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← ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BUFFALO INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BUFFALO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,655,840
Total expenses
$13,679,485
Contributions and grants received
$5,993,998
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,618,310
Investment income
$43,532
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$34,731,869
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,138,909
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$31,592,960
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,584,276
Management and general expenses
$2,072,848
Fundraising expenses
$1,022,361
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,584,276

Program services were 77.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • EUGENE P GRAMZA JR

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN O'SULLIVAN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYLAN O RAWLINS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOHN R YURTCHUK

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAJIV RANJAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA CEGLIA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE A SULLIVAN

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVID P FLYNN

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHEAL BALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR LATRICIA DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRAIG M FISCHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SERGIO P GANGAROSSA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN T GAVIGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRAIG A HARRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEAN HEIDINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN HOWARD CPA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS KANIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN J KULPA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RONALD MORNELLI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH POTOZNIAK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DONNA M SIWEK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KANISHKA WANNINAYAKA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ABIGAIL L ZABRODSKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROSA ALINA PIZZI

    DIRECTOR - EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOEL P FEROLETO

    DIRECTOR - EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN GINGRICH

    DIRECTOR - EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENISE LANZ

    DIRECTOR - EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN R SANDERSON

    DIRECTOR - EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DENISE SCHAEFER

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $162,185
    From this org
    $142,638
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,547
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,638
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,358
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,189
    Filer's total
    $162,185

  • LISA SMITH

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $253,221
    From this org
    $212,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,396
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,825
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,608
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,788
    Filer's total
    $253,221

  • KURT VOLLE

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $146,186
    From this org
    $113,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,152
    Hours/week
    40

  • JAMES OLIVER

    DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION

    Total calculated
    $123,387
    From this org
    $106,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,617
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHRISTINE FONTANENDA

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $159,855
    From this org
    $136,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,105
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,750
    Filer's total
    $159,855

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 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622229349300527

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