Freedom for Great Apes

Analysis

Freedom for Great Apes is a registered charity in United States, based in Bend, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2019, 7 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, Freedom for Great Apes reported income of $472k and spending of $335k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $234k to $472k (+102%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Freedom for Great Apes sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helen Sanders Cat Protection and Welfare Society ($472k), Gentle Giants ($472k) and Aloha Ilio Rescue ($472k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $142k. At year end it held assets of $446k against liabilities of $6,166, net assets of $440k. It reported 7 employees.