Cheetah Conservation Fund

Analysis

Cheetah Conservation Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Alexandria, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2000, 26 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 December 2023, Cheetah Conservation Fund reported income of $5.6m and spending of $5.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.1m to $5.6m (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 36%. 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, Cheetah Conservation Fund sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Columbus Humane ($5.6m), Spay Neuter Charlotte ($5.6m) and Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society ($5.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $120k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $751k. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $172k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 15 employees.