
6	The Brookings Institution	501(c)(3)	$96 million	Washington, DC
7	International Justice Mission	501(c)(3)	$68 million	Washington, DC
8	The Heritage Foundation	501(c)(3)	$81 million	Washington, DC
9	Natural Resources Defense Council	501(c)(3)	$182 million	New York, NY
10	National Geographic Society (NGS)	501(c)(3)	$130 million	Washington, DC
11	Sierra Club	501(c)(4)	$143 million	Oakland, CA
12	Pact	501(c)(3)	$123 million	Washington, DC
13	Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation	501(c)(3)	$199 million	Washington, DC
14	Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS)	501(c)(3)	$84 million	Washington, DC
15	Truth Initiative	501(c)(3)	$98 million	Washington, DC
16	International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)	501(c)(3)	$84 million	Washington, DC
17	Urban Institute	501(c)(3)	$86 million	Washington, DC
18	Associated Universities	501(c)(3)	$110 million	Washington, DC
19	Share Our Strength	501(c)(3)	$66 million	Washington, DC
20	AARP Foundation	501(c)(3)	$273 million	Washington, DC
21	National Academy of Sciences	501(c)(3)	$314 million	Washington, DC
22	Judicial Watch	501(c)(3)	$71 million	Washington, DC
23	DKT International (DKT)	501(c)(3)	$190 million	Washington, DC
24	Amideast (AMIDEAST)	501(c)(3)	$65 million	Washington, DC
25	American Councils for International Education	501(c)(3)	$77 million	Washington, DC

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