Peregrine Fund Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO CHANGE THE FUTURE FOR NATURE AND HUMANITY BY CONSERVING BIRDS OF PREY WORLDWIDE.
- Income
- $11.4 million
- Spending
- $15.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 79%
- Reserves
- 15.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 52%
- Employees
- 86
- Volunteers
- 165
- Highest pay
- $339,945, president and ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 85 out of 100.
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 15.9 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 5% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 32% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1579% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 20 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2542 of 44 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $2.3 million spent. THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR RECOVERY PROGRAM-LED BY THE PEREGRINE FUND (TPF) IN COLLABORATION WITH FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL, AND PRIVATE PARTNERS-COMBINES INTENSIVE WILD POPULATION MANAGEMENT WITH A ROBUST CAPTIVE PROPAGATION PROGRAM TO RECOVER ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES. THROUGH COORDINATED BREEDING, STRATEGIC RELEASES, RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC MONITORING, AND CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL CONSERVATION INITIATIVES, THE PROGRAM AIMS TO ESTABLISH A VIABLE, SELF-SUSTAINING POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA CONDORS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, SOUTHERN UTAH, AND ACROSS THE SPECIES' HISTORIC RANGE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) SINCE 1996, TPF HAS RELEASED 274 CAPTIVE-REARED CONDORS INTO THE ARIZONAUTAH REGION AND CONFIRMED 69 WILD-HATCHED YOUNG FROM 35 UNIQUE BREEDING PAIRS. THE WILD POPULATION NOW STANDS AT 360+ BIRDS - A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE SPECIES' LOW OF JUST 22 INDIVIDUALS IN 1982 - AND CONTRIBUTES TO A GLOBAL POPULATION APPROACHING 600 BIRDS, WITH MORE CONDORS NOW LIVING IN THE WILD THAN IN CAPTIVITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MODERN RECOVERY HISTORY.WILD POPULATION MANAGEMENT IS SUPPORTED BY CONTINUOUS GPS-ENABLED TRACKING, HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, NEST MONITORING, AND RAPID RESPONSE TO EMERGING THREATS. RESEARCH ON FORAGING ECOLOGY, MOVEMENT PATTERNS, REPRODUCTION, AND TOXICOLOGY CONTINUES TO INFORM ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT. HOWEVER, ADULT MORTALITY REMAINS DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY LEAD POISONING: IN FY25, 67% OF TESTED BIRDS REQUIRED CHELATION THERAPY, AND ALTHOUGH FATALITIES DECLINED, BLOOD-LEAD LEVELS REACHED RECORD HIGHS. PARTNERSHIPS WITH ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT AND UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES HAVE STRENGTHENED VOLUNTARY LEAD-REDUCTION EFFORTS, WITH HUNTER PARTICIPATION EXCEEDING 80%, BUT LEAD FROM SMALL-CALIBER AMMUNITION AND CARCASS DISPOSAL REMAINS A