Lions Tigers & Bears

Analysis

Lions Tigers & Bears is a registered charity in United States, based in Alpine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2003, 23 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, Lions Tigers & Bears reported income of $6.4m and spending of $4.3m, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $6.4m (+166%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Lions Tigers & Bears 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 CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maui Humane Society Inc ($6.4m), Pasados Safe Haven ($6.5m) and Friends of the Zoo Inc ($6.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $11.3m against liabilities of $827k, net assets of $10.5m. It reported 37 employees.