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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL AVIARY PITTSBURGH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,653,469
Total expenses
$8,823,358
Contributions and grants received
$4,650,577
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,526,445
Investment income
-$50,644
Other revenue
$527,091
Total assets, end of year
$24,184,006
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,231,672
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,952,334
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,629,459
Management and general expenses
$1,425,099
Fundraising expenses
$768,800
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,629,459

Program services were 75.1% 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

    $337,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,565,342

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,747,735

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $2,126,919 · related or exempt $2,126,919

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL

    total $987,121 · related or exempt $987,121

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $412,405 · related or exempt $412,405

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $130,058 · excluded $130,058

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $780,351

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $782,380

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$2,029

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$2,029 · excluded -$2,029

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,549,037

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

    securities $3,729,739

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$180,702

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$180,702 · excluded -$180,702

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $209,608

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

    $337,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $203,796

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,812 · excluded $5,812

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $741,530

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $302,634

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $438,896 · related or exempt $235,475 · unrelated business $203,421

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARKING REVENUE

    total $84,412 · excluded $84,412

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $84,412

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $376,026 · program services $148,460 · management and general $160,076 · fundraising $67,490

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,745,890 · program services $2,847,398 · management and general $554,028 · fundraising $344,464

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $101,272 · program services $76,433 · management and general $15,947 · fundraising $8,892

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $616,565 · program services $491,432 · management and general $83,161 · fundraising $41,972

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $346,223 · program services $260,385 · management and general $53,477 · fundraising $32,361

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $116,414 · program services $64,324 · management and general $41,321 · fundraising $10,769

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,426 · management and general $9,426

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,360 · management and general $23,360

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $62,187 · fundraising $62,187

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $39,023 · management and general $39,023

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $151,553 · program services $114,106 · management and general $14,979 · fundraising $22,468

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $151,575 · program services $74,196 · management and general $23,375 · fundraising $54,004

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $82,114 · program services $56,792 · management and general $16,535 · fundraising $8,787

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $594,044 · program services $529,851 · management and general $47,984 · fundraising $16,209

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,414 · program services $11,723 · management and general $738 · fundraising $3,953

  • 20 · Interest

    total $917 · management and general $917

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,431,654 · program services $1,273,862 · management and general $121,450 · fundraising $36,342

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $87,954 · management and general $87,954

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE

    total $227,590 · program services $227,590

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $202,154 · program services $95,303 · management and general $49,692 · fundraising $57,159

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $200,289 · program services $200,289

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $135,860 · program services $52,461 · management and general $81,656 · fundraising $1,743

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $104,854 · program services $104,854

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,060 · end of year $3,060

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,714,585 · end of year $2,281,012

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $473,000 · end of year $257,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $51,679 · end of year $62,870

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $43,582 · end of year $66,794

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $131,751 · end of year $134,425

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

    $36,176,210

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

    $20,289,352

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,577,694 · end of year $15,886,858

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,477,579 · end of year $5,480,431

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,056 · end of year $11,056

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $345,886 · end of year $451,463

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $658,631 · end of year $687,905

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $40,738 · end of year $27,582

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $51,469 · end of year $64,722

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,523,833 · end of year $16,885,516

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,863,429 · end of year $6,066,818

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES, TO CONDUCT AVIAN RESEARCH AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AS A NATIONAL RESOURCE, TO PROVIDE A RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO PROMOTE AN APPRECIATION OF NATURAL LAW AND A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NATIONAL AVIARY WORKS TO INSPIRE RESPECT FOR NATURE THROUGH AN APPRECIATION OF BIRDS.

  • VISITOR RECREATION AND EDUCATION: THE NATIONAL AVIARY IS THE NATION'S AVIARY PRIDING ITSELF ON PROVIDING FUN, IMMERSIVE AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THEIR GUESTS. A VISIT TO THE NATIONAL AVIARY IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER WITH LUSH WALK-THROUGH HABITATS WHERE BIRDS FLY OVERHEAD, INTERACTIVE DAILY ACTIVITIES THAT CHANGE EVERY SEASON, EXHILARATING ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS THAT OFFER A WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF BIRDING CONSERVATION AND STEM-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. IN 2023, THE NATIONAL AVIARY WELCOMED 202,700 GUESTS AND PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TO MORE THAN 7,900 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $1,694,395 · Revenue $3,761,920

  • WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH: THE NATIONAL AVIARY MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS AVIAN COLLECTION IN 2023 WITH THE ACQUISITION OF 64 BIRDS REPRESENTING 31 SPECIES. FOUR NEW SPECIES ADDED TO THE COLLECTION INCUDED THE WHITE-HEADED DUCK, RED-CRESTED FINCH, SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD AND THE YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE. A TOTAL OF 37 BIRDS FLEDGED FROM 12 SPECIES HIGHLIGHTED 3 GUAM KINGFISHERS, 2 AFRICAN PENGUINS, 3 EASTEN LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES AND 8 RED SISKENS. THE NATIONAL AVIARY'S DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND FIELD RESEARCH SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE THIRD YEAR OF A STUDY THAT TESTS A UNIQUE MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT THAT PROVIDES HABITATS FOR MANY MORE SPECIES THAN NORMALLY OCCURS WITH TRADITIONAL EVEN-AGED FOREST MANAGEMENT. OUR APPROACH CREATES VERY SMALL, 1-5 ACRE GAPS THROUGH GROUP SELECTION CUTS. THIS APPROACH APPEARS TO PROVIDE HABITAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPORTANT EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL SPECIES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDES HABITAT FOR DISPERSING FLEDGLINGS OF MATURE FOREST SPECIES FROM THE SURROUNDING FOREST. THESE ARE TWO GROUPS OF BIRDS MOST IN NEED OF CONSERVATION ATTENTION SO AN ABILITY TO ADDRESS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH IS VERY IMPORTANT. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUED A SECOND MAJOR RESEARCH PROGRAM IN 2023 THAT IS DEMONSTRATING HOW BIRDS DEPEND ON MATURE BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN US, INCLUDING THE MOST ICONIC NORTH AMERICAN BIRD, THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER. IN 2023, WE PUBLISHED THE FIRST STUDY SINCE THE 1930'S THAT USES MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE, INVOLVING REPEATED OBSERVATION OF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL BIRDS TO ESTABLISH THE PERSISTENCE OF THIS ICONIC SPECIES THAT IS MOST OFTEN THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT. IN 2024, WE WILL CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM WITH AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR A NESTING PAIR OF IVORY-BILLS. THE NATIONAL AVIARY'S DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION AND FIELD RESEARCH CONTINUES TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS BY CONTINUING TO TEACH COURSES AND ASSIST UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM CHATHAM UNIVERSITY AND DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, ADVISING IN THEIR THESES AND DISSERTATION RESEARCH.

    Expenses $837,205

  • ADVANCED ON-SITE AVIAN TREATMENT AND CARE: THE NATIONAL AVIARY'S VETERINARY HOSPITAL PROVIDES FULL VETERINARY CARE SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OVER 550 BIRDS AND MAMMALS, INCLUDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, FULL LABORATORY TESTING, ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY. IN 2023, 94 BIRDS WERE TREATED FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS WITH A 96% SUCCESS RATE FOR FULLY RECOVERING. MEDICAL TESTS AND TREATMENTS WERE CUSTOMIZED FOR EACH PATIENT ACCORDING TO THEIR SPECIES. SPECIALIZED PROCEDURES, INCLUDING 63 BEAK REPAIRS AND TREATMENTS WERE PERFORMED. PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTICES CONTINUED FOR THE AVIARY COLLECTION WITH A TOTAL OF 359 BIRDS RECEIVING PREVENTATIVE HEALTH EXAMINATIONS, 173 TEST SCREENINGS AND 154 VACCINATIONS. FOR ANTI-FUNGAL PNEUMONIA PREVENTION, 2,047 ORAL DOSES AND 890 INHALED NEBULIZATION TREATMENTS WERE GIVEN. THE AFRICAN PENGUIN COLONY RECEIVED CUSTOM-MADE AVIAN MALARIA PREVENTION TOTALLING 2,814 INDIVIDUAL TREATMENTS WITH 100% SUCCESS RATE. IN 2023, 96 BIRDS WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES WITH A 98% SUCCESS RATE. PARTICIPATING IN AZA SPECIES SURVIVAL PLAN BREEDING PROGRAMS, 42 NEW BIRDS ARRIVED AT THE AVIARY AND RECEIVED COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE IN QUARANTINE. IN THE BREEDING PROGRAM, 4 IMPORTANT SPECIES HATCHED WHO RECEIVED HIGH LEVEL NEONATAL HEALTH CARE EXAMS AND PREVENTATIVE TREATMENTS, INCLUDING GUAM KINGFISHER, AFRICAN PENGUIN, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE AND RED SISKIN CHICKS. IN THE TEACHING HOSPITAL, 11 PRE-VETERINARY AND VETERINARY STUDENTS WERE TRAINED IN AVIAN MEDICINE INTERNSHIPS AND AN ADDITIONAL 6 STUDENTS IN MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS. A TOTAL OF 7 ON-SITE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES WERE GIVEN AND ONE SENIOR PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL SHARED MEDICAL PROCEDURES DEVELOPED AT THE NATIONAL AVIARY WITH ZOOS AND WILDLIFE CENTERS GLOBALLY TO HELP ADVANCE AVIAN CARE.

    Expenses $1,192,393

  • THE OTHER REMAINING EXPENSES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO VARIOUS EXHIBITS AND DAILY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $2,905,466

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jane Dixon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James E Lehman

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer L Bertetto

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas A Kobus

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maris Dauer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy D Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harold F Balk Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan C Brantley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Caruso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy Goetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia L Dodge Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael J Flinn Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John E Graf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael P Hart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richardo Maiz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Paulson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thea Manos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Mascaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Quynh McGuire

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bevi Powell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Calhoun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Rodgers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Rossi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Narahari Sastry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Testoni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yarone S Zober

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kaitlin Donahoe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rahmon Hart Through 1312023

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Adkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheryl Tracy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $227,951
    From this org
    $207,866
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,085
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,866
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,472
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,613
    Filer's total
    $227,951

  • Randy Krakoff

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $154,311
    From this org
    $133,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,748
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,563
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,007
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,741
    Filer's total
    $154,311

  • Pilar Fish

    DIRECTOR OF VETERINARY MED

    Total calculated
    $155,204
    From this org
    $143,325
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,879
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,325
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,579
    Filer's total
    $155,204

  • Steven Latta

    DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $126,807
    From this org
    $108,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,808
    Hours/week
    40

  • Conor McGarvey

    DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND

    Total calculated
    $158,346
    From this org
    $137,449
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,449
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,123
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,774
    Filer's total
    $158,346

  • Kurt Hundgen

    DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL COLLECT

    Total calculated
    $134,464
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,464
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tracey Palmieri

    DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL

    Total calculated
    $129,513
    From this org
    $110,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,196
    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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441509349300014

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