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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,970,224
Total expenses
$6,166,307
Contributions and grants received
$4,152,544
Grants paid
$4,269,685
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,217,729
Other revenue
$1,599,951
Total assets, end of year
$39,042,921
Total liabilities, end of year
$486,697
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,556,224
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,174,703
Management and general expenses
$90,681
Fundraising expenses
$900,923
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,174,703

Program services were 83.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $778,354

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $51,336

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $46,961

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,275,893

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $994,875 · excluded $994,875

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,786,966

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

    securities $7,564,112

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,222,854

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,222,854 · excluded $1,222,854

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $256,684

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

    $778,354

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $256,684

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE INCOME

    total $1,599,951 · related or exempt $1,599,951

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,599,951

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,269,685 · program services $4,269,685

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $387,080 · fundraising $387,080

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $78,463 · management and general $78,463

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $28,155 · program services $26,550 · management and general $1,605

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $64,831 · program services $64,831

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $139,731 · program services $134,181 · management and general $5,550

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,520 · program services $4,520

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,202 · program services $9,202

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

    total $1,127,563 · program services $613,720 · fundraising $513,843

  • 24b · Other expenses: CULTIVATION EVENTS

    total $22,850 · program services $21,535 · management and general $1,315

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $20,172 · program services $16,624 · management and general $3,548

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $7,519 · program services $7,519

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,536 · program services $6,336 · management and general $200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,835,216 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,015,370 · end of year $1,806,160

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $367,301 · end of year $194,340

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $213,406

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,271 · end of year $14,944

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $29,098,698 · end of year $36,685,755

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $128,316

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,974 · end of year $6,668

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $480,029

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,068,375 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,116,709 · end of year $24,247,133

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,187,798 · end of year $14,309,091

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SECURE THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF THE ZOO, INCLUDING ITS ANIMAL COLLECTIONS, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, MAGNIFICENT GARDENS AND HISTORIC WPA-ERA BUILDINGS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SECURE THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF THE ZOO AS A DEPOSITORY FOR GIFTS TO THE SOCIETY.

  • TO ACCEPT GIFTS, GRANTS, AND BEQUESTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

    Expenses $5,174,703 · Grants $4,269,685 · Revenue $1,599,951

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JEFFREY SAILER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $475,981
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $447,419
    Other
    $28,562
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $400,619 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $46,800 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,562 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $475,981 related

  • LAUREN BRANYAN

    VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $147,235
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $119,861
    Other
    $27,374
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

  • CARL SCHAFFER

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related

  • BARRY LAZARUS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANIEL KORY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.25 related

  • COLLEEN TANKOOS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES WEIDNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAUN AHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY NIELSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHERYL OLD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN STANLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHERIDEEN STOLL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EDWIN CONN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIM EFFLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349302037

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