PERSISTENT CHALLENGE. DISEASE MANAGEMENT HAS ALSO BECOME CRITICAL; THE 2023 OUTBREAK OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA (HPAI), WHICH CAUSED 21 DEATHS IN THREE WEEKS, PROMPTED ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE, NEW BIOSECURITY PROTOCOLS, AND MANDATORY VACCINATION OF ALL PRE-RELEASE BIRDS.THE PROGRAM RESUMED RELEASES IN 2024 FOLLOWING THE HPAI-RELATED PAUSE, WITH THIRTEEN BIRDS RELEASED IN FY25 AND FOURTEEN MORE PLANNED FOR FY26. INCREASED GPS DEPLOYMENT, EXPANDED ACCESS TO PRIVATE LANDS, AND STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS HAVE IMPROVED DETECTION AND RESPONSE TIMES FOR SICK OR INJURED BIRDS. DESPITE NINE MORTALITIES IN FY25-FROM LEAD, TRAUMA, DISEASE, AND HUMAN-CAUSED INCIDENTS-RELEASES, RESCUES, AND TREATMENT HELPED STABILIZE THE POPULATION TRAJECTORY.SUPPORTING THIS FIELD EFFORT, THE PEREGRINE FUND'S WORLD CENTER FOR BIRDS OF PREY (WCBP) MAINTAINS A GENETICALLY DIVERSE CAPTIVE FLOCK AND PRODUCES 16 TO 20 CHICKS ANNUALLY FOR RELEASE. IN 2025, WCBP MANAGED 66 CONDORS, INCLUDING 18 BREEDING PAIRS AND 14 NESTLINGS, WITH STRONG REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS: 65% EGG VIABILITY, 80% HATCHABILITY, AND 100% NESTLING SURVIVAL. EIGHT JUVENILES WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE YUROK CONDOR RESTORATION PROGRAM FOR RELEASE, WHILE TWO WERE RETAINED FOR GENETIC OR WELFARE REASONS. NEW BREEDING PAIRS WERE ESTABLISHED BASED ON UPDATED GENETIC RECOMMENDATIONS, INCREASING TOTAL BREEDING PAIRS TO 21. MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS-INCLUDING COMPLETION OF CONDOR BARN 4 AND UPGRADES TO OLDER FACILITIES-ENHANCED BREEDING PERFORMANCE, HANDLING EFFICIENCY, AND WELFARE. DISEASE PREVENTION REMAINED A CORE FOCUS, WITH UNIVERSAL WEST NILE VIRUS VACCINATIONS AND ONGOING HPAI IMMUNIZATION EFFORTS.EMERGING PROPAGATION CHALLENGES INCLUDE DECLINING FERTILITY AND EGGSHELL QUALITY IN OLDER FEMALES, MANY NOW OVER 40 YEARS OLD, PROMPTING EVALUATION OF RETIREMENT STRATEGIES AND REASSIGNMENT OF ROLES TO MAINTAIN LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY. CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN FACILITY RENOVATION, EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION, VETERINARY CAPACITY, AND GENETIC MANAGEMENT REMAINS ESSENTIAL TO SUSTAIN ANNUAL PRODUCTION TARGETS AND SUPPORT ALL RELEASE PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE.TOGETHER, THE PROPAGATION AND REINTRODUCTION COMPONENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR RECOVERY PROGRAM HAVE ACHIEVED REMARKABLE PROGRESS OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES. YET THE SPECIES REMAINS RELIANT ON CONTINUED RELEASES, INTENSIVE MONITORING, LEAD REDUCTION, AND ROBUST DISEASE MANAGEMENT. WITH SUSTAINED FUNDING, STRONG PARTNERSHIPS, AND ADAPTIVE SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT, THE PROGRAM IS POSITIONED TO MAKE FURTHER GAINS TOWARD ITS ULTIMATE GOAL: A STABLE, SELF-SUSTAINING WILD POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA CONDORS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST AND BEYOND.
