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← JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$37,302,218
Total expenses
$29,367,920
Contributions and grants received
$16,484,541
Grants paid
$428,623
Program service revenue
$14,395,252
Investment income
$773,527
Other revenue
$5,648,898
Total assets, end of year
$89,637,100
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,579,629
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$86,057,471
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$24,112,468
Management and general expenses
$4,362,242
Fundraising expenses
$893,210
Program service expenses (Part III)
$24,112,468

Program services were 82.1% 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

    $3,530,356

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $62,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,423,319

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,468,366

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $83,415

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $10,712,284 · related or exempt $10,712,284

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ATTRACTIONS

    total $2,655,420 · related or exempt $2,655,420

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $500,588 · related or exempt $500,588

  • 2d · Program service revenue: GROUP SALES

    total $476,146 · related or exempt $476,146

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $50,814 · related or exempt $50,814

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $779,137 · excluded $779,137

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $49,214

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $49,214

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $49,214 · related or exempt $49,214

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,168

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

    other assets $6,778

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$5,610

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$5,610 · excluded -$5,610

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,644,781

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

    $62,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,290,623

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,354,158 · excluded $1,354,158

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $6,562,817

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,469,260

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,093,557 · excluded $4,093,557

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $151,969 · related or exempt $151,969

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $151,969

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $316,229 · program services $316,229

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $112,394 · program services $112,394

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $472,097 · management and general $424,887 · fundraising $47,210

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,661,056 · program services $9,718,032 · management and general $1,504,717 · fundraising $438,307

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $238,138 · program services $200,046 · management and general $27,781 · fundraising $10,311

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,911,558 · program services $1,604,478 · management and general $232,794 · fundraising $74,286

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $994,226 · program services $813,940 · management and general $143,636 · fundraising $36,650

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $50,940 · management and general $50,940

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $60,900 · management and general $60,900

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,387,158 · program services $1,727,586 · management and general $612,816 · fundraising $46,756

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $301,934 · program services $301,934

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $477,193 · program services $386,446 · management and general $80,164 · fundraising $10,583

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $272,051 · program services $217,640 · management and general $40,808 · fundraising $13,603

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,099,268 · program services $1,797,724 · management and general $240,693 · fundraising $60,851

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,604 · management and general $6,604

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,302,207 · program services $3,137,096 · management and general $99,067 · fundraising $66,044

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $969,587 · program services $775,670 · management and general $145,438 · fundraising $48,479

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL EXHIBITS, CONSER

    total $2,364,217 · program services $2,364,175 · management and general $42 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $695,142 · program services $62,244 · management and general $607,824 · fundraising $25,074

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $410,728 · program services $408,920 · management and general $1,699 · fundraising $109

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $207,381 · program services $156,010 · management and general $37,389 · fundraising $13,982

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $56,912 · program services $11,904 · management and general $44,043 · fundraising $965

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $15,689,043 · end of year $18,664,534

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,650,918 · end of year $5,440,581

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $837,416 · end of year $3,423,312

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $389,968 · end of year $1,178,945

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $285,332 · end of year $341,204

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $652,498 · end of year $828,263

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

    $108,778,127

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

    $49,318,451

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,217,150 · end of year $59,459,676

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $295,683 · end of year $290,501

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,084

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,445,434 · end of year $2,007,999

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,449,401 · end of year $1,571,630

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $74,044,322 · end of year $75,614,597

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,078,851 · end of year $10,442,874

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE JACKSONVILLE ZOO & GARDENS' MISSION IS CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES. OUR VISION IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY ENERGIZED BY A CONNECTION TO NATURE THAT ENRICHES LIVES AND INSPIRES ALL TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR NATIONAL WORLD.

  • OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT. THE JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. OPERATES AND MAINTAINS THE JACKSONVILLE ZOO & GARDENS, A 119 ACRE FACILITY ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN ZOO & AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION (AZA). 836,829 GUESTS VISITED THE ZOO WITH ITS AWARD WINNING ANIMAL AND BOTANICAL EXHIBITS, AND OVER 100,000 GUESTS ENJOYED SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE PARK.

    Expenses $24,112,468 · Grants $428,623 · Revenue $14,596,435

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • TONY VECCHIO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PARTIAL YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $407,852
    From this org
    $394,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,810
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $100,006
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $219,036
    Deferred
    $7,968
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,842
    Filer's total
    $407,852
  • TERESA KENNEDY

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (PARTIAL YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $241,797
    From this org
    $201,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,001
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,796
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,986
    Filer's total
    $241,797
  • JEFF ETTLING

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $199,626
    From this org
    $183,687
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,939
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,186
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $2,501
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,939
    Filer's total
    $199,626
  • HOLLY ELLIS

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $162,290
    From this org
    $143,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,983
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,307
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,262
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,721
    Filer's total
    $162,290
  • NIKKI SMITH

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $136,008
    From this org
    $123,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,308
    Hours/week
    40
  • CHARLES GED

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • LUCIA LINDSEY

    VICE CHAIR - CAPITAL CAMPA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • KAREN ESTELLA SMITH

    VICE CHAIR - GARDEN AND AR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • KERRI STEWART

    VICE CHAIR - SPECIAL PROJE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • ANNE MARIE CUSHMAC

    VICE CHAIR - GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • SALAMANN WAHIDI

    VICE CHAIR - ANIMAL CARE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • PAULA RENFRO

    VICE CHAIR - EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • GEORGE MIKES

    TREASURER AND VP OF FINANC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • MISSY PETERS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • BARNWELL LANE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOEL SWANSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PAUL SANDLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RENE KURZIUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SCOTT CHAMBERLAYNE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SCOTT WITT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PAUL BLACKSTONE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JONATHAN COLES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KENYONN DEMPS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEANNA CUMBER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CLINT PYLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PARAM SAHNI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEANNE CRYER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DONNA DEEGAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AL FERRARO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAN FIELDS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CYRUS MOSHIREE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR USING COMPARABLE DATA FROM SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS.
PART I, LINE 4B
457(B)RETIREMENT PLAN - TONY VECCHIO - $219,035.87 (PAID OUT) AND TERESA KENNEDY - $23,057.81 (DEFERRED) FOR FOR 2022 TAX CALENDAR YEAR.

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.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
27 June 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431809349301308

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