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Friends of Pine Grove Zoo

Little Falls, Minnesota · EIN 41-1949216 · Animal-Related · tax-exempt since 2000

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 77.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Graded against 13,882 animal-related nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.3.8 months100
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.70% of practices70
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.58
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.63% from one source62
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.98.3%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.7%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2025Form 990$785K$785K$611$248K3.815B
Dec 2024Form 990$672K$744K−$72K$247K4.023A
Dec 2023Form 990$672K$757K−$85K$319K5.115A
Dec 2022Form 990$550K$610K−$60K$405K8.016B
Dec 2021Form 990$628K$564K$64K$465K9.915A
Dec 2020Form 990$473K$447K$26K$401K10.815A
Dec 2019Form 990$436K$408K$28K$375K11.019B
Dec 2018Form 990$698K$393K$305K$347K10.616C
Dec 2017Form 990$382K$396K−$14K$41K1.316C
Dec 2016Form 990$320K$327K−$7,581$56K2.013C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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