Champions for Wildlife formerly Weiler Woods for Wildlife Inc
The more you learn, the more you love, the more you protect!
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Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Red Wolf Gallery
The Red Wolf Gallery (www.redwolfgallery.org) is one of the largest collections of red wolf images in the world and allows free downloads of all photos and videos. The photos can be used to improve the awareness of red wolves, the most endangered wild animal in the United States.
The photos include pictures of red wolves in human care and in the wild, along with educational materials to be used in education.
Red Wolf Outreach
We have donated 32 red wolf limited edition sculptures to red wolf conservation facilities which breed or care for red wolves. These sculptures help connect visitors to the red wolves, which can not always be viewed at the facility. Art inspires us all to fall in love with this critically endangered animal.
Wild for Art
Wild for Art consists of education programming and curriculum to engage students and teachers with wildlife through art. Current curriculum consists of programs based around red wolves, pollinators, hellbenders, bats, birds and more.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of people on the organization's email list
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Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Adults
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Red Wolf Outreach
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Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of Facebook followers
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Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
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Output - describing our activities and reach
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Increasing
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
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Adults, Children and youth
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Increasing
Context Notes
Our full time Executive Director is a volunteer
Number of works exhibited permanently
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Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Related Program
Red Wolf Outreach
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Limited edition red wolf castings have been donated to red wolf breeding facilities
Number of overall donors
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Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Adults
Related Program
Red Wolf Outreach
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of children taught a class on red wolves and their importance to the environment
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We teach students about red wolves and other underdog species and their habitat.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To provide comprehensible educational materials on America's red wolf and the importance of apex predators in the ecosystem to our youth. Lessons will include a children’s film and animation, a photo gallery with free downloadable photos, lesson plans and Keynote presentations on red wolves. Our goal is to teach 500 children our first year.
To complete the shipment of 37 red wolf sculptures to conservation organizations in 2022 to inspire folks to protect the critically endangered red wolf.
To raise $150,000 in 2022 to support our educational and art programs and build our infrastructure as a first-year nonprofit
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are currently working with science teachers to develop a curriculum for the importance of endangered species and apex predators to the environment We are also interviewing for a part-time teacher to go into our local classrooms to teach students about America's red wolf, the most endangered wild animal in the US. We are also producing a children's film, a photo gallery nad lesson plans using volunteers and staff.
We are identifying which red wolf conservation organizations still need a red wolf sculpture and will be shipping them by the end of 2022.
And we are actively fundraising for 2022.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We plan on meeting all of our goals with active volunteers. We have 3 filmmakers who are producing our children's film pro-bono and are looking to hire a part-time teacher by year end.
We are meeting with potential donors to explain our strategy and enlist them as volunteers, donors or both.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
So far, we have raised 2/3rds of our budget, taught over 200 children and produced 30 red wolf castings for donation to various conservation groups.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Champions for Wildlife formerly Weiler Woods for Wildlife Inc
Board of directorsas of 11/29/2023
Dale Weiler
Champions for Wildlife
Term: 2022 - 2025
Diana Rueter Twining
Architect and Sculptor
Debra Vasilopoulos
First Horizon
Loti C Woods
Champions for Wildlife
Rebecca Barnes
Retired, Environmental Protection Agency
Dale Weiler
Sculptor
Cassia Rivera
Wildlife Conservation Photographer
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.