Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn

Analysis

Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn is a registered charity in United States, based in Las Vegas, NV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn reported income of $415k and spending of $271k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $885k to $415k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within NV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Franklin County Animal Shelter ($415k), B Bryan Preserve Wildlife Foundation ($416k) and Kitty Kat Haven & Rescue ($414k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.8m.