Sedgwick County Zoological Foundation

Analysis

Sedgwick County Zoological Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Wichita, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Sedgwick County Zoological Foundation reported income of $186k and spending of $34k, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $374k to $186k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Sedgwick County Zoological Foundation sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Humane Society of Eastern Oregon Pet Rescue ($186k), Humane Society of Valdosta Lowndes County Inc ($186k) and Small Dog Rescue of New England ($186k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $6.2m.