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← GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOO ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOO ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,880,543
Total expenses
$22,065,006
Contributions and grants received
$14,414,877
Grants paid
$8,919,324
Program service revenue
$7,026,740
Investment income
$1,360,658
Other revenue
$78,268
Total assets, end of year
$54,910,836
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,834,496
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$53,076,340
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,285,681
Management and general expenses
$2,064,314
Fundraising expenses
$1,715,011
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,285,681

Program services were 82.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,906,687

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $981,387

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,526,803

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EXHIBITIONS AND TICKET

    total $5,637,559 · related or exempt $5,637,559

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONCESSIONS COMMISSION

    total $1,338,186 · related or exempt $1,338,186

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIP REVENUE

    total $50,995 · unrelated business $50,995

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,064,231 · excluded $1,064,231

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $13,380,148

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

    securities $13,083,721

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $296,427

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $296,427 · excluded $296,427

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $192,990

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

    $981,387

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $192,990

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $78,268 · related or exempt $78,268

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $78,268

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $8,531,005 · program services $8,531,005

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $388,319 · program services $388,319

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,242,705 · program services $471,056 · management and general $341,699 · fundraising $429,950

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,241,544 · program services $2,292,018 · management and general $375,146 · fundraising $574,380

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $169,599 · program services $123,197 · management and general $20,465 · fundraising $25,937

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $385,293 · program services $236,208 · management and general $85,796 · fundraising $63,289

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $321,838 · program services $211,662 · management and general $43,985 · fundraising $66,191

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $210,405 · management and general $210,405

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $66,375 · management and general $66,375

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $35,065 · management and general $35,065

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $82,997 · management and general $82,997

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $481,573 · program services $225,540 · management and general $250,237 · fundraising $5,796

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $519,320 · program services $506,286 · management and general $554 · fundraising $12,480

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $339,240 · program services $293,787 · management and general $28,489 · fundraising $16,964

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $472,227 · program services $273,703 · management and general $169,805 · fundraising $28,719

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $38,293 · program services $5,290 · management and general $33,003

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,781 · program services $21,869 · management and general $2,103 · fundraising $8,809

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $46,109 · program services $24,521 · management and general $21,588

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $288,850 · program services $69,557 · management and general $215,859 · fundraising $3,434

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

    total $3,889,674 · program services $3,532,792 · management and general $789 · fundraising $356,093

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $319,904 · program services $292,716 · management and general $7,714 · fundraising $19,474

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS

    total $271,147 · program services $219,682 · management and general $31,224 · fundraising $20,241

  • 24d · Other expenses: DONOR AND MEMBER BENEFI

    total $219,694 · program services $155,430 · fundraising $64,264

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $471,049 · program services $411,043 · management and general $41,016 · fundraising $18,990

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,228,315 · end of year $4,197,844

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $13,378,405 · end of year $13,036,995

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,588,582 · end of year $1,360,633

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $484,489 · end of year $33,621

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $310,990 · end of year $347,229

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

    $1,295,763

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

    $1,210,682

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $99,446 · end of year $85,081

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $30,938,698 · end of year $35,731,133

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $121,172 · end of year $118,300

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,559,638 · end of year $1,682,480

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $222,264 · end of year $152,016

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $29,711,482 · end of year $33,819,398

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,656,713 · end of year $19,256,942

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $12,820,435 · Grants $4,324,738 · Revenue $7,048,700

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $4,594,586 · Grants $4,594,586

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $870,660 · Revenue $5,313

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Courtney Appell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michael D Armstrong

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Alma Banuelos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brian L Diamond

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Shainaz Donnelly Burg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Esther S Chao

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Vivian Chow

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Malissia Clinton

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 7/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Marlyn Gates Day

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Wendy M Denham MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Justin T Enbody

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Samuel J Enoch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Heather A Evans

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Alfred Fraijo Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gregory D Fuss

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cassidy K Horn

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Randy Hua

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tyler K Kelley

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Anthony L Kitchener

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Richard A Lichtenstein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Alan G Lowy

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Patricia A McKenna

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Stephen O'Connell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Elisabeth Price

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Morgan Roth

    TRUSTEE (FROM 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Marc L Sallus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Patricia Silver

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Slash

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jay P Sonbolian

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Randy Strait

    TRUSTEE (FROM 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Madeline J Taft

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Franco M Terango

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ellia M Thompson Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jennifer Thornton Wieland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Laura Z Wasserman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Grant Withers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Erika A Stern

    TRUSTEE/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Robert J Ellis

    TRUSTEE/VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Matthew K Wilson

    TRUSTEE/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Phyllis Kupferstein

    TRUSTEE/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Thomas Jacobson Until 923

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $299,470
    From this org
    $229,463
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,007
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,184
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,279
    Deferred
    $36,865
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,142
    Filer's total
    $299,470
  • Dawn Petersen-Amend

    INTERIM PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUN

    Total calculated
    $368,520
    From this org
    $267,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $101,135
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,580
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $16,805
    Deferred
    $54,161
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,974
    Filer's total
    $368,520
  • Janet Dial

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $299,798
    From this org
    $266,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,348
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,681
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20,769
    Deferred
    $31,967
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,381
    Filer's total
    $299,798
  • Sara Rodriguez Until 424

    VP, SPECIAL EVENTS AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $254,116
    From this org
    $190,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,233
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,377
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,506
    Deferred
    $32,437
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,796
    Filer's total
    $254,116
  • Robert Wooley

    ASSOCIATE VP FOR ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $200,361
    From this org
    $175,399
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,962
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,847
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $552
    Deferred
    $10,664
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,298
    Filer's total
    $200,361
  • Emily Marrin

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $182,526
    From this org
    $168,668
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,858
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,117
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $551
    Deferred
    $13,449
    Nontaxable benefits
    $409
    Filer's total
    $182,526
  • Kevin O'Brien

    DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $179,559
    From this org
    $151,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,793
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,772
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,994
    Deferred
    $8,911
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,882
    Filer's total
    $179,559
  • Eric Happe

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $146,693
    From this org
    $120,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,186
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Koi Kennedy

    STAFF ACCOUNTANT

    Total calculated
    $142,701
    From this org
    $115,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,547
    Hours/week
    37.5

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
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023: $5,034 WAS CONTRIBUTED TO DAWN PETERSEN-AMEND'S 457(F) PLAN. $3,185 WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THOMAS JACOBSON'S 457(F) PLAN. $2,068 WAS CONTRIBUTED TO JANET DIAL'S 457(F) PLAN. $337 WAS CONTRIBUTED TO GRETCHEN HUMBERT'S 457(F) PLAN.

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

  • LOS ANGELES ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDENS CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT OF THE ZOO

    $4,135,969

    VARIOUS OPERATING EXPENSES

  • LOS ANGELES ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDENS CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT OF THE ZOO

    $1,642,459

    TICKETED EVENTS TRANSFER

  • LOS ANGELES ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDENS CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT OF THE ZOO

    $1,603,607

    MEMBERSHIP TRANSFER

  • LOS ANGELES ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDENS CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT OF THE ZOO

    $637,621

    CONCESSION TRANSFER

  • LOS ANGELES ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDENS CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT OF THE ZOO

    $207,487

    SPONSORSHIP TRANSFER

  • LOS ANGELES ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDENS CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT OF THE ZOO

    $204,953

    FUNDRAISING TRANSFER

  • LOS ANGELES ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDENS CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT OF THE ZOO

    $28,909

    SITE RENTALS TRANSFER

  • WLDLF TRK ALL CONT

  • ANM CARE/WELLBG CON

  • SAFE CONSERV FUND

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530849349301333

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