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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NATIONAL AVIARY PITTSBURGH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,087,480
Total expenses
$7,928,998
Contributions and grants received
$5,277,647
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,110,381
Investment income
$197,932
Other revenue
$501,520
Total assets, end of year
$23,483,986
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,096,724
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,387,262
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,058,491
Management and general expenses
$1,111,868
Fundraising expenses
$758,639
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,058,491

Program services were 76.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $304,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,422,062

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,551,585

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $2,001,727 · related or exempt $2,001,727

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL

    total $728,355 · related or exempt $728,355

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $380,299 · related or exempt $380,299

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $125,575 · excluded $125,575

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $622,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $596,062

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $25,938

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $25,938 · unrelated business $25,938

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,472,064

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

    securities $1,399,707

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $72,357

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $72,357 · excluded $72,357

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $211,518

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

    $304,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $200,567

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $10,951 · excluded $10,951

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $658,751

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $272,572

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $386,179 · related or exempt $209,183 · unrelated business $176,996

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARKING REVENUE

    total $78,452 · excluded $78,452

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $78,452

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $356,781 · program services $140,809 · management and general $159,268 · fundraising $56,704

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,353,238 · program services $2,617,505 · management and general $349,750 · fundraising $385,983

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $77,753 · program services $60,039 · management and general $10,045 · fundraising $7,669

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $522,266 · program services $420,921 · management and general $56,789 · fundraising $44,556

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $264,316 · program services $201,529 · management and general $32,772 · fundraising $30,015

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $131,425 · program services $85,946 · management and general $44,368 · fundraising $1,111

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,345 · management and general $3,345

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,250 · management and general $25,250

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $43,954 · fundraising $43,954

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $38,076 · management and general $38,076

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $158,852 · program services $119,470 · management and general $15,753 · fundraising $23,629

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $148,961 · program services $70,724 · management and general $19,127 · fundraising $59,110

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $80,352 · program services $53,820 · management and general $13,065 · fundraising $13,467

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $559,687 · program services $504,970 · management and general $40,513 · fundraising $14,204

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,855 · program services $5,685 · management and general $303 · fundraising $1,867

  • 20 · Interest

    total $25,077 · management and general $25,077

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,314,505 · program services $1,181,284 · management and general $104,549 · fundraising $28,672

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $84,441 · management and general $84,441

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE

    total $198,540 · program services $198,540

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $92,869 · program services $36,115 · management and general $56,045 · fundraising $709

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONSERVATION

    total $71,461 · program services $71,461

  • 24d · Other expenses: VETERINARY

    total $37,940 · program services $37,940

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $332,054 · program services $251,733 · management and general $33,332 · fundraising $46,989

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,350 · end of year $3,060

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,447,091 · end of year $1,714,585

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $302,675 · end of year $473,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $26,657 · end of year $51,679

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $33,230 · end of year $43,582

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $112,982 · end of year $131,751

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

    $35,222,978

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

    $18,645,284

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,403,705 · end of year $16,577,694

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,555,187 · end of year $4,477,579

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,056 · end of year $11,056

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $377,778 · end of year $345,886

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,539,936 · end of year $658,631

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $703,626 · end of year $40,738

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $51,100 · end of year $51,469

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,729,534 · end of year $17,523,833

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,494,959 · end of year $4,863,429

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES, TO CONDUCT AVIAN RESEARCH AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AS A NATIONAL RESOURCE, TO PROVIDE A RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO PROMOTE AN APPRECIATION OF NATURAL LAW AND A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NATIONAL AVIARY WORKS TO INSPIRE RESPECT FOR NATURE THROUGH AN APPRECIATION OF BIRDS.

  • VISITOR RECREATION AND EDUCATION: THE NATIONAL AVIARY PRIDES ITSELF ON PROVIDING FUN, IMMERSIVE AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR OUR GUESTS. A VISIT TO THE NATIONAL AVIARY IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER WITH LARGE WALK-THROUGH HABITATS WITH FREE-FLYING BIRDS, INTERACTIVE DAILY ACTIVITIES , EXCITING ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, AND FORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING. IN 2022, THE AVIARY REACHED MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE THROUGH OUTREACHES AND 177,388 PEOPLE THROUGH DAILY VISITATION.

