Delaware Zoological Society Inc

Analysis

Delaware Zoological Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wilmington, DE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Delaware Zoological Society Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $771k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $624k to $1.1m (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Delaware Zoological Society Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within DE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bonapartes Retreat ($1.1m), Southern Tier Zoological Society Inc ($1.1m) and American Fondouk Maintenance Committee Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 31% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $74k (9.7% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $143k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 25 employees.