Gorilla Foundation FY2024 filing
Communicating with gorillas to learn about them and improve their conservation and care. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $1.1M in revenue, $811K in expenses, and $6.9M in net assets.Pt I
- Type
- Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Nonprofit
- Location
- Woodside, CA
- Website
- www.koko.org
- Filings
- 6 on file (2020–2024)
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Summary of the Filing
Identity & Classification
Governance & Policies
Officers, Directors & Key Employees
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christa Nunes | $83,200 | $83,200 | $83,200 | $67,127 |
| Gary Stanley | $16,942 | $16,942 | — | — |
| Ronald H Cohn | — | — | — | $10,275 |
| Francine Patterson | $9,576 | $9,576 | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Where the work happens
Education
(Projects KokoApp and KokoKids)a)Our Koko Signs app, developed with ArcTouch.com, and released to the public in Dec. 2023, recently (Nov. 2024) won a prestigious Anthem App Award, in the category of Sustainability, Environment and Climate.
Research
(Project: KokoArc)In FYE2024, we digitized nearly all of the Project Koko interspecies communication video archive approximately 300 more tapes, bringing it to a total of nearly 2000 hours of video.We also digitized about 50% of the Project Koko research diary archive (about 20,000 pages out of 40,000 pages).And we negotiated the…
Welfare
(Project KokoCares)a)In FYE2024 we were notified that we would have to terminate our lease for 71 acres of land on Maui, 30 years in to a 60 year lease, because of non-use. We had been considering the development of a gorilla sanctuary there for years, however, since Koko and Michael passed away (in 2019), we have been unsure of where…
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Statement of Revenue
Statement of Functional Expenses
Balance Sheet
Financial Metrics
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
| Metric | This org | Peer median | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program ratio | 78% | — | — |
| Overhead ratio | 14% | — | — |
| Fundraising cost ratio | 7% | — | — |
| Revenue growth | 102% | — | — |
| Investment management fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Legal fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Accounting fee ratio | 6% | — | — |
| Fundraising fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
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