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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: February 2025 Expires: February 2027

Primarily Primates

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(830) 755-4616
26099 Dull Knife Trail
San Antonio, TX, 78255
https://primarilyprimates.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Primarily Primates meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to provide lifetime care and housing for native and non-native homeless, abused and abandoned animals, mostly primates, saving them from death or continued exploitation."

Year, State Incorporated:
1981, TX

Primarily Primates (PPI) is an animal sanctuary in Bexar County, Texas, providing permanent, lifetime care and housing for rescued animals, mostly primates. The organization reports that more than 300+ animals live at PPI in permanent residence, saved from biomedical research, the pet trade, and/or the entertainment industry. Animal residents include chimpanzees, lemurs, small primates, kinkajous, birds, and farmed animals. The sanctuary is not open to the general public and does not breed, sell, trade, or use animals commercially. The organization reports focusing on both physical and psychological health, offering lives with dignity and proper social environments. During 2023, PPI reports rescuing 10 monkeys, including some from a zoo in Puerto Rico and others from a facility that shuttered in Florida.

For the year ended April 30, 2024, Primarily Primates's program expenses were:

Animal care $1,126,139
Public information $222,481
Total Program Expenses $1,348,620

Chief Executive
Krystal Mathis, Executive Director

Compensation*
$73,827

Chair of the Board
Priscilla Feral

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
President, Friends of Animals

Board Size
8

Paid Staff Size
32

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Radio, Special events

Fundraising costs were 4% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,519,886, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Primarily Primates's audited financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
Contributions and gifts $1,323,786
In-kind contributions $196,100
Miscellaneous income $2,744
Total Income $1,522,630

Programs: 94% Fundraising: 4% Administrative: 3%

Total Income $1,522,630
Total expenses: $1,442,093
  Program expenses $1,348,620
  Fundraising expenses $57,152
  Administrative expenses $36,321
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $80,537
Beginning Net Assets $5,253,119
Other Changes In Net Assets $156,931
Ending Net Assets $5,490,587
Total Liabilities $88,013
Total Assets $5,578,600

Note 1: According to PPI’s audited financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2024, the organization received in-kind contributions of $196,100 including administrative support ($144,394), equipment ($40,000), produce ($9,666), and advertising ($2,040).

Note 2: In the financial summary above, “other changes in net assets" refers to unrealized gain on interest.

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance