The Friends of the Louisville Zoo Incorporated

Analysis

The Friends of the Louisville Zoo Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Louisville, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1969, 57 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 June 2023, The Friends of the Louisville Zoo Incorporated reported income of $365k and spending of $158k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $244k to $365k (+50%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Friends of the Louisville Zoo Incorporated sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Randolph County Humane Society ($365k), Wee Companions ($366k) and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Galveston Co ($365k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $421k against liabilities of $615k, net assets of -$194k.