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← ZONTA INTERNATIONAL

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ZONTA INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,545,102
Total expenses
$2,606,641
Contributions and grants received
$5,180
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,078,392
Investment income
$280,010
Other revenue
$181,520
Total assets, end of year
$9,733,300
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,752,230
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,981,070
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,992,550
Management and general expenses
$614,091
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,992,550

Program services were 76.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,180

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $2,180,825 · related or exempt $2,180,825

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONVENTION EVENTS AND PROGRAMS

    total $880,071 · related or exempt $880,071

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LIABILITY PREMIUMS

    total $17,496 · unrelated business $17,496

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $276,354 · excluded $276,354

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $9,820 · excluded $9,820

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,072,490

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

    securities $8,068,834

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,656

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,656 · excluded $3,656

  • 11a · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT FEES

    total $171,691 · excluded $171,691

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $9 · excluded $9

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $171,700

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $223,739 · program services $174,516 · management and general $49,223

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $703,699 · program services $548,885 · management and general $154,814

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $29,479 · program services $22,994 · management and general $6,485

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $77,300 · program services $60,294 · management and general $17,006

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $66,470 · program services $51,847 · management and general $14,623

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,762 · management and general $12,762

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $112,189 · management and general $112,189

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,874 · management and general $6,874

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $58,582 · program services $58,582

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $116,518 · program services $80,405 · management and general $36,113

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $39,404 · program services $29,553 · management and general $9,851

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $146,316 · program services $109,737 · management and general $36,579

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,999 · program services $10,999

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $718,525 · program services $718,525

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $58,256 · program services $43,692 · management and general $14,564

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $70,572 · management and general $70,572

  • 24a · Other expenses: ZONTIAN MAGAZINE

    total $74,080 · program services $74,080

  • 24b · Other expenses: INTERNATIONAL BOARD & C

    total $61,737 · management and general $61,737

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,140 · program services $8,441 · management and general $10,699

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,320,823 · end of year $1,968,285

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,865,596 · end of year $3,390,417

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $129,873 · end of year $27,035

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $493,486 · end of year $399,837

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

    $351,903

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

    $269,621

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $128,410 · end of year $82,282

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,433,359 · end of year $3,651,269

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $276,670 · end of year $214,175

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $132,467 · end of year $141,787

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,336,751 · end of year $1,429,496

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $281,281 · end of year $180,947

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,872,882 · end of year $7,972,994

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,836 · end of year $8,076

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ZONTA INTERNATIONAL IS A LEADING GLOBAL ORGANIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. THE INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS PROVIDE SUPPORTING SERVICES TO ZONTA DISTRICTS, CLUBS AND MEMBERS IN MORE THAN SIXTY COUNTRIES. THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERS ADVOCACY, INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND MAINTAINS AFFILIATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT FURTHERS ZONTA INTERNATIONAL'S OBJECTIVES. ZONTIANS ARE FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY IN A WORLD WHERE WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE RECOGNIZED AS HUMAN RIGHTS AND EVERY WOMAN IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE HER FULL POTENTIAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ZONTA INTERNATIONAL IS A LEADING GLOBAL ORGANIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

  • PROVIDE SUPPORT TO 32 DISTRICTS, 1,070 CLUBS, AND 25,600 MEMBERS IN 64 COUNTRIES TO IMPROVE THE STATUS OF WOMEN THROUGH SERVICE AND ADVOCACY, WORK FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING, GOODWILL AND PEACE THROUGH A WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF MEMBERS, PROMOTE JUSTICE AND UNIVERSAL RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND BE UNITED INTERNATIONALLY TO FOSTER HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS, IMPLEMENT SERVICE PROGRAMS, AND PROVIDE MUTUAL SUPPORT AND FELLOWSHIP FOR MEMBERS WHO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEIR NATIONS AND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $1,992,550 · Revenue $3,060,896

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Margaret Akofio-Sowah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 3 related

  • Ofelia Bautista

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 3 related

  • Salla Tuominen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    21 + 4 related

  • Souella Cumming

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15 + 4 related

  • Fernanda Gallo-Freschi

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15 + 4 related

  • Christine Dersch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 3 related

  • Unna Huh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 3 related

  • Phillippa Jacobs-Lory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 3 related

  • Sandra Venn-Brown

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12 + 4 related

  • Jyotsana Pandya

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 3 related

  • Vivienne Shen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9 + 3 related

  • Megan Radavich

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $223,739
    From this org
    $203,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,012
    Hours/week
    39 + 7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,727
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,149
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,863
    Filer's total
    $223,739

  • Cathleen Ferguson

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $154,514
    From this org
    $118,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,139
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,375
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,889
    Filer's total
    $154,514

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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 3
IN DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ZONTA INTERNATIONAL BOARD CONDUCTS EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ABOUT THE COMPENSATION LEVELS OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR AND COMPARES THE DUTIES OF THE POSITION TO THOSE OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS WHILE ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE INDIVIDUAL'S BACKGROUND, EXPERTISE, QUALIFICATIONS AND LOCAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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
2024
Filed
22 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543579349300619

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