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← SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,787,514
Total expenses
$18,021,541
Contributions and grants received
$6,853,607
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$10,349,756
Investment income
$1,542,879
Other revenue
$3,041,272
Total assets, end of year
$47,027,626
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,781,848
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$45,245,778
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,798,106
Management and general expenses
$1,625,052
Fundraising expenses
$1,598,383
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,798,106

Program services were 82.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • VINCE CABALLERO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLARK STIRLING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EILEEN DILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GINNI DREIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN KERSTIENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSE PEREZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEREK SHUE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA DIAZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACY KRAINER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOB MYMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN SEGNA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETSY TURNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEXANDRA BONGIOVANNI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM JACKSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRYSTAL WYATT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YVETTE BIRCH GILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANGELA SANCHEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRAD VERNON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN WINTRINGHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MITCH AVILA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH BERKUS GOWER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOB LOONEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN PARKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD BLOCK

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $404,591
    From this org
    $367,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,981
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $367,610
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,627
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,354
    Filer's total
    $404,591

  • GREG WILSON

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $206,116
    From this org
    $181,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,219
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,512
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,385
    Filer's total
    $206,116

  • AARON MARSHALL

    COO

    Total calculated
    $246,602
    From this org
    $228,205
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,397
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,205
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,170
    Nontaxable benefits
    $227
    Filer's total
    $246,602

  • ELAINE MAH BEST

    VP OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $179,337
    From this org
    $166,347
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,990
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,347
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,929
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61
    Filer's total
    $179,337

  • JULIE BARNES

    VP OF ANIMAL CARE AND HEALTH

    Total calculated
    $182,577
    From this org
    $169,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,899
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,678
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,838
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61
    Filer's total
    $182,577

  • SARA NEUMANN

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $142,215
    From this org
    $131,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,425
    Hours/week
    40

  • ELIZABETH HAHN

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $129,163
    From this org
    $129,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61
    Hours/week
    40

  • JENNIFER MCLEOD

    DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $137,925
    From this org
    $128,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,685
    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 · Compensation committee
  • 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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349319850

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