Tanganyika Wildlife Foundation

Analysis

Tanganyika Wildlife Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Goddard, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 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, Tanganyika Wildlife Foundation reported income of $170k and spending of $355k, spending 208% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $350k to $170k (-51%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Tanganyika Wildlife Foundation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Badass Bulldog Rescue Inc ($170k), International Iguana Foundation ($170k) and Toby Project Inc ($170k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $42k. It paid $99k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $485k against liabilities of $3,143, net assets of $482k.