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← SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,377,234
Total expenses
$17,183,646
Contributions and grants received
$9,803,435
Grants paid
$101,300
Program service revenue
$7,261,549
Investment income
$52,063
Other revenue
$1,260,187
Total assets, end of year
$7,735,809
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,046,148
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,689,661
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,668,876
Management and general expenses
$1,012,544
Fundraising expenses
$502,226
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,668,876

Program services were 91.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $457,616

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,204,940

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,140,879

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $333,617

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $3,201,023 · related or exempt $3,201,023

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $2,763,095 · related or exempt $2,763,095

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ONSITE ATTRACTIONS

    total $749,114 · related or exempt $749,114

  • 2d · Program service revenue: LANTERN EVENT

    total $548,317 · related or exempt $548,317

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $57,762 · excluded $57,762

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

    other assets $5,699

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$5,699

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$5,699 · related or exempt -$5,699

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $837,647

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $457,616

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $697,781

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $139,866 · excluded $139,866

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $749,503

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $749,503 · excluded $749,503

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $370,818 · related or exempt $370,818

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $370,818

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $101,300 · program services $101,300

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $266,214 · program services $52,846 · management and general $160,522 · fundraising $52,846

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,309,094 · program services $6,869,416 · management and general $172,469 · fundraising $267,209

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $513,353 · program services $492,017 · management and general $12,885 · fundraising $8,451

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,507,253 · program services $1,412,844 · management and general $49,343 · fundraising $45,066

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $565,556 · program services $516,540 · management and general $25,028 · fundraising $23,988

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $66,497 · management and general $66,497

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $595,182 · program services $595,182

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $843,452 · program services $801,280 · management and general $21,086 · fundraising $21,086

  • 17 · Travel

    total $118,495 · program services $116,125 · management and general $1,185 · fundraising $1,185

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $447,192 · program services $424,832 · management and general $11,180 · fundraising $11,180

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $166,483 · program services $133,186 · management and general $24,973 · fundraising $8,324

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT EXPENDITURES

    total $1,493,447 · program services $1,088,962 · management and general $404,485

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $807,699 · program services $767,315 · management and general $20,192 · fundraising $20,192

  • 24c · Other expenses: ANIMAL FOOD

    total $728,722 · program services $728,722

  • 24d · Other expenses: ANIMAL & GROUNDS SUPPLI

    total $651,220 · program services $651,220

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,002,487 · program services $917,089 · management and general $42,699 · fundraising $42,699

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,130,387 · end of year $3,875,311

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $389,657 · end of year $235,621

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $104,011 · end of year $86,874

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $230,575 · end of year $233,074

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

    $4,401,001

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

    $2,473,279

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,034,234 · end of year $1,927,722

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $199,289 · end of year $387,590

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,023,867 · end of year $989,617

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $635,833 · end of year $474,161

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $356,011 · end of year $423,213

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $129,958 · end of year $148,774

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,138,599 · end of year $5,675,024

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $851,619 · end of year $1,014,637

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY IS DEDICATED TO INSPIRING RESPECT AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES THROUGH OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING EXCELLENT CARE AND WELFARE FOR OUR ANIMALS, BUILDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR GUESTS AND THE ANIMALS IN OUR CARE, AND PROMOTING CONSERVATION INITIATIVES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY WORKS TO FOSTER PUBLIC INTEREST AND SUPPORT FOR THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO, BY OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THE ZOO. THE ZOO HAS SEEN STEADY PROGRESS THROUGH THE PAST FIVE DECADES WITH MAJOR EXHIBITS OPENING EVERY FEW YEARS. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ALSO PROMOTES EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TO BETTER AID IN THE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF BOTH ZOO AND WILD ANIMALS.

  • OPERATIONS OF THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO. SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO IS ACCREDITED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS AND IS NATIONALLY RENOWNED. IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ZOOS IN THE UNITED STATES AND IS KANSAS' MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION WITH OVER HALF A MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY. THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO HAS OVER 2,500 ANIMALS OF NEARLY 500 SPECIES.

    Expenses $13,539,633 · Grants $101,300

  • GUEST SERVICES RELATED TO THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO. THERE WERE 17,677 ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS IN 2023 WITH 625,861 VISITORS TO THE ORGANIZATION IN 2023.

    Expenses $2,129,243

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristen Aberle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stanley Andeel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tyler Boss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sam Chandler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Monte Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Dennis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark C Devries

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amy Ekerberg

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Justin Elkouri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Ellis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Morley Healy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Kaufman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melissa Knoeber

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gary Kohn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gayle Malone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sam Marnick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gaylyn McGregor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura Dakhil Monahan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Lynn Priest

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janet Schwindaman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • R Todd Slawson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Stolz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maggie Topping

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angela Vandeusen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mandy Wilbert

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sheryl Wohlford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maverick Woodbridge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sara Jantz

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $134,006
    From this org
    $104,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,376
    Hours/week
    40
  • Scott Newland

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $193,308
    From this org
    $158,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,168
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,140
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,397
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,771
    Filer's total
    $193,308

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract

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

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

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
2023
Filed
8 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423169349301607

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