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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRIENDS OF PINE GROVE ZOO.

Totals

Total revenue
$785,377
Total expenses
$784,766
Contributions and grants received
$491,633
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$216,621
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$77,123
Total assets, end of year
$311,866
Total liabilities, end of year
$63,951
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$247,915
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$635,111
Management and general expenses
$149,655
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$635,111

Program services were 80.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $44,079

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $333,523

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $114,031

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ZOO ACTIVITIES

    total $185,722 · related or exempt $185,722

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $21,609 · related or exempt $21,609

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $9,290 · related or exempt $9,290

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $67,020

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $22,034

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $44,986 · excluded $44,986

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $58,688

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $26,551

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $32,137 · excluded $32,137

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,800 · program services $53,652 · management and general $11,148

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $282,774 · program services $224,407 · management and general $58,367

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,422 · program services $3,538 · management and general $884

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,280 · program services $7,424 · management and general $1,856

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,238 · program services $28,990 · management and general $7,248

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,683 · program services $18,146 · management and general $4,537

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,680 · program services $16,342 · management and general $2,338

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,819 · program services $13,819

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $83,617 · program services $66,894 · management and general $16,723

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $35,154 · program services $28,123 · management and general $7,031

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,063 · program services $14,063

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $27,259 · program services $700 · management and general $26,559

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,178 · program services $18,204 · management and general $2,974

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSE

    total $99,170 · program services $99,170

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $49,949 · program services $39,959 · management and general $9,990

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES

    total $1,558 · program services $1,558

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES

    total $122 · program services $122

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $28,256 · end of year $17,961

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $220 · end of year $24,731

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $35,199 · end of year $44,502

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

    $446,450

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

    $221,778

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $247,930 · end of year $224,672

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,301 · end of year $3,951

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $60,000 · end of year $60,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $247,304 · end of year $247,915

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION WHILE CREATING A PROGRESSIVE ZOOLOGICAL PARK IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

  • THE PINE GROVE ZOO IS A SMALL ZOO THAT IS PART OF A COMMUNITY OF APPROXIMATELY 8,300 PEOPLE. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SMALL IN SIZE, THE IMPACT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IS VAST. ONE WAY THIS IS EVIDENT IS IN OUR THRIVING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WE OFFER IS MODEST BUT THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WE ARE ABLE TO CONVEY THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS ARE IMMENSE AND FAR REACHING. OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO CONNECT WITH A VARIETY OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, INTERESTS, AND BACKGROUNDS THRU INTERACTIVE, EDUCATIONAL, AND FUN ACTIVITIES. VISITORS TO THE PINE GROVE ZOO THRU ADMISSIONS AND EVENTS TOTALED 22,446 FOR THE 2025 SEASON. THESE VISITORS CAME FROM 203 CITIES IN MINNESOTA, 50 STATES, AND 5 COUNTRIES. OUR ON SITE SELF-GUIDED AND GUIDED TOURS PROVIDED INTERACTIVE, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR 2,411 PEOPLE FROM CITIES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ON-SITE EDUCATION PROGRAMS SUCH AS OPERANT TRAINING DEMONSTRATIONS; ZOOKEEPER AND ENRICHMENT PRESENTATIONS; DREW OVER 1,788 PEOPLE.WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR ZOO GONE WILD IN WHICH WE HAD 418 IN ATTENDANCE. IN OCTOBER, WE HAD OUR FIRST ANNUAL BOOFEST WITH 1,285 IN ATTENDANCE.THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS OF PINE GROVE ZOO WERE SUPPORTED BY 46 VOLUNTEERS OVER THE YEAR AND THOSE VOLUNTEERS LOGGED 889 HOURS.

    Expenses $635,111 · Revenue $216,621

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Marnita Van Hoecke

    ZOO DIRECTOR, EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $64,800
    From this org
    $61,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,240
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jerry Lochner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Kapsner

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margit Lemieur

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Amanda Craft

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacki Retka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Allison Zak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jayne Cekalla

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Dubbin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
11 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611419349300116

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