Friends of the Panaewa Zoo

Analysis

Friends of the Panaewa Zoo is a registered charity in United States, based in Hilo, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1986, 40 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 June 2023, Friends of the Panaewa Zoo reported income of $433k and spending of $180k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $173k to $433k (+150%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 319%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Friends of the Panaewa Zoo sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horses of Tir Na Nog ($432k), Union County Animal Protection Society ($433k) and Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary ($432k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $82k. At year end it held assets of $790k against liabilities of $4,069, net assets of $786k. It reported 12 employees.