Seneca Zoo Society Development Fund Inc

Analysis

Seneca Zoo Society Development Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Rochester, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Seneca Zoo Society Development Fund Inc reported income of $94k and spending of $281k, spending 298% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $504k to $94k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 643%. Over the whole period it spent 194% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Seneca Zoo Society Development Fund Inc sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valley Cats Inc ($94k), Altus Animal Welfare Association ($94k) and Save the Cats Arizona ($94k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $154k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $1.5m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.