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← POTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by POTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,007,239
Total expenses
$3,377,734
Contributions and grants received
$1,717,076
Grants paid
$2,124,435
Program service revenue
$202,299
Investment income
$12,485
Other revenue
$75,379
Total assets, end of year
$3,178,579
Total liabilities, end of year
$248,284
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,930,295
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,897,392
Management and general expenses
$314,687
Fundraising expenses
$165,655
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,897,392

Program services were 85.8% 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

    $278,591

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $91,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,346,985

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $53,829

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $202,299 · related or exempt $202,299

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,485 · excluded $12,485

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $69,904

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $51,415

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $18,489

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $18,489 · excluded $18,489

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $56,890 · related or exempt $56,890

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $56,890

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,124,435 · program services $2,124,435

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,390 · management and general $61,195 · fundraising $61,195

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $520,715 · program services $384,734 · management and general $71,934 · fundraising $64,047

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,494 · program services $2,160 · management and general $1,068 · fundraising $266

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,729 · program services $21,857 · management and general $6,872

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,535 · program services $31,962 · management and general $10,046 · fundraising $8,527

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $88,607 · management and general $88,607

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $98,431 · program services $75,667 · management and general $21,000 · fundraising $1,764

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $69,614 · program services $69,315 · fundraising $299

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,984 · program services $24,198 · management and general $7,025 · fundraising $10,761

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,149 · program services $27,898 · management and general $8,351 · fundraising $900

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $59,033 · program services $29,161 · management and general $22,216 · fundraising $7,656

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,171 · program services $2,171

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,099 · management and general $3,099

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $107,679 · program services $98,295 · management and general $646 · fundraising $8,738

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $14,678 · program services $3,893 · management and general $9,493 · fundraising $1,292

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $2,274 · program services $1,369 · management and general $905

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLEANOUS EXPENSES

    total $1,399 · program services $277 · management and general $912 · fundraising $210

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,318 · management and general $1,318

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,466,188 · end of year $1,364,118

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,788,871 · end of year $1,478,318

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $174,578 · end of year $205,076

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $31,014 · end of year $12,377

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

    $108,215

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

    $99,407

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,230 · end of year $8,808

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $54,324

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $55,558

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,568 · end of year $56,377

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $134,097 · end of year $191,907

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,069,214 · end of year $1,285,198

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,230,002 · end of year $1,645,097

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DEDICATED TO THE SUPPORT OF POTTER PARK ZOO AND INSPIRING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE ANIMALS AND THE NATURAL WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INSPIRING CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS AND THE NATURAL WORLD.

  • EDUCATION - THE SOCIETY SPONSORS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE FURTHER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ANIMALS, CONSERVATION, AND THE NATURAL WORLD. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ZOOKAMBI SUMMER CAMP, SCOUT PROGRAMS AND BIG ZOO LESSON. UTILIZING CONSERVATION CARTS, ARTIFACTS AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES THAT ARE EASILY MOVED TO STRATEGIC LOCATIONS AROUND THE ZOO ENGAGE MANY ZOO PATRONS.

    Expenses $416,611 · Revenue $202,299

  • VOLUNTEER SERVICES - MORE THAN 864 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 9,980 HOURS OF ASSISTANCE ON ZOO GROUNDS.

    Expenses $32,492

  • ZOO SUPPORT - SUPPORTED POTTER PARK ZOO AND ITS MISSION OF INSPIRING CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS AND THE NATURAL WORLD.

    Expenses $2,393,199 · Grants $2,124,435 · Revenue $56,890

  • MEMBERSHIPS - SEVERAL LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP ARE AVAILABLE TO ZOO GUESTS AND MEMBERSHIPS BENEFITS INCREASE AS MEMBERSHIP LEVELS INCREASE. MEMBERS CAN ADD UP TO TWO UNNAMED GUESTS PER MEMBERSHIP, GIFT MEMBERSHIPS TO OTHERS, AND USE THEIR EXISTING MEMBERSHIP AT RECIPROCAL ZOOS/AQUARIUMS.

    Expenses $55,090

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Pingston

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron L Davis

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Berghorn

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karlene Belyea

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bethany Wicksall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roxanne Truhn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gabe Rodriguez-Garriga

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kieran Marion

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Hall

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,389
    From this org
    $92,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,258
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • INGHAM COUNTY

    $2,124,435

    FUNDS FOR BUILDING OF VETERINARY HOSPITAL AND GENERAL ZOO OPERATIONS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422119349300207

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