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← COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$89,903,001
Total expenses
$77,482,942
Contributions and grants received
$40,117,800
Grants paid
$2,498,320
Program service revenue
$28,372,645
Investment income
$819,719
Other revenue
$20,592,837
Total assets, end of year
$286,289,577
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,729,280
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$265,560,297
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$65,739,674
Management and general expenses
$9,656,593
Fundraising expenses
$2,086,675
Program service expenses (Part III)
$65,739,674

Program services were 84.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • CHAD JESTER

    IMM. PAST CHAIRPERSON-BD OF DIR AND APPT BD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • KEITH SHUMATE

    CHAIRPERSON-BD OF DIR AND APPT BD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • BRIAN O'MARA

    SECRETARY- BD OF DIR AND APPT BD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • KATIE WOLFE LLOYD

    TREASURER- BD OF DIR AND APPT BD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • ERIN APPLEMAN

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REV DR VICTOR DAVIS

    TRUSTEE - APPOINTED BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRAD DEHAYS

    TRUSTEE - APPOINTED BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH DONOVAN MD

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE FORTENER

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN GUSTY

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADRIANA HASTINGS

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE HIGHTOWER

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRENT JACKSON

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LARK MALLORY

    TRUSTEE - APPOINTED BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY MARCINICK

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRAIG MARSHALL

    TRUSTEE - APPOINTED BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER MASSANOVA

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN H MCCONNELL II

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEAN MENTEL

    TRUSTEE - APPOINTED BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN MOORE

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSTIN MOORE DVM PHD

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN MORRISON

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPOINTED BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAM O'GRADY

    TRUSTEE - APPOINTED BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY ROSE

    TRUSTEE - APPOINTED BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J RANDALL SCHOEDINGER

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAJA SUNDARARAJAN

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ZACHARY T TALAREK

    TRUSTEE - APPOINTED BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EJ WUNSCH

    TRUSTEE - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS SCHMID

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $560,812
    From this org
    $472,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,860
    Hours/week
    55 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $445,746
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $27,206
    Deferred
    $65,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,160
    Filer's total
    $560,812

  • ANGEL MUMMA

    SVP OF FINANCE (HIRED 06/22)

    Total calculated
    $143,319
    From this org
    $120,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,223
    Hours/week
    55

  • JENNIFER BONIFAS

    CONTROLLER/DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $259,415
    From this org
    $207,312
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,103
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,698
    Bonus
    $19,044
    Other
    $8,570
    Deferred
    $28,193
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,910
    Filer's total
    $259,415

  • CARMAN WIRTZ

    SVP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $296,055
    From this org
    $246,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,377
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,313
    Bonus
    $24,213
    Other
    $15,152
    Deferred
    $32,737
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,640
    Filer's total
    $296,055

  • JENNIFER RYAN

    SVP OF OPERATIONS & SUSTAINABILITY

    Total calculated
    $298,032
    From this org
    $241,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,563
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,355
    Bonus
    $24,094
    Other
    $13,020
    Deferred
    $32,573
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,990
    Filer's total
    $298,032

  • JAN RAMER

    SVP OF CONSERVATION & ANIMAL CARE

    Total calculated
    $262,702
    From this org
    $225,056
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,646
    Hours/week
    55 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,016
    Bonus
    $20,049
    Other
    $6,991
    Deferred
    $29,356
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,290
    Filer's total
    $262,702

  • RANDALL JUNGE

    VP OF ANIMAL HEALTH

    Total calculated
    $246,032
    From this org
    $203,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,142
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,886
    Bonus
    $26,368
    Other
    $14,636
    Deferred
    $25,682
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,460
    Filer's total
    $246,032

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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
  • 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 1A
THE ZOO PROVIDED COMPANION/SPOUSAL TRAVEL FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THOMAS SCHMID. THE SPOUSAL TRAVEL IS PROVIDED PER HIS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
PART I, LINE 6
THE BONUS AMOUNTS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDED IN PART II OF SCHEDULE J ARE BASED ON THE ASSOCIATION ACHIEVING ITS FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS GOALS FOR THE YEAR, AS WELL AS EACH INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVING THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR THE YEAR.

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

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • ZOOMBEZI BAY LLC

    C · AMUSEMENT PARK · OH · 100% owned · share of income $2,342,497 · share of assets $23,938,619 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313139349303901

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