Riverside Zoological Foundation

Analysis

Riverside Zoological Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Scottsbluff, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Riverside Zoological Foundation reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $927k to $1.1m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Riverside Zoological Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Suncoast Animal League ($1.1m), Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute Inc ($1.1m) and Animal Adoption Center Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $51k (4.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $468k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $389k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 23 employees.