Save the Chimps Inc

Analysis

Save the Chimps Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Pierce, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1998, 28 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 2023, Save the Chimps Inc reported income of $13.2m and spending of $10.2m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7.1m to $13.2m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Save the Chimps Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ocean Habitat and Wildlife Rescue Inc ($13.2m), American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc ($13.3m) and Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($13.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $414k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.3m. It paid $309k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $16.0m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $14.7m. It reported 128 employees.