Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI.

Totals

Total revenue: $119,557,573
Total expenses: $58,622,654
Contributions and grants received: $89,942,990
Grants paid: $700,177
Program service revenue: $18,568,998
Investment income: $3,650,712
Other revenue: $7,394,873
Total assets, end of year: $326,058,196
Total liabilities, end of year: $18,221,613
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $307,836,583
Program services expenses (Part IX): $51,482,699
Management and general expenses: $5,424,617
Fundraising expenses: $1,715,338
Program service expenses (Part III): $51,482,699

Program services were 87.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

FRANCIE S HILTZ

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GEORGE MOLINSKY

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GEORGE JOSEPH

VICE CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PETER RAGLAND

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TIM BONACCI

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
STUART DORNETTE

LEGAL COUNSEL

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SARAH ANDERSON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
EILEEN BARRETT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHRIS BEVACQUA

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MEREDITH BORCHERS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DOUG BRENDAMOUR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JEN CASTELLINI

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LELA COFFEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BOB COUGHLIN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LUCY CHRISTENSEN-DAVIS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CATHY CRAIN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MARC DIZARD

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRETT HEEKIN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
AUSTIN HEIDT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GIGI HEIDT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PETER KLEKAMP

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JAN MICHELE KEARNEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TIM MASSA

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ADAM MUELLER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JANE NOVAK-COOK

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KATIE O'BRIEN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JACK OLIVER II

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PAARAS PARKER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MIKE PRESCOTT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DANIEL RAJAIAH

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PAM ROSSMANN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ANYA SANCHEZ

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MATT SHEAKLEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
VALARIE SHEPPARD

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALBERT SMITHERMAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GREG TAYLOR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LINDA LEE THOMAS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BILL WEYAND

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CRAIG YOUNG

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
WILLIAM T MAYNARD

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$661,748

From this org

$635,775

From related orgs

$0

Other

$25,973

Hours/week

35 + 5 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$328,489

Bonus

$305,000

Other

$2,286

Deferred

$13,200

Nontaxable benefits

$12,773

Filer's total

$661,748
SAMUEL D JENIKE

VP & COO

Total calculated

$313,839

From this org

$290,003

From related orgs

$0

Other

$23,836

Hours/week

35 + 5 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$241,697

Bonus

$47,134

Other

$1,172

Deferred

$11,553

Nontaxable benefits

$12,283

Filer's total

$313,839
LORI L VOSS

VP & CFO

Total calculated

$284,899

From this org

$254,313

From related orgs

$0

Other

$30,586

Hours/week

35 + 5 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$212,295

Bonus

$41,400

Other

$618

Deferred

$10,148

Nontaxable benefits

$20,438

Filer's total

$284,899
TERRI ROTH

VP: CONSERVATION & SCIENCE

Total calculated

$196,129

From this org

$182,973

From related orgs

$0

Other

$13,156

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$182,323

Bonus

$0

Other

$650

Deferred

$6,769

Nontaxable benefits

$6,387

Filer's total

$196,129
MARK FISHER

VP: FACILITIES

Total calculated

$194,102

From this org

$166,815

From related orgs

$0

Other

$27,287

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$166,637

Bonus

$0

Other

$178

Deferred

$6,849

Nontaxable benefits

$20,438

Filer's total

$194,102
CHAD YELTON

VP: MARKETING

Total calculated

$182,468

From this org

$155,722

From related orgs

$0

Other

$26,746

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$155,580

Bonus

$0

Other

$142

Deferred

$6,308

Nontaxable benefits

$20,438

Filer's total

$182,468
REBA DYSART

VP: DEVELOPMENT

Total calculated

$169,523

From this org

$151,250

From related orgs

$0

Other

$18,273

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$151,092

Bonus

$0

Other

$158

Deferred

$6,138

Nontaxable benefits

$12,135

Filer's total

$169,523
JEFFREY WALTON

DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE

Total calculated

$165,577

From this org

$139,396

From related orgs

$0

Other

$26,181

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$138,978

Bonus

$0

Other

$418

Deferred

$5,743

Nontaxable benefits

$20,438

Filer's total

$165,577
MICHAEL WENNINGER

DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL HEALTH

Total calculated

$133,806

From this org

$113,119

From related orgs

$0

Other

$20,687

Hours/week

40
DEAN VIOLETTA

DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & EXHIBITS

Total calculated

$131,029

From this org

$113,654

From related orgs

$0

Other

$17,375

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. 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 survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI'S BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE COMPENSATION AND BONUS OF ALL OFFICERS AND HAS DETERMINED THAT TOTAL COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE AND COMPARABLE. ALTHOUGH A MAJORITY OF EACH OFFICER'S BONUS IS CONTINGENT UPON A FIXED FORMULA, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE CHAIRMAN TO USE DISCRETION WHEN CALCULATING THE BONUS FOR SOME OFFICERS.

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

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

$50,000

GORILLA CONSERVATION/CONGO BASIN
GLOBAL CONSERVATION NETWORK

$49,500

UGANDA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION SUPPORT
INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION

$35,320

DESIGNING NEXT PHASE SUMATRAN RHINO SANCTUARY, INDONESIA
WILD NATURE INSTITUTE

$25,000

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
HOUSTON ZOO

$20,000

ELEPHANT HERPES VIRUS FUNDING
WILD ENTRUST INTERNATIONAL

$20,000

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB

$15,000

SUPPORT OF THE MANATEE REHABILITATION PARTNERSHIP
INTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION

$15,000

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
TURTLE SURVIVAL ALLIANCE

$15,000

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK

$15,000

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

CINCINNATI ZOO FOUNDATION INC

501(C)(3) · ENDOWMENT FOR THE ZOO · OH · controlled entity

Directly controlled by ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

CINCINNATI ZOO PROPERTIES LLC

PURCHASE PROPERTIES · OH

Directly controlled by ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 4 September 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.1
Source object: 202402499349302010

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