Atlanta-Fulton County Zoo Inc

Analysis

Atlanta-Fulton County Zoo Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1986, 40 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, Atlanta-Fulton County Zoo Inc reported income of $46.5m and spending of $31.7m, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $30.1m to $46.5m (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Atlanta-Fulton County Zoo Inc sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($46.0m), Arizona Center for Nature Conservation ($46.7m) and Birdlife International ($45.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 41% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.1m (3.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $12.6m. At year end it held assets of $119.7m against liabilities of $6.4m, net assets of $113.3m. It reported 437 employees.