- $1.8 million spent. THE MADAGASCAR PROGRAM FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING NATIONAL CONSERVATION CAPACITY, PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY-RICH HABITATS, AND PREVENTING THE EXTINCTION OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED RAPTORS. EFFORTS CENTER ON FOUR PROTECTED AREAS REPRESENTING DRY FORESTS, WETLANDS, AND MONTANE ECOSYSTEMS.IN 2025, THE PROGRAM ACHIEVED MAJOR PROGRESS IN CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT, ECOLOGICAL MONITORING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND SCIENTIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING. OVER 84 FOREST PATROLS AND NINE JOINT MISSIONS WITH GOVERNMENT PARTNERS IMPROVED HABITAT PROTECTION. REFORESTATION EFFORTS RESTORED 315 HECTARES WITH MORE THAN 315,000 SEEDLINGS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)FIRE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY WAS STRENGTHENED THROUGH PUBLIC AWARENESS, TRAINING, AND THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF OVER 60 KM OF FIREBREAKS. LOCAL COMMUNITIES BENEFITED THROUGH AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES. THESE INCLUDED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT DONATIONS, TRAINING FOR FARMERS, ASSISTING IN THE REPAIR OR REHABILITATION OF SEVERAL SCHOOLS, AND THE INSTALLATION OF RENEWABLE-ENERGY AND COLD-STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT LOCAL LIVELIHOODS AND ANIMAL HEALTH.ECOLOGICAL MONITORING PRODUCED CRITICAL DATA ON ENDANGERED SPECIES, INCLUDING POPULATION COUNTS OF THE MADAGASCAR POCHARD AND MONITORING OF KEY RAPTOR SPECIES SUCH AS THE MALAGASY HARRIER, MADAGASCAR SERPENT-EAGLE, AND MADAGASCAR FISH EAGLE. WATERBIRD SURVEYS RECORDED 26 SPECIES AND NEARLY 4,000 INDIVIDUALS. PROTECTED AREA GOVERNANCE STRENGTHENED THROUGH REGIONAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS, AND BOUNDARY DEMARCATION.THE PROGRAM ALSO INVESTED HEAVILY IN DEVELOPING MALAGASY SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE. TWELVE UNIVERSITY DEGREES WERE COMPLETED BY SUPPORTED STUDENTS, AND STAFF AND STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING SPANNING CONSERVATION COMMUNICATION, DRONE MONITORING, WETLAND MANAGEMENT, AND PRIMATE RESEARCH. THESE OPPORTUNITIES ADVANCED TECHNICAL SKILLS, RESEARCH CAPACITY, AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, ENGAGEMENT WITH GOVERNMENT PARTNERS WAS REINFORCED THROUGH THE SCREENING OF A WETLANDS DOCUMENTARY AT MADAGASCAR'S COP15, RAISING AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS AND CONSERVATION OUTCOMES.OVERALL, THE PROGRAM MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION, COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND LOCAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORTING MADAGASCAR'S LONG-TERM CONSERVATION PRIORITIES.
- $1.3 million spent. THE PEREGRINE FUND'S WORLD CENTER FOR BIRDS OF PREY FEATURES A PUBLIC INTERPRETIVE CENTER THAT IS CENTRAL TO OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS. A KNOWLEDGEABLE AND INSPIRED CITIZENRY IS KEY TO SOLVING MYRIAD ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THROUGH OUR UNIQUE PROGRAMMING, PEOPLE LEARN TO VALUE RAPTORS AND THE LANDSCAPES UPON WHICH THEY RELY. WE EXPANDED OUR CAMPUS IN 2023, ADDING NEW EXHIBITS, A WELCOME CENTER, EXPANDED PARKING, AND AN OUTDOOR EDUCATION SPACE. THROUGH OUR SCHOOL FIELD-TRIP PROGRAM, WE DIRECTLY INTERFACED WITH MORE THAN 5,000 STUDENTS, POSITIVELY TRANSFORMING ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOR, AND VALUES. THIS PAST YEAR WE HOSTED A RECORD 54,306 VISITORS AT THE WORLD CENTER FOR BIRDS OF PREY. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)IN 2025, OUR PROGRAMMING WAS BOLSTERED BY 135 REGULARLY SCHEDULED VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATED MORE THAN 10,000 HOURS OF SERVICE. OUR CONSISTENT VOLUNTEER BASE IS ESSENTIAL TO DELIVERING OUR PROGRAMMING IN A COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER. THROUGH MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS, WE INSPIRE PEOPLE TO VALUE RAPTORS AND TAKE ACTION.
