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PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC

PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC (Arizona) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $628,358 to it, the largest being Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust ($165,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.0M
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$628k
Net assets
$265k
17/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Phoenix Herpetological Society Inc does

Mission

Reptile rescue & rehabilitation and conservation education.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Animal rescue program: provide housing and create habitats for unwanted or abused reptiles. A sanctuary is provided for numerous illegally owned animals that are seized by law enforcement, which would otherwise be euthanized. Appropriate environments are created for the reptiles upon waiting for permanent placement.

    $8,180 spent
    1% of program spending
  2. Animal adoption/sponsorship program: create a place for unwanted and abused reptiles into qualified facilities and homes throughout the u.s.

    $950,029 spent
    72% of program spending
  3. Education programs: these onsite and offsite programs provide education to the public which include information on responsible ownership, husbandry, legal issues, co- existence with native animals and venomous reptile awareness. Attendees are instructed on desert safety issues and that may reptiles do not make good pets for inexperienced owners. The goal is to reduce the number of unwanted and abandoned reptile pets.

    $343,686 spent
    26% of program spending
  4. Shows & expos with live animals for 3 days around the western u.s. Region for educational exhibit, conservation and co-existing with wildlife.

    $17,661 spent
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,319,556.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($646k) Expenses 100 ($629k) Net assets 100 ($213k)2018 Revenue 105 ($678k) Expenses 120 ($756k) Net assets 64 ($135k)2019 Revenue 141 ($911k) Expenses 138 ($870k) Net assets 83 ($176k)2020 Revenue 160 ($1.0M) Expenses 149 ($939k) Net assets 126 ($269k)2021 Revenue 184 ($1.2M) Expenses 173 ($1.1M) Net assets 201 ($428k)2022 Revenue 199 ($1.3M) Expenses 221 ($1.4M) Net assets 175 ($374k)2023 Revenue 292 ($1.9M) Expenses 282 ($1.8M) Net assets 226 ($481k)2024 Revenue 305 ($2.0M) Expenses 323 ($2.0M) Net assets 196 ($417k)2025 Revenue 311 ($2.0M) Expenses 343 ($2.2M) Net assets 124 ($265k)
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Revenue (311)Expenses (343)Net assets (124)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $359k to $543k (+51%).

$332k
$243k
$273k
$359k
$543k
$410k
$510k
$522k
$389k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

39% of PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,657 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$17k
’17
−$78k
’18
$41k
’19
$92k
’20
$99k
’21
−$106k
’22
$107k
’23
−$64k
’24
−$153k
’25
0.6
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed666665557
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·00001000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $10k → $85k.

5 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 24 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

28% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC.

26%
largest funder
65%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 78% · 2019 47% · 2020 57% · 2021 55% · 2022 24% · 2023 41% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

54% of PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 8 states in all.

IL
MI
NY
WY
IN
VA
AZ
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $151k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC has grown faster than half of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

61% of spending goes to programs.

Program 61%Management 39%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
57%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

AZ

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Questions and answers

Who funds PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC?
PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC (Arizona) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $628,358 to it, the largest being Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust ($165,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $628,358 in grants to PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC?
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $165,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PHOENIX HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing