Friends of the Bergen County Zoo Inc

Analysis

Friends of the Bergen County Zoo Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Paramus, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 December 2023, Friends of the Bergen County Zoo Inc reported income of $531k and spending of $227k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $460k to $531k (+15%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of the Bergen County Zoo Inc sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 76th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cora Incorporated ($530k), Western Covenant University ($531k) and Hope Montessori School - the Woodlands ($530k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $54k (24% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 10 employees.