Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue Inc

Analysis

Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Clinton, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2011, 15 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, Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue Inc reported income of $836k and spending of $906k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $435k to $836k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Appalachian Black Bear Rehabilitation and Release Center ($835k), Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation ($838k) and Rebas Rescue ($834k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 21% of the total. At year end it held assets of $470k against liabilities of $183k, net assets of $286k.