Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund

Analysis

Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Englewood, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2001, 25 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, Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund reported income of $69k and spending of $51k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $47k to $69k (+46%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southern California Abyssinianrescue ($68k), Swamp Haven Rescue Inc ($69k) and Abbies Angels ($68k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $157k against liabilities of $6,301, net assets of $150k.