Bonobo Conservation Initiative

Analysis

Bonobo Conservation Initiative is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 2022, Bonobo Conservation Initiative reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.1m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income grew from $357k to $1.9m (+433%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 371%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Bonobo Conservation Initiative sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Habitat for Horses Inc ($1.9m), Nine Lives Foundation ($1.9m) and Metro Animal Shelter ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $868k. At year end it held assets of $304k against liabilities of $53k, net assets of $252k. It reported 2 employees.