- $787,030 spent. THE PUERTO RICAN SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (PRSSH) AND PUERTO RICAN BROAD-WINGED HAWK (PRBWHA) ARE TWO CRITICALLY IMPERILED ENDEMIC RAPTOR SUBSPECIES FACING SEVERE POPULATION DECLINES DRIVEN BY HABITAT LOSS, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, NEST PARASITISM, PREDATION, SMALL POPULATION SIZE, AND LIMITED GENETIC DIVERSITY. BOTH WERE LISTED UNDER THE U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT IN 1994, AND DECADES OF MONITORING DOCUMENT ALARMINGLY LOW NUMBERS AND UNSTABLE BREEDING SUCCESS. THE PEREGRINE FUND (TPF) LEADS THE ONLY LONG-TERM, ISLAND-WIDE CONSERVATION EFFORT FOCUSED ON PREVENTING EXTINCTION AND RESTORING BOTH SPECIES THROUGH NEST MANAGEMENT, PROPAGATION, RIGOROUS RESEARCH, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING IN PUERTO RICO.TPF'S GOALS ARE TO PREVENT EXTINCTION OF THE PRSSH BY BOOSTING REPRODUCTIVE OUTPUT THROUGH DOUBLE-CLUTCHING, PROPAGATION, RELEASES, AND TARGETED NEST MANAGEMENT, AND TO IDENTIFY THE ECOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF DECLINE FOR BOTH PRSSH AND PRBWHA TO GUIDE A LONG-TERM CONSERVATION PLAN. THESE EFFORTS HAVE PRODUCED MEASURABLE GAINS: SINCE 2018, TPF HAS SUCCESSFULLY FLEDGED 83 PRSSHS THROUGH PROPAGATION AND NEST MANAGEMENT, TRAINED OVER 45 CONSERVATION PERSONNEL, AND BUILT STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LANDOWNERS, AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.IN 2025, TPF DOCUMENTED 45 PRSSH INDIVIDUALS AND 13 OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, LOCATING SEVEN BREEDING PAIRS AND PRODUCING 16 FLEDGLINGS THROUGH A COMBINATION OF HACKING AND WILD NEST MANAGEMENT. A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HACK TOWER AND IMPROVED FACILITIES INCREASED OPERATIONAL CAPACITY, WHILE TELEMETRY TRACKING PROVIDED THE FIRST DETAILED DISPERSAL DATA, INDICATING CONNECTIVITY AMONG REMAINING FOREST RESERVES. COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH CASA PUEBLO EXPANDED LOCAL SUPPORT AND AWARENESS.FOR THE PRBWHA, TPF COMPLETED ITS FIRST STRUCTURED BREEDING BIOLOGY STUDY, OBSERVING 50 INDIVIDUALS AND IDENTIFYING 15 OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. SIX NESTS WERE MONITORED, WITH THREE SUCCEEDING AND FOUR FLEDGLINGS PRODUCED. NEWLY DOCUMENTED THREATS-INCLUDING BOA PREDATION ON NESTLINGS AND WIDESPREAD PHILORNIS PARASITISM IN NESTLINGS AND AT LEAST ONE ADULT-HIGHLIGHT EMERGING CONSERVATION CHALLENGES. NEST TREATMENT IMPROVED SURVIVAL BUT DID NOT FULLY ELIMINATE PARASITE LOADS, UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR TARGETED MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND FURTHER ECOLOGICAL STUDY.WHILE BOTH SUBSPECIES REMAIN AT CRITICALLY LOW POPULATION LEVELS, THE 2025 FINDINGS DEMONSTRATE THAT ACTIVE MANAGEMENT MEASURABLY INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY AND SURVIVAL. CONTINUED INVESTMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAIN PROPAGATION INFRASTRUCTURE, EXPAND NEST PROTECTION, MITIGATE PARASITISM AND PREDATION, AND DEEPEN SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING. WITH ONLY TWO REMAINING PRSSH BREEDING AREAS AND FRAGMENTED PRBWHA POPULATIONS, SUSTAINED CONSERVATION ACTION IS IMPERATIVE TO SECURE THE FUTURE OF PUERTO RICO'S ENDEMIC FOREST RAPTORS.
- $5.7 million spent. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1975.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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