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← AKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,912,106
Total expenses
$18,433,843
Contributions and grants received
$18,288,469
Grants paid
$39,151
Program service revenue
$4,993,343
Investment income
$283,054
Other revenue
$347,240
Total assets, end of year
$95,823,320
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,991,291
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$92,832,029
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,776,542
Management and general expenses
$2,618,001
Fundraising expenses
$1,039,300
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,776,542

Program services were 80.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHELE SANTANA

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.3 + 0.1 related
  • JOHN SLAGTER

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.1 related
  • EDDIE TAYLOR

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.2 related
  • EREN DEMIRAY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • BETH REHO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6 + 0.1 related
  • CAROLE BECERRA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • ROBERT BERK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • FRANK BEVILACQUA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7
  • PATRICK BRAVO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • CANDICE CARLYON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • VERONICA COOK EUELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • DAVE FREDERICK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • RYAN FULMER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • ANUSHA GIBSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • LEIGH GREENFELDER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • DAVID HAMILTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • CAROL HULSEMANN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • RON KLEINMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • DAVID KOLY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • ROBERT LITTMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.1 related
  • PAT MCMAHON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 0.1 related
  • NANCY RAY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • GLORIA RODGERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • BETHANNE SCRUGGS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • JIM SNIDER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6 + 0.1 related
  • CRAIG STANLEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • BEN SUTTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • STEVE TAYLOR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • TOM TEODOSIO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • SOPHIE VEILLETTE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6 + 0.1 related
  • DOUG PIEKARZ

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $342,535
    From this org
    $275,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,473
    Hours/week
    50 + 4.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,062
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,136
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,337
    Filer's total
    $342,535
  • LINDA CRISS

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICE & SR VP

    Total calculated
    $202,253
    From this org
    $160,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,241
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,012
    Bonus
    $13,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,171
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,070
    Filer's total
    $202,253
  • MELLISSA REED

    CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER & SR VP

    Total calculated
    $230,689
    From this org
    $182,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,135
    Hours/week
    50 + 4.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,554
    Bonus
    $17,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,418
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,717
    Filer's total
    $230,689
  • PAMELA HOLTZ

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER & SR VP

    Total calculated
    $199,165
    From this org
    $176,716
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,449
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,716
    Bonus
    $17,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,672
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,777
    Filer's total
    $199,165
  • BOB LESSNAU START 7623

    VICE-PRESIDENT OF LIFE SCIENCES

    Total calculated
    $70,476
    From this org
    $61,132
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,344
    Hours/week
    50
  • MICHELLE VECTIRELIS

    VICE-PRESIDENT PEOPLE & CULTURE

    Total calculated
    $193,767
    From this org
    $148,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,564
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,646
    Bonus
    $15,557
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,684
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,880
    Filer's total
    $193,767
  • VINCE JEFFRIES

    VICE-PRESIDENT COMMUNICATION/EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $149,351
    From this org
    $120,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,792
    Hours/week
    50
  • CHRISTOPHER RODDY

    SR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES & GROUNDS

    Total calculated
    $122,339
    From this org
    $109,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,124
    Hours/week
    50
  • BRITTANY RIZZO

    DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL HEALTH

    Total calculated
    $128,843
    From this org
    $106,859
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,984
    Hours/week
    50
  • TARI KAUFMAN

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $129,665
    From this org
    $105,229
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,436
    Hours/week
    50

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings

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
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 6
MANAGEMENT'S GOALS INCLUDE INCREASING EARNED REVENUE AND FUND-RAISED REVENUE AND REDUCING EXPENSES TO USE LESS TAX PROCEEDS TO BALANCE INCOME AND EXPENSE.

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
24 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422749349300522

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