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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COLORADO ZOOLOGICAL TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,492,246
Total expenses
$2,381,920
Contributions and grants received
$1,759,617
Grants paid
$2,102,167
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$732,629
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$33,239,988
Total liabilities, end of year
$501,943
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,738,045
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,102,167
Management and general expenses
$220,473
Fundraising expenses
$59,280
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,102,167

Program services were 88.3% 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

    $1,759,617

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,141

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $590,547 · excluded $590,547

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $142,082

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $142,082

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $142,082 · excluded $142,082

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,102,167 · program services $2,102,167

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $80,661 · management and general $80,661

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $96,520 · management and general $96,520

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,572 · management and general $2,572

  • 24a · Other expenses: REIMBURSEMENT - DZF

    total $100,000 · management and general $40,720 · fundraising $59,280

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $238,123 · end of year $823

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $30,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,540,848 · end of year $25,465,311

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $12,772,495 · end of year $7,618,235

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,400,000 · end of year $125,619

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,068,016 · end of year $501,943

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,899,784 · end of year $21,445,825

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,033,666 · end of year $11,292,220

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION AND ITS PROGRAMS.

  • TRANSFER TO DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION.

    Expenses $2,102,167 · Grants $2,102,167

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • BERT VESCOLANI

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $622,645
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $582,535
    Other
    $40,110
    Hours/week
    2 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $484,375 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $98,160 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $20,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $19,410 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $622,645 related

  • CHARLIE WRIGHT

    TREAS./CFO T

    Total calculated
    $107,526
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $102,596
    Other
    $4,930
    Hours/week
    2 + 45 related

  • GREG VOCHIS

    TREAS./CFO B

    Total calculated
    $154,685
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $144,980
    Other
    $9,705
    Hours/week
    2 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $144,980 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $9,705 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $154,685 related

  • PAT MOREDOCK

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $115,480
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $101,389
    Other
    $14,091
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

  • BENJAMIN VALORE-CAPLAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN TRUJILLO

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVE BAKER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHANE DELAVAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIANNE MARVEZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WARREN OLSEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIM PATMORE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARIEL STEELE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID STERN

    TRUSTEE

    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. 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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3
COLORADO ZOOLOGICAL TRUST (CZT) HAS NO PAID EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS. CZT'S CEO AND CFO ARE COMPENSATED BY A RELATED ORGANIZATION, DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION, AND ARE LOANED TO CZT TO PERFORM THE OPERATIONS OF CZT. DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION USES THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF CZT'S CEO: FORM 990 OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WRITTEN EMPLOYEE CONTRACT, COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY, AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202521499349301217

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