Emporia Friends of the Zoo Inc

Analysis

Emporia Friends of the Zoo Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Emporia, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1979, 47 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, Emporia Friends of the Zoo Inc reported income of $471k and spending of $2.4m, spending 517% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $621k to $471k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Emporia Friends of the Zoo Inc sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy Full Project Inc ($471k), Bridge to Home Animal Rescue ($472k) and Newberg Animal Shelter Friends ($471k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.5m.