Dedicated to the conservation of endangered and threatened
wildlife and wild places, on land or within the sea.

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WILDERNESS CONSERVANCY

TAX STATUS

WHAT IS WILDERNESS CONSERVANCY ?
Wilderness Conservancy ("WILDCON") is a non-profit conservation foundation incorporated on August 11, 1992, under the laws of California (corporation #1836593). It has been granted tax-exempt status by the United States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), under Internal Revenue Code Sections 501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) as a public foundation. Its IRS identification number is 95-4382554. WILDCON has also been granted tax-exempt status by the State of California, Franchise Tax Board, under California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d.A copy of the Wilderness Conservancy IRS form 990 may be accessed and downloaded from the web site of the California Attorney General, Registry of Charitable Trusts at http://ag.ca.gov/charities

MISSION

OUR MISSION
WILDCON is… dedicated to the conservation of endangered and threatened wildlife and wild places, on land or within the sea. WILDCON is a direct action foundation that provides hard assets to persons and organizations (governmental and non-governmental) with specific needs that cannot be addressed because of lack of funding. To be considered by WILDCON, the requesting party's need must relate directly to critical environmental matters such as the saving of endangered or threatened species of fauna or flora. WILDCON's "due diligence" in the form of onsite research (verification) determines the validity of the stated need. There is often a significant difference between a "want" and a "need". It is the latter which WILDCON seeks to address

MAXIMUM DONOR-DOLLAR UTILIZATION
Unlike most publicly supported charitable foundations, ALL FUNDS DONATED TO WILDCON GO TO ITS PROJECTS and none to salaries, wages, etc.. WILDCON has no employees and all who help donate their time and skills, including its officers and directors. WILDCON gives, by far, the most "bang" for the "buck". So, when you make a tax-deductible donation to WILDCON (as allowed by federal and state law), you know that every dollar donated goes to support our work where it counts.