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← DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$60,103,137
Total expenses
$68,912,773
Contributions and grants received
$31,883,792
Grants paid
$364,958
Program service revenue
not reported
Investment income
not reported
Other revenue
not reported
Total assets, end of year
not reported
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
not reported
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$57,589,309
Management and general expenses
$8,501,398
Fundraising expenses
$2,822,066
Program service expenses (Part III)
$57,589,309

Program services were 83.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARCELA DE LA MAR

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES SCOGGIN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEREDITH COORS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON ROMERO

    VICE CHAIR F

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DESTA ASFAW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRET BOLIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOLON CLARK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • OLGA DONAHUE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROB KAUFMANN

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENN RIDDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS ROSS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECCA WILSON MACSOVITS

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YOUNGDON YUN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BERT VESCOLANI

    PRESIDENT/CE

    Total calculated
    $622,645
    From this org
    $582,535
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,110
    Hours/week
    45 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $484,375
    Bonus
    $98,160
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,410
    Filer's total
    $622,645

  • CHARLIE WRIGHT

    TREAS./CFO T

    Total calculated
    $107,526
    From this org
    $102,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,930
    Hours/week
    45 + 2 related

  • GREG VOCHIS

    TREAS./CFO B

    Total calculated
    $154,685
    From this org
    $144,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,705
    Hours/week
    45 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,980
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,705
    Filer's total
    $154,685

  • AMBER CHRISTOPHER

    COO THRU 4/2

    Total calculated
    $144,064
    From this org
    $132,227
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,837
    Hours/week
    45

  • CRISTAL TORRES

    COO BEG 7/24

    Total calculated
    $139,042
    From this org
    $132,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,521
    Hours/week
    45

  • PAT MOREDOCK

    ASSISTANT SE

    Total calculated
    $115,480
    From this org
    $101,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,091
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

  • BRIAN AUCONE

    CHIEF CONSER

    Total calculated
    $259,269
    From this org
    $238,095
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,174
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,580
    Bonus
    $21,515
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,210
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,964
    Filer's total
    $259,269

  • NOELLE DELAGE

    CHIEF COMM.

    Total calculated
    $278,085
    From this org
    $244,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,542
    Hours/week
    45 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,154
    Bonus
    $21,389
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,132
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,410
    Filer's total
    $278,085

  • ELKIN ALFRED

    CHIEF BELONG

    Total calculated
    $177,715
    From this org
    $159,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,801
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,914
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,912
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,889
    Filer's total
    $177,715

  • JACQUE TAYLOR

    CHIEF OF HUM

    Total calculated
    $270,493
    From this org
    $246,064
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,429
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,782
    Bonus
    $21,282
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,364
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,065
    Filer's total
    $270,493

  • EMILY INSALACO

    SR DIR OF WI

    Total calculated
    $179,016
    From this org
    $158,922
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,094
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,572
    Bonus
    $3,350
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,669
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,425
    Filer's total
    $179,016

  • DEAN PAULSON

    SR DIR OF IT

    Total calculated
    $186,930
    From this org
    $157,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,409
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,521
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,999
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,410
    Filer's total
    $186,930

  • JIM LEVESQUE

    SR DIR OF PL

    Total calculated
    $192,431
    From this org
    $173,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,456
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,975
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,565
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,891
    Filer's total
    $192,431

  • STACY VEGA

    SR DIR OF FI

    Total calculated
    $182,586
    From this org
    $161,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,411
    Hours/week
    45 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,175
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,999
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,412
    Filer's total
    $182,586

  • PATRICK PHELAN

    SR DIR OF GU

    Total calculated
    $179,976
    From this org
    $156,862
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,114
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,862
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,904
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,210
    Filer's total
    $179,976

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 7
DURING 2024, CERTAIN EMPLOYEES RECEIVED BONUS PAYMENTS. BONUS PAYMENTS TO THE CEO ARE DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

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
2024
Filed
20 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202531749349300133

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