Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc

Analysis

Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Louisville, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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 June 2024, Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc reported income of $13.0m and spending of $606k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $1.3m to $13.0m (+926%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 565%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($12.9m), Norristown Zoological Society ($13.1m) and Douglas Island Pink and Chum Incorporated ($12.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $20k. It paid $80k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $21.2m against liabilities of $41k, net assets of $21.2m. It reported 1 employees.