Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,458,379
- Total expenses
- $241,697
- Contributions and grants received
- $396,930
- Grants paid
- $122,898
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,061,449
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $29,343,325
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $11,777,646
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $17,565,679
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $122,898
- Management and general expenses
- $118,799
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $122,898
Program services were 50.8% 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
$396,930
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$4,979
-
3 · Investment income
total $442,332 · excluded $442,332
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $619,117
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $619,117
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $619,117 · excluded $619,117
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $122,898 · program services $122,898
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $115,400 · management and general $115,400
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24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $3,399 · management and general $3,399
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $26,881,857 · end of year $28,906,189
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $612,731 · end of year $437,136
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $11,909,527 · end of year $11,777,646
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$6,040,068 · end of year -$5,102,948
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $21,625,129 · end of year $22,668,627
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
PERFORM FUNDRAISING FUNCTIONS, PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT, CARRYOUT THE PURPOSE AND OTHERWISE OPERATING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI.
Activities or mission (Part I)
ENDOWMENT FUND FOR THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
-
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI.
Expenses $122,898 · Grants $122,898
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Ashwin RamprasadASHWIN RAMPRASAD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bill WittenBILL WITTEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cora OgleCORA OGLE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Donald HudsonDONALD HUDSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
George MusekampGEORGE MUSEKAMP
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jane CookJANE COOK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Katie HeekinKATIE HEEKIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leah LepofLEAH LEPOF
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Linnea BonacciLINNEA BONACCI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marc DizardMARC DIZARD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sally LeymanSALLY LEYMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Patrick DollePATRICK DOLLE
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris HockCHRIS HOCK
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Aaron HerzigAARON HERZIG
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sarah ZamarySARAH ZAMARY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Otto M Budig JrOTTO M BUDIG JR
CHAIRMAN, EMERITUS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William T MaynardWILLIAM T MAYNARD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $735,591
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $708,475
- Other
- $27,116
- Hours/week
- 5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $346,822 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $358,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $3,653 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $13,800 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $13,316 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $735,591 related
-
Samuel D JenikeSAMUEL D JENIKE
VP & COO
- Total calculated
- $364,235
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $335,786
- Other
- $28,449
- Hours/week
- 5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $285,814 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $48,784 related
- Other
- $0 + $1,188 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $13,384 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $15,065 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $364,235 related
-
Lori L VossLORI L VOSS
VP & CFO
- Total calculated
- $327,583
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $294,521
- Other
- $33,062
- Hours/week
- 5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $251,043 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $42,849 related
- Other
- $0 + $629 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $11,756 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $21,306 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $327,583 related
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
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT COMPENSATE ANY OFFICERS DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES. HOWEVER, THREE BOARD MEMBERS LISTED ON PART VII ARE OFFICERS OF ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI AND RECEIVE NON-FIXED COMPENSATION FROM THIS RELATED ENTITY. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI'S BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE COMPENSATION AND BONUS OF ALL OFFICERS AND HAS DETERMINED THAT TOTAL COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE AND COMPARABLE. ALTHOUGH A MAJORITY OF EACH OFFICER'S BONUS IS CONTINGENT UPON A FIXED FORMULA, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE CHAIRMAN TO USE DISCRETION WHEN CALCULATING THE BONUS FOR SOME OFFICERS.
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
-
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
$122,898
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE CINCINNATI ZOO.
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.
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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
501(C)(3) · CINCINNATI ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDENS · OH
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543189349311169
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