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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$25,005,850
Total expenses
$21,713,185
Contributions and grants received
$20,626,686
Grants paid
$15,520,045
Program service revenue
$2,336,734
Investment income
$1,801,655
Other revenue
$240,775
Total assets, end of year
$145,072,070
Total liabilities, end of year
$971,408
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$144,100,662
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,676,527
Management and general expenses
$1,158,062
Fundraising expenses
$1,878,596
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,676,527

Program services were 86.0% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $3,295,251

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,331,435

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,514,829

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $1,130,462 · related or exempt $1,130,462

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $754,561 · related or exempt $754,561

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $400,000 · related or exempt $400,000

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $51,711 · related or exempt $51,711

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,284,101 · excluded $2,284,101

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $19,258,923

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

    securities $19,741,369

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$482,446

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$482,446 · excluded -$482,446

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $342,706

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $101,931

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $240,775 · unrelated business $41,745 · excluded $199,030

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,520,045 · program services $15,520,045

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $363,968 · management and general $72,794 · fundraising $291,174

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,414,948 · program services $1,042,595 · management and general $190,126 · fundraising $182,227

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $39,755 · program services $30,813 · management and general $7,042 · fundraising $1,900

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $142,685 · program services $91,844 · management and general $26,568 · fundraising $24,273

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $116,629 · program services $53,648 · management and general $20,113 · fundraising $42,868

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $125,443 · program services $100,443 · management and general $25,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,108 · management and general $16,114 · fundraising $12,994

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,260 · management and general $45,260

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $391,394 · management and general $391,394

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $665,778 · program services $96,788 · fundraising $568,990

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,178 · program services $947 · management and general $41,231

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $135,688 · program services $131,372 · management and general $4,316

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $439,119 · program services $439,119

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,822 · program services $27,117 · management and general $7,705

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL SUPPLIES/FORAGE

    total $311,250 · program services $311,250

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $267,702 · program services $156,618 · management and general $111,084

  • 24c · Other expenses: STEWARDSHIP

    total $258,015 · fundraising $258,015

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER SERVICES

    total $117,605 · program services $23,080 · management and general $94,525

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,251,793 · program services $650,848 · management and general $104,790 · fundraising $496,155

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,745,310 · end of year $15,579,272

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,031,736 · end of year $3,941,354

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $14,311 · end of year $17,689

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,155 · end of year $160,515

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

    $25,700,561

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

    $6,365,901

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $19,492,808 · end of year $19,334,660

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $121,964,409 · end of year $105,531,049

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $418,147 · end of year $507,531

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $377,735 · end of year $317,294

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,169,573 · end of year $267,501

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $391,503 · end of year $386,613

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $123,463,125 · end of year $109,498,580

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,274,940 · end of year $34,602,082

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT THE MISSION, RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS BENEFITTING OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM.

  • THE OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION WAS INCORPORATED AS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION TO SOLICIT AND RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS, GIFTS, GRANTS, DEVISES, AND BEQUESTS, AND TO DISTRIBUTE AND APPLY SUCH ASSETS AND/OR THE INCOME THEREFROM TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OMAHA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

    Expenses $16,726,394 · Grants $15,520,045

  • THE FOUNDATION OPERATES THE LEE G. SIMMONS CONSERVATION PARK AND WILDLIFE SAFARI, A DRIVE-THRU PARK THAT EXHIBITS NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE AND MAINTAINS OFF-EXHIBIT EXOTIC ANIMAL BREEDING PROGRAMS. IN 2022, 13,498 MEMBERSHIPS TO THE SAFARI PARK WERE SOLD AND A TOTAL OF 174,006 GUESTS VISITED THE PARK.

    Expenses $1,950,133 · Revenue $2,336,734

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Howard L Hawks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mogens C Bay

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Calvin Sisson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Michael R McCarthy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Tina Cherica

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $363,968
    From this org
    $337,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,678
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,129
    Bonus
    $90,000
    Other
    $1,161
    Deferred
    $15,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,428
    Filer's total
    $363,968

  • Kiley Thiele

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $154,759
    From this org
    $148,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,511
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,434
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $814
    Deferred
    $5,945
    Nontaxable benefits
    $566
    Filer's total
    $154,759

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 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
7 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313119349303431

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