CAROLINA WATERFOWL RESCUE: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization
CAROLINA WATERFOWL RESCUE (EIN 20-1938232)
Tax period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed
2026-05-20
IRS object ID
202601409349300315
Schema version
2025v4.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2026-05-20T09:20:46-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2025-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Filer Filer

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EIN201938232EIN

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Activity Or MissionCAROLINA WATERFOWL RESCUE CARES FOR INJURED AND ORPHANED WILDLIFE. THE GOAL IS TO RETURN ALL REHABBED ANIMALS TO THE WILD, OR WHEN NECESSARY FIND APPROPRIATE PERMANENT HOMES FOR THE ANIMALS THAT CANNOT BE RELEASED.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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FS Audited0FSAuditedInd
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$744,894CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$773,685CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
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Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

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CY Pct85 Adjusted Net Income$0CYPct85AdjustedNetIncomeAmt
CY Total Min Ast Distributable$0CYTotalMinAstDistributableAmt
CY Greater Adjusted Minimum$0CYGreaterAdjustedMinimumAmt
CY Income Tax Imposed PY$0CYIncomeTaxImposedPYAmt
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Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

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Other Cost Or Other Basis$245,797OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

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Other Cost Or Other Basis$103,333OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
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Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

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Other Cost Or Other Basis$12,467OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BFORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW
PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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