Dakota Zoological Society Inc

Analysis

Dakota Zoological Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bismarck, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1980, 46 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, Dakota Zoological Society Inc reported income of $2.9m and spending of $2.3m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $2.9m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Dakota Zoological Society Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Planned Pethood of Georgia Inc ($2.9m), Sky Dog Sanctuary Inc ($2.9m) and Hawaii Island Humane Society SPCA ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% and program service revenue 50% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $900k. At year end it held assets of $7.7m against liabilities of $96k, net assets of $7.6m. It reported 62 employees.