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← MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,486,591
Total expenses
$10,344,349
Contributions and grants received
$13,764,890
Grants paid
$6,417,847
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,880,003
Management and general expenses
$2,073,547
Fundraising expenses
$1,390,799
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,880,003

Program services were 66.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • BLAKE GRAMS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SUZANNE GAPPA

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHET ELLINGSON

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARK LARSEN

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • AIMEE DAYHOFF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARLENE JUNDT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DALE KIVIMAKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JULIE KUNKEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELLIE CROSBY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANE PIRTLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEAN TAYLOR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER SHOMENTA MAKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JESSICA DAVIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LOUIS DOTH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY NORDMEYER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PEGGY BURNET

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHIL GAARDER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MATTHEW MCCARTHY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMIE FLAWS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $198,152
    From this org
    $187,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,048
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,171
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,933
    Filer's total
    $198,152

  • RYAN SWEENEY

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $112,078
    From this org
    $106,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,608
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOHN FRAWLEY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $158,468
    From this org
    $80,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,000
    Hours/week
    10

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $76,073
    Other
    $4,395
    Deferred
    $78,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $158,468

  • ELISABETH COMEAUX

    DIR CORPORATE & FOUNDATION RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $115,717
    From this org
    $107,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,591
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEFFREY SULZBACH

    DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $132,053
    From this org
    $122,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,001
    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 — 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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 1A
THE MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION PROVIDED ACCESS AND PAID DUES TO A SOCIAL CLUB FOR THE PRESIDENT'S USE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DONOR AND PROSPECT MEETINGS.
PART I, LINE 4B
A CONTRIBUTION OF $78,000 WAS MADE TO JOHN FRAWLEY'S DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS, WITH $23,000 TO A 457(B) PLAN AND $55,000 TO A 457(F) PLAN. NO AMOUNTS WERE VESTED DURING THE YEAR. NO AMOUNTS WERE PAID OUT DURING THE YEAR.
PART I, LINE 7
A BONUS WAS PAID TO THE PRESIDENT DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR. BONUS WAS DISCRETIONARY AND DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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
3 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621249349300622

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