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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$116,747
Total expenses
$136,646
Contributions and grants received
$76,934
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$39,813
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,794,914
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,778,914
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$12,957
Fundraising expenses
$123,689
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% 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

    $76,934

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $39,813 · related or exempt $39,813

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,086 · management and general $11,086

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $123,689 · fundraising $123,689

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $922 · management and general $922

  • 24a · Other expenses: Licenses and fees

    total $949 · management and general $949

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,119,250 · end of year $260,702

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $594,872 · end of year $455,356

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

    $1,692,818

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,692,818 · end of year $1,692,818

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $326,204 · end of year $1,373,538

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $12,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,000 · end of year $16,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,246,522 · end of year $2,323,263

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,478,622 · end of year $1,455,651

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Foundation was formed to be a supportive entity for The Busch Wildlife Santuary, Inc, which is a 501(c)(3) organization.

  • The organization successfully acted as a support organization for The Busch Wildlife Santuary, Inc. and helped to facilitate donations for the purchase of land for its future location.

    Revenue $116,748

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Weiss

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Vincent Cuomo

    Vice Charman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jamie Gentile

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Martina Brief

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tricia Frigo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ashley Mock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • BWS Foundation Holdings LLC

    Holding company for land owned by The Busch Wildlife Sanctua · FL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502889349301805

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