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← POINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by POINT DEFIANCE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,671,113
Total expenses
$1,844,365
Contributions and grants received
$1,092,399
Grants paid
$1,059,275
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$516,168
Other revenue
$62,546
Total assets, end of year
$31,947,931
Total liabilities, end of year
$325,937
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$31,621,994
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,440,367
Management and general expenses
$188,015
Fundraising expenses
$215,983
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,440,367

Program services were 78.1% 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

    $54,929

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $400,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $637,470

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,677

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $485,873 · excluded $485,873

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $242,069

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

    securities $211,774

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $30,295

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $30,295 · excluded $30,295

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $128,995

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

    $54,929

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $66,449

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $62,546 · excluded $62,546

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,059,275 · program services $1,059,275

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $256,348 · program services $148,011 · management and general $33,757 · fundraising $74,580

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $114,191 · program services $65,089 · management and general $14,845 · fundraising $34,257

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,761 · program services $3,101 · management and general $707 · fundraising $4,953

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,853 · program services $16,446 · management and general $3,751 · fundraising $8,656

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,300 · program services $17,190 · management and general $34,380 · fundraising $5,730

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $26,500 · fundraising $26,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $55,288 · management and general $55,288

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,378 · program services $8,649 · management and general $4,351 · fundraising $5,378

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $64,786 · program services $26,540 · management and general $17,083 · fundraising $21,163

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $40,363 · program services $14,803 · management and general $7,615 · fundraising $17,945

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,428 · program services $904 · management and general $1,457 · fundraising $67

  • 24a · Other expenses: OPERATING EXPENSES

    total $39,754 · program services $35,009 · management and general $4,415 · fundraising $330

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD AND BEVERAGES

    total $38,148 · program services $27,960 · management and general $3,203 · fundraising $6,985

  • 24c · Other expenses: STEWARDSHIP

    total $22,822 · program services $14,878 · management and general $3,061 · fundraising $4,883

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $10,659 · program services $2,512 · management and general $3,927 · fundraising $4,220

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $511 · management and general $175 · fundraising $336

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $176,512 · end of year $405,335

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $955,542 · end of year $945,617

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $19,752 · end of year $12,383

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $125,000 · end of year $100,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $172

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,937 · end of year $12,775

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

    $19,780

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

    $19,780

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,990,399 · end of year $20,714,061

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,074,270 · end of year $1,177,266

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,678,406 · end of year $8,580,322

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $124,033 · end of year $325,937

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,467,945 · end of year $22,097,652

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,437,840 · end of year $9,524,342

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE POINT DEFIANCE ZOO SOCIETY (THE ZOO SOCIETY) FOSTERS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POINT DEFIANCE ZOO & AQUARIUM (PDZA) AND OUR COMMUNITY BY RAISING FUNDS AND GENERATING COMMUNITY SUPPORT. THE ZOO SOCIETY SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF PDZA BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND IN-KIND RESOURCES FOR THE ZOO'S RECREATION, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, ITS ANIMAL COLLECTIONS, AND ITS PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOSTERS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POINT DEFIANCE ZOO & AQUARIUM AND OUR COMMUNITY BY RAISING FUNDS AND GENERATING COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

  • THE ZOO SOCIETY PROVIDES MONETARY SUPPORT THROUGH INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS OR BEQUESTS, EVENTS, CAMPAIGNS AND GRANTS FOR OPERATIONS, COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL ACCESS, YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ANIMAL CARE AND WELFARE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, EMERGENCY FUNDING AND CONSERVATION INITIATIVES BOTH IN COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH POINT DEFIANCE ZOO & AQUARIUM. IN ADDITION, CONSERVATION EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF ENDANGERED SPECIES REPRESENTED IN THE ANIMAL AND HORTICULTURE COLLECTION ARE FUNDED BY DONATIONS AND A PORTION OF THE CONTRACTUAL REVENUE PROVIDED BY METRO PARKS TACOMA.

    Expenses $1,440,367 · Grants $1,059,275

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jacquelyn Hoflich

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Larry Clark

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Patricia Schenk

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Cameron Moorehead

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Judi Bell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adrienne Brand

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kim Burkes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ben Constance

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Guadnola

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dave Mets

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kati O'Brien

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bri Simpson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ruth Erwin-Svoboda

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Garret Sweet

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ruthann Howell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $145,238
    From this org
    $141,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,988
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lisa Johnson

    SENIOR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $114,430
    From this org
    $107,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,080
    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.

Grants on this return

  • METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT

    $900,266

    SUPPORT TO ZOO FOR EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
26 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641469349301754

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