Georgia Aquarium Foundation Inc

Analysis

Georgia Aquarium Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Georgia Aquarium Foundation Inc reported income of $6.2m and spending of $2.4m, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $12.4m to $6.2m (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 26% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Georgia Aquarium Foundation Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation Inc ($6.2m), Jacksonville Humane Society ($6.2m) and American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation Inc ($6.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 103% of the total. At year end it held assets of $80.7m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $79.5m.