Friends of the Greenville Zoo Inc

Analysis

Friends of the Greenville Zoo Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenville, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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 June 2023, Friends of the Greenville Zoo Inc reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $153k to $1.7m (+985%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 313%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Friends of the Greenville Zoo 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 87th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute of Range & the American Mustang ($1.7m), Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center ($1.7m) and Animal Care League ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $133k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $1,776, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 2 employees.