Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by GROVER NELSON PARK ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,403,685
- Total expenses
- $773,026
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,081,419
- Grants paid
- $737,758
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $321,965
- Other revenue
- $301
- Total assets, end of year
- $9,088,259
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $9,088,259
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $737,758
- Management and general expenses
- $35,268
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $737,758
Program services were 95.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,081,419
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3 · Investment income
total $294,072 · excluded $294,072
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $163,043
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $135,150
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $27,893
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $27,893 · excluded $27,893
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11a · Other revenue: NON-DIVIDEND DISTRIBUT
total $301 · excluded $301
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11e · Other revenue, total
$301
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $737,758 · program services $737,758
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,415 · management and general $2,415
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13 · Office expenses
total $430 · management and general $430
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24a · Other expenses: INVESTMENT EXPENSES
total $32,423 · management and general $32,423
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $176,217 · end of year $26,704
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $5,281,383 · end of year $9,061,555
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $2,328,345 · end of year $5,457,600
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $3,129,255 · end of year $3,630,659
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO ENCOURAGE CHARITABLE GIVING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THE ABILENE ZOO WHICH PROVIDES ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT FOR ANIMALS, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATION EXPERIENCES FOR GUESTS, AND PROMOTES CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
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SUPPORTING ABILENE ZOO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Expenses $737,758 · Grants $737,758
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Randy PiersallRANDY PIERSALL
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Craig FisherCRAIG FISHER
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Pat EvansPAT EVANS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chuck ErwinCHUCK ERWIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carolyn BeckhamCAROLYN BECKHAM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carol HaynesCAROL HAYNES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathy MoreheadKATHY MOREHEAD
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Pat DunnahooPAT DUNNAHOO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leigh BlackLEIGH BLACK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jesse PottebaumJESSE POTTEBAUM
EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Larry GillLARRY GILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris MontoyaCHRIS MONTOYA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff GoodinJEFF GOODIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gail RusseyGAIL RUSSEY
PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Darrel KnightDARREL KNIGHT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Patrick LewisPATRICK LEWIS
DIRECTOR
- 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
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$737,758
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH THE ZOO'S MASTER PLAN
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.
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501(C)(3) · ZOO OPERATIONS · TX
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 30 January 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202630309349300818
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