Totals
- Total revenue
- $6,797,155
- Total expenses
- $7,571,075
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,719,188
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $5,014,118
- Investment income
- $63,849
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,336,910
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $869,759
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,467,151
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,162,088
- Management and general expenses
- $1,189,954
- Fundraising expenses
- $219,033
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,162,088
Program services were 81.4% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$750,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$969,188
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2a · Program service revenue: ZOO PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
total $5,014,118 · related or exempt $5,014,118
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3 · Investment income
total $63,849 · excluded $63,849
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $98,641 · program services $98,641
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,857,191 · program services $2,510,884 · management and general $334,091 · fundraising $12,216
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $237,667 · program services $218,653 · management and general $16,637 · fundraising $2,377
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11a · Fees: management
total $52,342 · management and general $52,342
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $157,650 · program services $135,692 · fundraising $21,958
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14 · Information technology
total $43,327 · program services $30,329 · management and general $12,998
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16 · Occupancy
total $152,062 · program services $144,459 · management and general $7,603
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20 · Interest
total $11 · management and general $11
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,067 · program services $4,067
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23 · Insurance
total $297,979 · program services $268,946 · management and general $29,033
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24a · Other expenses: EXHIBITS
total $1,116,656 · program services $1,116,656
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24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS
total $606,047 · program services $531,087 · fundraising $74,960
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24c · Other expenses: CONCESSIONAIRE MANAGEME
total $593,202 · management and general $593,202
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24d · Other expenses: FOOD & ANIMAL CARE
total $381,124 · program services $381,124
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24e · All other expenses
total $973,109 · program services $721,550 · management and general $144,037 · fundraising $107,522
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $3,281,373 · end of year $1,911,702
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $92,176 · end of year $65,526
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $217,376 · end of year $232,315
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $74,846 · end of year $103,232
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$49,391
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$25,256
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $24,135
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $918,366 · end of year $346,616
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $503,550 · end of year $523,143
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $2,784
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,117,724 · end of year $1,362,186
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $123,347 · end of year $104,965
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
SUPPORT OPERATIONS OF A ZOO FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN AND VISITING CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SUPPORT OPERATIONS OF CHATTANOOGA ZOO
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SUPPORTED OPERATIONS OF A ZOO FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN AND VISITING CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.
Expenses $6,162,088 · Revenue $5,014,118
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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CHANDA CHAMBERS
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ANDY STONE
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT STEWART
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
WILLIAM DECOSIMO
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CHRIS ANDERSON
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JULIA BURSCH
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NIRAJ SHAH
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KARLA MCKAMEY
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SAM BERRY
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KRISTY DONOHO
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DARDE LONG
PRESIDENT/ZOO DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $98,641
- From this org
- $98,641
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
JAY ROBINSON
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ARIE VELTENAAR
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOE HORN
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
- 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513179349302561
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