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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY US INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,478,170
Total expenses
$12,724,101
Contributions and grants received
$13,295,076
Grants paid
$11,684,981
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$183,094
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$9,068,822
Total liabilities, end of year
$169,105
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,899,717
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,303,194
Management and general expenses
$335,169
Fundraising expenses
$85,738
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,303,194

Program services were 96.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $84,394

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $13,210,682

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $183,094 · excluded $183,094

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $11,684,981 · program services $11,684,981

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $156,624 · program services $15,662 · management and general $109,637 · fundraising $31,325

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $126,707 · program services $16,262 · management and general $85,104 · fundraising $25,341

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,223 · program services $1,370 · management and general $7,608 · fundraising $2,245

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,272 · program services $2,517 · management and general $15,301 · fundraising $4,454

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,358 · management and general $10,358

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,042 · management and general $26,042

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $641,548 · program services $579,920 · management and general $55,628 · fundraising $6,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $738 · management and general $369 · fundraising $369

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,099 · program services $766 · management and general $3,058 · fundraising $1,275

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,907 · program services $886 · management and general $3,544 · fundraising $1,477

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,530 · program services $830 · management and general $3,317 · fundraising $1,383

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,738 · management and general $11,869 · fundraising $11,869

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,334 · management and general $3,334

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $870,899 · end of year $211,405

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,506,669 · end of year $8,840,520

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $32,863 · end of year $7,130

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $468 · end of year $9,767

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $38,015 · end of year $34,603

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $227,236 · end of year $134,502

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $847,736 · end of year $1,088,559

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,297,912 · end of year $7,811,158

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

FZS-US'S MAIN PURPOSE IS THE CONSERVATION OF WILDERNESS AND BIODIVERSITY WORLDWIDE. FZS-US ALSO SEEKS TO ENHANCE THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND THE APPRECIATION OF NATURE'S DIVERSITY ON OUR PLANET.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEMS GLOBALLY AND INCREASING AWARENESS OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ISSUES.

  • FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY US INC. MADE GRANTS TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN ZAMBIA, INCLUDING AERIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE PROVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT MIGRATION, AND RANGER TRAINING. THIS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED LAW ENFORCEMENT ALONG WITH STABLE OR INCREASING WILDLIFE POPULATIONS IN NORTH LUANGWA AND NSUMBU NATIONAL PARKS.

    Expenses $6,056,588 · Grants $6,056,588

  • FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY US INC. MADE GRANTS TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN ZIMBABWE INCLUDING RANGER TRAINING AND PROVISIONS, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND PARTS, AERIAL SUPPORT AND CENSUS WORK. NOTABLE OUTCOMES INCLUDED A WELL-TRAINED AND EFFECTIVE RANGER FORCE AND INCREASED COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION AROUND GONAREZHOU NATIONAL PARK.

    Expenses $4,427,739 · Grants $4,427,739

  • FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY US INC. MADE GRANTS TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN TANZANIA, INCLUDING RADIO TRACKING OF WILDLIFE, RANGER TRAINING AND PROVISIONS, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY CONSERVATION AND AERIAL SUPPORT. THIS RESULTED IN DECREASED POACHING AND IMPROVED CONSERVATION OUTCOMES IN SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK AND THE SELOUS ECOSYSTEM.

    Expenses $1,020,185 · Grants $724,129

  • FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY US INC. MADE GRANTS TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION IN LOMAMI NATIONAL PARK IN D.R. CONGO, UKRAINE, GERMANY, MOZAMBIQUE, INDONESIA, AND SPAIN.

    Expenses $798,682 · Grants $476,525

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Peyton West

    EXEC. DIRECTOR & SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $156,624
    From this org
    $148,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,800
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,324
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,800
    Filer's total
    $156,624

  • Dr Christof Schenck

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dr Andy Dobson

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Matt Arnold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Enrique Ortiz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Curtis Ravenel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leigh Whelpton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori McHale

    FINANCE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $112,137
    From this org
    $104,037
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,100
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II RECEIVED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2025, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN COLUMN B(II) HEREIN AND IN HER 2025 FORM W-2, BOX 5, AS TAXABLE MEDICARE WAGES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
4 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601249349301725

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