Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI.

Totals

Total revenue: $69,378,528
Total expenses: $63,617,523
Contributions and grants received: $41,848,300
Grants paid: $952,427
Program services expenses (Part IX): $56,056,233
Management and general expenses: $5,835,149
Fundraising expenses: $1,726,141
Program service expenses (Part III): $56,056,233

Program services were 88.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

ADAM MUELLER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALBERT SMITHERMAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ANYA SANCHEZ

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
AUSTIN HEIDT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BOB COUGHLIN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRETT HEEKIN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CARLA WALKER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CATHY CRAIN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHRIS BEVACQUA

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CRAIG YOUNG

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DANIEL RAJAIAH

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DOTTY SHAFFER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DOUG BRENDAMOUR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GARY MITCHELL

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GIGI HEIDT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GREG TAYLOR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JAN MICHELE KEARNEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JEN CASTELLINI

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JEN RAGLAND

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOHN NIEMEYER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOHN WILLIAMS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KATIE O'BRIEN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LELA COFFEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LINDA LEE THOMAS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LUCY CHRISTENSEN-DAVIS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MATT SHEAKLEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MEREDITH BORCHERS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PAARAS PARKER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PAM ROSSMANN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PETER KLEKAMP

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RHIANNON HOEWELER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SARAH ANDERSON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TIM MASSA

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
VALARIE SHEPPARD

TRUSTEE

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
JACK OLIVER

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
WILLIAM T MAYNARD

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$735,591

From this org

$708,475

From related orgs

$0

Other

$27,116

Hours/week

35 + 5 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$346,822

Bonus

$358,000

Other

$3,653

Deferred

$13,800

Nontaxable benefits

$13,316

Filer's total

$735,591
SAMUEL D JENIKE

VP & COO

Total calculated

$364,235

From this org

$335,786

From related orgs

$0

Other

$28,449

Hours/week

35 + 5 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$285,814

Bonus

$48,784

Other

$1,188

Deferred

$13,384

Nontaxable benefits

$15,065

Filer's total

$364,235
LORI L VOSS

VP & CFO

Total calculated

$327,583

From this org

$294,521

From related orgs

$0

Other

$33,062

Hours/week

35 + 5 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$251,043

Bonus

$42,849

Other

$629

Deferred

$11,756

Nontaxable benefits

$21,306

Filer's total

$327,583
TERRI ROTH

VP: CONSERVATION & SCIENCE

Total calculated

$208,524

From this org

$189,430

From related orgs

$0

Other

$19,094

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$188,445

Bonus

$0

Other

$985

Deferred

$5,778

Nontaxable benefits

$13,316

Filer's total

$208,524
MARK FISHER

VP: FACILITIES

Total calculated

$204,237

From this org

$175,722

From related orgs

$0

Other

$28,515

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$175,544

Bonus

$0

Other

$178

Deferred

$7,209

Nontaxable benefits

$21,306

Filer's total

$204,237
REBA DYSART

VP: DEVELOPMENT

Total calculated

$177,419

From this org

$158,539

From related orgs

$0

Other

$18,880

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$158,379

Bonus

$0

Other

$160

Deferred

$6,230

Nontaxable benefits

$12,650

Filer's total

$177,419
JEFFREY WALTON

DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE

Total calculated

$176,133

From this org

$148,696

From related orgs

$0

Other

$27,437

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$148,278

Bonus

$0

Other

$418

Deferred

$6,131

Nontaxable benefits

$21,306

Filer's total

$176,133
MICHAEL WENNINGER

DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL HEALTH

Total calculated

$150,399

From this org

$124,087

From related orgs

$0

Other

$26,312

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$124,087

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$4,746

Nontaxable benefits

$21,566

Filer's total

$150,399
CHAD YELTON

VP: MARKETING

Total calculated

$192,827

From this org

$164,544

From related orgs

$0

Other

$28,283

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$164,329

Bonus

$0

Other

$215

Deferred

$6,717

Nontaxable benefits

$21,566

Filer's total

$192,827
CHRIS RECORD

FACILITIES PROJECT MANAGER

Total calculated

$138,375

From this org

$113,296

From related orgs

$0

Other

$25,079

Hours/week

40
CHRISTINA GORSUCH

DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL CARE

Total calculated

$137,512

From this org

$119,270

From related orgs

$0

Other

$18,242

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 — 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

$106,000

GORILLA CONSERVATION/CONGO BASIN
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK

$72,244

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVANCY

$31,000

ANNUAL SUPPORT
INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION

$29,000

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
WILD NATURE INSTITUTE

$25,000

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
GLOBAL CONSERVATION NETWORK

$25,000

UGANDA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION SUPPORT
SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB

$20,000

SUPPORT OF THE MANATEE REHABILITATION PARTNERSHIP
WILD ENTRUST INTERNATIONAL

$20,000

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
WORLD PARROT TRUST

$12,581

CONSERVATION SUPPORT DONATION
RED PANDA NETWORK

$11,000

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

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 13 November 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.2
Source object: 202503189349311820

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