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← FRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC OF KANSAS CITY MO

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC OF KANSAS CITY MO.

Totals

Total revenue
$62,517,690
Total expenses
$57,477,891
Contributions and grants received
$37,187,794
Grants paid
$235,253
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$54,005,093
Management and general expenses
$2,542,688
Fundraising expenses
$930,110
Program service expenses (Part III)
$54,005,093

Program services were 94.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • WESLEY FIELDS

    BOARD MEMBER/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID SANCHEZ

    BOARD MEMBER/TREASURER (THRU 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAN FRANCIS

    BOARD MEMBER/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TONY REINHART

    BOARD MEMBER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JC ALONZO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE AYERS

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 2/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID BARR

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER BENNETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRAD BODAMER

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR YOLANDA CARGILE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS COTTEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF DILLON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SANDRA GARCIA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HAYLEY HANSON

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AUDREY HILL

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIUS LAI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATE LAMBERT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATIE MCDONALD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL MARCHANT

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 4/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AL MAURO JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN MCMANUS

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 4/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YVETTE MICELI

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANET MILES-BARTEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANA NUBIA DUIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYANA PARKS-SHAW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE PRENGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN PUNG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERRY RILEY

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN RUSS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODD TRENT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK SWANSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEAN PUTNEY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $384,965
    From this org
    $344,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,730
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,024
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $1,211
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,530
    Filer's total
    $384,965

  • LINDA FALK

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $293,396
    From this org
    $270,919
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,477
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,810
    Bonus
    $24,000
    Other
    $2,109
    Deferred
    $10,924
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,553
    Filer's total
    $293,396

  • CHARLISA SHELLY

    CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $228,172
    From this org
    $211,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,134
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,583
    Bonus
    $17,872
    Other
    $1,583
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,134
    Filer's total
    $228,172

  • CORA STORBECK

    DIR OF DEVELOPMENT & GOV AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $178,742
    From this org
    $147,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,199
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,060
    Bonus
    $12,715
    Other
    $768
    Deferred
    $6,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,099
    Filer's total
    $178,742

  • DR KIRK SUEDMEYER

    DIRECTOR OF VETERINARY HEALTH AND CONSERVATION RES

    Total calculated
    $175,244
    From this org
    $154,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,299
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,817
    Bonus
    $12,078
    Other
    $1,050
    Deferred
    $6,215
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,084
    Filer's total
    $175,244

  • JULIE MEYER

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $170,466
    From this org
    $140,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,317
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,425
    Bonus
    $12,285
    Other
    $439
    Deferred
    $5,792
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,525
    Filer's total
    $170,466

  • FRANK WILBURN

    DIRECTOR OF GUEST SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $160,599
    From this org
    $138,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,048
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,670
    Bonus
    $12,190
    Other
    $691
    Deferred
    $5,665
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,383
    Filer's total
    $160,599

  • KIM ROMARY

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $165,454
    From this org
    $137,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,559
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,243
    Bonus
    $12,440
    Other
    $212
    Deferred
    $5,592
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,967
    Filer's total
    $165,454

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 — 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
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
PER APPROVAL BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE ZOO PAID FOR THE CEO'S WIFE TO ATTEND THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO, ALONG WITH THE CEO. IT IS DEEMED BENEFICIAL TO THE ZOO FOR BOTH THE CEO AND HIS SPOUSE TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS IN PERSON TO DEVELOP AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND WAS THEREFORE TREATED AS A BUSINESS EXPENSE TO THE ORGANIZATION. THE CEO'S WIFE WAS PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS AS A REPRESENTATIVE AT VARIOUS CONFERENCES AND EVENTS ATTENDED BY OTHER ZOO AND AQUARIUM PROFESSIONALS. THE TRAVEL COSTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CEO'S TAXABLE WAGES.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422859349301322

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