Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Foundation Incorporated

Analysis

Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Foundation Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Jupiter, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Foundation Incorporated reported income of $810k and spending of $1.8m, spending 226% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income fell from $3.5m to $810k (-77%), an average of -52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Foundation Incorporated sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Ellen Trout Zoo Inc ($809k), The Creature Conservancy ($810k) and Chattaneuter ($809k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% of the total. It paid $397k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $123k, net assets of $2.9m.