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← MEMPHIS ZOO INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MEMPHIS ZOO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$25,787,222
Total expenses
$29,317,647
Contributions and grants received
$7,948,945
Grants paid
$73,118
Program service revenue
$14,885,336
Investment income
$149,613
Other revenue
$2,803,328
Total assets, end of year
$9,025,781
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,812,370
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,213,411
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$24,682,694
Management and general expenses
$2,722,159
Fundraising expenses
$1,912,794
Program service expenses (Part III)
$24,682,694

Program services were 84.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Hopkins

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Delisa Eddings

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Leggett

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Thompson

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $358,605
    From this org
    $335,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,357
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $319,498
    Bonus
    $15,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,405
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,952
    Filer's total
    $358,605
  • Bram Bors-Koefoed

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Thornton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorothy Kirsch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Jeff Warren

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Joe DeWane

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Linda Tharp

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Whitehead

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Jalenak

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Maykowski

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Savage

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Shore

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Truitt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lydia Bors-Koefoed

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mario Walker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samantha Boggs Dean

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Hutton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Farnsworth III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyler Beard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clayton Jones

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $149,654
    From this org
    $136,984
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,670
    Hours/week
    40
  • Courtney Janney

    Chief Zoological Officer

    Total calculated
    $148,495
    From this org
    $142,057
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,438
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mary Ann Beil

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $169,580
    From this org
    $162,331
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,249
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,331
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,489
    Nontaxable benefits
    $760
    Filer's total
    $169,580
  • Michele Corriea

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $164,644
    From this org
    $152,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,450
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,194
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,083
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,367
    Filer's total
    $164,644
  • Nicholas Harmeier

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Total calculated
    $141,871
    From this org
    $131,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,950
    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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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.

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
2023
Filed
17 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511079349300906

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