Dallas Zoo Management Inc

Analysis

Dallas Zoo Management Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dallas, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2009, 17 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 September 2023, Dallas Zoo Management Inc reported income of $32.4m and spending of $32.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $29.6m to $32.4m (+9.3%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Dallas Zoo Management Inc sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paws Chicago ($32.4m), Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Society ($32.5m) and Omaha Zoo Foundation ($31.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.3% and program service revenue 81% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $860k (2.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $15.3m. At year end it held assets of $6.0m against liabilities of $3.1m, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 537 employees.