Friends of the Zoo of Springfield Missouri Inc

Analysis

Friends of the Zoo of Springfield Missouri Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1974, 52 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, Friends of the Zoo of Springfield Missouri Inc reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.3m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.1m (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Friends of the Zoo of Springfield Missouri Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1love4animals Inc ($2.1m), Kinnic Falls Alcohol-Drug Abuse Serv Inc ($2.2m) and Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 41% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $27k (1.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $153k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 64 employees.