PLATINUM2023

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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Mission

Our mission is to inspire kids to be champions for wildlife through art and education. We believe the more you learn, the more you love, the more you protect!

Notes from the nonprofit

During our first year, we set up our infrastructure, developed lesson plans for students, and made presentations to various communities. In our second year, we hired a full-time Education Coordinator to expand curriculum offerings and meet the demand for more programming. We have a new name, logo and updated mission to better reflect our work to get kids excited about wildlife through art. Art is a powerful way to connect our kids and adults with nature while at the same time teaching them how to care better for our planet. We are one of the few nonprofits that focus on both endangered animals & the underdog species using various art forms, including sculpture, murals, animation, and photography. If we can connect people to the benefits and wonders of nature, we will create a more sustainable future.

Ruling year info

2022

Executive Director

Loti Woods

Main address

P.O. Box 128

Lynn, NC 28750 USA

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EIN

87-4584220

NTEE code info

Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (D01)

IRS filing requirement

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth
Ethnic and racial groups
Artists and performers
Academics

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.

Population(s) Served

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.

Population(s) Served
Adolescents
Children
Preteens

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, Adults

Related Program

Red Wolf Outreach

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of Facebook followers

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults, Children and youth

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults, Children and youth

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Our full time Executive Director is a volunteer

Number of works exhibited permanently

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
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

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
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

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

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

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.

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.

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

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Financials

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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 directors
as of 11/29/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

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

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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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

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 10/8/2022

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/08/2022

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Policies and processes
  • 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.