Zoological Society of Buffalo Foundation Inc

Analysis

Zoological Society of Buffalo Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Zoological Society of Buffalo Foundation Inc reported income of $179k and spending of $208k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $308k to $179k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Zoological Society of Buffalo Foundation Inc sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 49th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington ($179k), Queens Best Stumpy Dog Rescue ($180k) and Philadelphia Urban Riding Academy ($179k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $4.8m.