Plumpton Park Zoological Gardens Inc

Analysis

Plumpton Park Zoological Gardens Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Rising Sun, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1988, 38 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 June 2023, Plumpton Park Zoological Gardens Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $2.0m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $970k to $1.6m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Plumpton Park Zoological Gardens Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wildlife Forever ($1.6m), Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon ($1.6m) and Carolina Tiger Rescue ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.9% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $808k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $471k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 64 employees.