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← BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,325,700
Total expenses
$9,580,229
Contributions and grants received
$5,306,419
Grants paid
$57,461
Program service revenue
$5,225,791
Investment income
$34,357
Other revenue
$759,133
Total assets, end of year
$25,100,315
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,925,977
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,174,338
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,050,376
Management and general expenses
$1,203,588
Fundraising expenses
$326,265
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,050,376

Program services were 84.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $231,548

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $477,849

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,105,851

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,491,171

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $274,225

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $1,977,637 · related or exempt $1,977,637

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $1,161,224 · related or exempt $1,161,224

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ZOO EXPERIENCES

    total $991,048 · related or exempt $991,048

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $429,358 · related or exempt $429,358

  • 2e · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $419,403 · related or exempt $419,403

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $247,121 · related or exempt $247,121

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,549 · excluded $23,549

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $231,362

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $231,362

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $231,362 · excluded $231,362

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $10,808

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $10,808

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $10,808 · related or exempt $10,808

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $91,580

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

    $231,548

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $178,049

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$86,469 · excluded -$86,469

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,065,400

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $451,160

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $614,240 · related or exempt $614,240

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $57,461 · program services $57,461

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $314,932 · program services $40,943 · management and general $151,163 · fundraising $122,826

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,257,934 · program services $3,734,123 · management and general $424,630 · fundraising $99,181

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $46,531 · program services $40,697 · management and general $5,834

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $289,200 · program services $251,816 · management and general $29,622 · fundraising $7,762

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $424,616 · program services $352,007 · management and general $52,652 · fundraising $19,957

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $152 · management and general $152

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,744 · management and general $53,744

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $77,265 · management and general $45,144 · fundraising $32,121

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $248,977 · program services $248,977

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $145,062 · program services $85,320 · management and general $33,747 · fundraising $25,995

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $79,746 · management and general $79,746

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $596,464 · program services $590,835 · management and general $5,629

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,448 · program services $16,276 · management and general $12,849 · fundraising $7,323

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,768 · management and general $12,768

  • 20 · Interest

    total $948 · management and general $948

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,146,042 · program services $1,115,680 · management and general $30,362

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $170,585 · program services $128,785 · management and general $41,800

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE

    total $483,857 · program services $483,857

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $477,520 · program services $477,520

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER ZOO EXPERIENCES

    total $394,289 · program services $394,289

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $185,049 · management and general $185,049

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $80,639 · program services $31,790 · management and general $37,749 · fundraising $11,100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,143,835 · end of year $1,172,792

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $2,762,798

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $180,905 · end of year $1,820,330

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $94,544 · end of year $116,286

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $218,874 · end of year $251,579

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $141,930 · end of year $170,459

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

    $27,136,816

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

    $8,620,082

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,971,534 · end of year $18,516,734

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $236,314 · end of year $289,337

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $591,595 · end of year $656,217

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $16,188 · end of year $9,318

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $951,286 · end of year $1,260,442

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,007,419 · end of year $20,316,199

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $421,448 · end of year $2,858,139

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO INSPIRE AN APPRECIATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, AND RECREATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INSPIRE AN APPRECIATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, AND RECREATION.THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION ARE A) TO MANAGE THE BLANK PARK ZOO; B) TO SOLICIT, COLLECT AND PROVIDE FUNDS TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE ZOO; C) TO PROMOTE INTEREST AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONCERNING THE ZOO; D) TO IMPLEMENT AND ASSIST IN THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGICAL NATURAL HISTORY, ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND THE SCIENCE ALLIED THEREWITH; E) TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ZOO.

  • SEE STATEMENT OF THE ORGANZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE - SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $8,050,376 · Grants $57,461 · Revenue $5,840,031

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • AARON KENNEDY

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROCHELLE BURNETT

    1ST VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN SCHWARZ

    2ND VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT GUSTAFSON

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PEG ARMSTRONG-GUSTAFSON

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAT HENSON

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE / BOARD RECORDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10.5

  • JIM HAGENBUCHER

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY KARCH

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT FRYAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TOBY JOSEPH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BEN PAGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAVID BRICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MICHAEL RENNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRITTNEY JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DIRK POLLITT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LOU SIPLOT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CLINT PURSLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CARL VOSS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHARLES WITTMACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN VIGGERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JUSTIN TUCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TINA HOFFMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • VINCE WARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JAY BYERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DIANE CROOKHAM-JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • LAUREN DOLL-SHEEDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAN GROOMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARY RADIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ARMEL R TRAORE DIT NIGNAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ROB STEVENSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANNE SHIMERDLA

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $182,880
    From this org
    $169,827
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,053
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,827
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,468
    Filer's total
    $182,880

  • GARY TUCKER

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $96,096
    From this org
    $87,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,604
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • RACHEL SUMMERS

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $120,196
    From this org
    $113,598
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,598
    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 · 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

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
2022
Filed
15 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410469349300821

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