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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO KEEPERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$633,834
Total expenses
$632,740
Contributions and grants received
$338,642
Grants paid
$335,100
Program service revenue
$243,429
Investment income
$43,089
Other revenue
$8,674
Total assets, end of year
$678,101
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$678,101
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$516,167
Management and general expenses
$116,573
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$516,167

Program services were 81.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $319,318

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $19,324

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $111,560 · related or exempt $111,560

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CHAPTER DUES

    total $77,621 · related or exempt $77,621

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AKF-ADVERTISING

    total $31,494 · unrelated business $31,494

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE INCOME

    total $22,754 · related or exempt $22,754

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,051 · excluded $15,051

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $1,278 · excluded $1,278

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $50,383

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

    securities $22,345

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $28,038

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $28,038 · excluded $28,038

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,371

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $319,318

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,371 · excluded $1,371

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $414

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $414 · related or exempt $414

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $5,611 · related or exempt $5,611

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,611

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $324,350 · program services $324,350

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,750 · program services $10,750

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $45,000 · management and general $45,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $35,690 · program services $3,569 · management and general $32,121

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,608 · program services $2,961 · management and general $26,647

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $274 · management and general $274

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,075 · management and general $6,075

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,317 · program services $147 · management and general $3,170

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,720 · program services $36,720

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $74,920 · program services $74,920

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,847 · program services $8,847

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,479 · program services $8,479

  • 17 · Travel

    total $907 · program services $907

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $28,678 · program services $28,678

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $939 · program services $939

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSE

    total $12,146 · program services $12,146

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMITTEE EXPENSES

    total $3,286 · management and general $3,286

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $2,754 · program services $2,754

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $255,796 · end of year $219,877

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $55,057

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $55,057

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $409,828 · end of year $458,224

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $665,624 · end of year $678,101

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO KEEPERS EXISTS TO ADVANCE EXCELLENCE IN THE ANIMAL KEEPING PROFESSION, FOSTER EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BENEFICIAL TO ANIMAL CARE, SUPPORT DESERVING CONSERVATION PROJECTS, AND PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ANIMAL LIFE.

  • BOWLING FOR RHINOS - CONCEIVED TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT ANNUAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THREE INTERNATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION SANCTUARIES THAT PRIMARILY EXIST TO PROVIDE HABITAT AND ANTI-POACHING PROTECTION FOR FIVE (5) SPECIES OF RHINO. THE SANCTUARIES ALSO PROTECT A MYRIAD OF SPECIES COMMONLY FOUND WITHIN THE SHARED ECOSYSTEM. OVER 80 ANNUAL BOWLING FOR RHINO EVENTS ARE HELD THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. MONEY DONATIONS ARE ALSO RECEIVED VIA THE INTERNET. THE PROGRAM ALSO FUNDS AN ANNUAL DEDICATED GRANTING OPPORTUNITY IN RHINO RESEARCH, CONSERVATION OR RHINO HORN DEMAND EDUCATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOO KEEPERS.

    Expenses $319,571 · Grants $319,571 · Revenue $217,960

  • TREES FOR YOU AND ME - A CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES GRANT(S) TO FELLOW NON-PROFITS OR INTERNATIONAL REGISTED CHARITIES, THAT REFOREST AREAS IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL DISASTERS OR OTHER REFORESTATION PROGRAMS BOTH WITH THE US OR OUTSIDE THE US.

    Expenses $9,279 · Grants $9,279

  • ANIMAL KEEPERS' FORUM - PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEDICATED TO EXOTIC ANIMAL HUSBANDRY REACHING APPROXIMATELY 2,600 MEMBERS WORLDWIDE IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC FORMAT.

    Expenses $70,890 · Revenue $31,494

  • Expenses $116,427 · Grants $6,250

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Soldat-Valenzuela

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $45,000
    From this org
    $45,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nicole Pepo

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joseph Nappi

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Paul Brandenburger

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Russell Pharr

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erika Defer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Snider

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sara Bjerkle

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513159349303856

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