Nonprofit screen
Screen a listBirmingham Zoo Inc
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$14Mrevenue
FY2024 · −17% in 3 yrs210staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin6.6%
Months of reserve11.6mo
Revenue growth (annualized)−3.6%
Middle half of peersMedianBirmingham Zoo
Where the money goes FY2024 · $13M spent
Programs$12M90%Management and general$694k5%Fundraising$655k5%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Government grants fell 85% in FY2022
$6.7M in FY2021, $1.0M in FY2022.
990 Part VIIIIn its favor2
Strong governance
25 of 25 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIFunders stay
33 of the 51 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant lists80funders
$1.2Ma year, last 3 years
40%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Lucille S Beeson Char Tr Bond MgmtSince FY2020$430k$499k$452k$445kBarbara Ingalls Shook FoundationEvery year since FY2017$70k$10k$110k$110k$110k$110k$101kLinn-Henley Charitable Trust UwSince FY2018$50k$50k$50k$46k$75k$80kProtective Life FoundationSince FY2019$6k$170k$127k$20k$20kHill Crest Foundation IncStopped after FY2020$75k$75k$150k–Robert R Meyer FoundationOn and off$200k$50kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$39k$28k$18k$29k$88k$91k$173k62 other fundersUp to $100k a year each$148k$154k$318k$522k$227k$369k$450k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped