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East Coast Zoological

Melbourne, Florida · EIN 59-2496749 · Animal-Related · tax-exempt since 1986

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 78.6 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Graded against 1,422 animal-related nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M 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.36.2 months44
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.100
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.51% from one source66
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.83.9%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.3%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.19not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920202021202220232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2024Form 990$30.84M$20.85M$9.99M$62.84M36.2328B
Dec 2023Form 990$29.27M$19.80M$9.47M$51.91M31.5337B
Dec 2022Form 990$26.39M$18.14M$8.25M$42.40M28.1328B
Dec 2021Form 990$22.35M$14.22M$8.13M$34.43M29.1329C
Dec 2020Form 990$15.52M$11.10M$4.42M$26.30M28.4286B
Dec 2019Form 990$20.21M$11.72M$8.48M$21.88M22.4356B
Dec 2018Form 990$16.42M$11.50M$4.92M$13.53M14.1355B
Dec 2017Form 990$12.27M$11.17M$1.10M$8.61M9.3327A
Dec 2016Form 990$10.30M$10.55M−$251K$7.51M8.5376A

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.

Read the filings

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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