The Creature Conservancy

Analysis

The Creature Conservancy is a registered charity in United States, based in Ann Arbor, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Creature Conservancy reported income of $810k and spending of $807k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $396k to $810k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Creature Conservancy sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Foundation Incorporated ($810k), Intl Society for Equine Locomotor Pathology Inc ($812k) and Friends of the Ellen Trout Zoo Inc ($809k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $383k. At year end it held assets of $623k against liabilities of $299k, net assets of $324k. It reported 24 employees.