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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE ZOO OF KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$759,384
Total expenses
$974,463
Contributions and grants received
$717,434
Grants paid
$967,402
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$41,950
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,873,213
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,873,213
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$967,402
Management and general expenses
$7,061
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$967,402

Program services were 99.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $717,434

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,367 · excluded $35,367

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $214,371

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $207,788

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $6,583

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $6,583 · excluded $6,583

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $967,402 · program services $967,402

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $597 · management and general $597

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,940 · management and general $2,940

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,856 · management and general $1,856

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,668 · management and general $1,668

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,356,429 · end of year $3,045,220

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,487,659 · end of year $1,322,993

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,025,664 · end of year $1,505,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $218,402 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,000,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,636 · end of year $29,944

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,086,518 · end of year $5,843,269

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION SHALL FURTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS RELATING TO ZOOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN ZOOLOGICAL FACILITIES, PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION AND CARE OF SPECIES FOR DISPLAY AND STUDY, AND ENGAGE IN COLLATERAL ACTIVITIES CONSISTENT WITH SUCH PROGRAMS IN THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI AREA.

  • SUPPORT OF THE KANSAS CITY ZOO FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

    Expenses $967,402 · Grants $967,402

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kevin Pistilli

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean Putney

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Wagner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debby Ballard

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chuck Caisley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hayley Hanson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Lasala

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
RANDY WISTHOFF, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT ON $250,000 PAID BY FRIENDS OF THE ZOO, INC OF KANSAS CITY, A RELATED ORGANIZATION.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543009349300919

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