    Expenses $1,397,255 · Revenue $3,319,564

  • WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH: THE NATIONAL AVIARY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS AVIAN COLLECTION OVER THE YEARS. BEGINNING IN 2020 AND CONTINUING THROUGH 2021, AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, IT WAS IMPERATIVE TO SIGNIFICANTLY CURTAIL ACQUISITIONS TO THE AVIARY'S FLOCK AS WELL AS TO ITS BREEDING PROGRAM. IN 2022 WE BEGAN RETURNING OUR AVIAN COLLECTION PROCESSES TO A MORE NORMAL PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL OF OPERATIONS. IN LATE SUMMER 2022 WE RESUMED OUR ACQUISITION PROCESSES AND BROUGHT IN 28 BIRDS INCLUDING 6 NEW SPECIES, AMONG THEM 2 CRITICALLY-ENDANGERED SPECIES, THE BLUE BILLED CURASSOW AND THE EASTERN LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. OTHER NEW SPECIES WERE THE PINK NECKED FRUIT DOVE, PUNA TEAL, STRAW NECKED IBIS, SCARLET FACED LIOCICHIA AND THE BLACK NECKED STILT. A TOTAL OF 15 BIRDS FLEDGED HIGHLIGHTED BY AN ANDEAN CONDOR, AFRICAN PENGUN AND RED SISKENS, THE NATIONAL AVIARY'S DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND FIELD RESEARCH SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE SECOND YEAR OF A STUDY THAT TESTS A UNIQUE MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT THAT MAY PROVIDE HABITATS FOR MANY MORE SPECIES THAN NORMALLY OCCURS WITH TRADITIONAL EVEN-AGED FOREST MANAGEMENT. OUR APPROACH CREATES VERY SMALL, 1-5 ACRE GAPS THROUGH GROUP SELECTION CUTS. WE BELIEVE THIS APPROACH PROVIDES HABITAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPORTANT EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL SPECIES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDES HABITAT FOR DISPERSING FLEDGLINGS OF MATURE FOREST SPECIES FROM THE SURROUNDING FOREST. THESE ARE TWO GROUPS OF BIRDS MOST IN NEED OF CONSERVATION ATTENTION SO AN ABILITY TO ADDRESS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH IS VERY IMPORTANT. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUED A SECOND MAJOR RESEARCH PROGRAM IN 2022 THAT IS DEMONSTRATING HOW BIRDS DEPEND ON MATURE HARDWOOD RIPARIAN FORESTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN US. INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM IS AN INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR PERHAPS THE MOST ICONIC NORTH AMERICAN BIRD, THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER, WITH A GOAL OF FINDING A NESTING PAIR OF IVORY-BILLS AND PROVIDING INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE OF THEIR SURVIVAL. THE NATIONAL AVIARY'S DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION AND FIELD RESEARCH CONTINUES TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS BY CONTINUING TO TEACH COURSES AND ASSIST UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM CHATHAM UNIVERSITY AND DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, ADVISING IN THEIR THESES AND DISSERTATION RESEARCH.

    Expenses $775,404

  • ADVANCED ON-SITE AVIAN TREATMENT AND CARE: THE NATIONAL AVIARY'S VETERINARY HOSPITAL PROVIDES FULL VETERINARY CARE SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OVER 550 BIRDS AND MAMMALS, INCLUDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, FULL LABORATORY TESTING, ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY. IN 2022, 148 BIRDS WERE TREATED FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS WITH A 97% SUCCESS RATE FOR FULLY RECOVERING. MEDICAL TESTS AND TREATMENTS WERE CUSTOMIZED FOR EACH PATIENT ACCORDING TO THEIR SPECIES. SPECIALIZED PROCEDURES, INCLUDING 46 BEAK REPAIRS AND TREATMENTS, WERE PERFORMED. AN AMBASSADOR SLOTH RECEIVED A HIGH-LEVEL DENTAL PROCEDURE UNDER ANESTHESIA WHICH CORRECTED THE UNDERLYING CONDITION. PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTICES CONTINUED IN FULL THROUGHOUT THE AVIARY COLLECTION WITH A TOTAL OF 228 VACCINATIONS, 1,327 ANTI-ASPERGILLOSIS ORAL DOSES AND 1,100 INHALED NEBULIZATION TREATMENTS. DURING THE WETLANDS HABITAT RENOVATION, ALL 147 BIRDS RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL HEALTH EXAMS AND A TOTAL OF 3,740 PREVENTATIVE TREATMENTS. THE AFRICAN PENGUIN COLONY RECEIVED CUSTOM-MADE AVIAN MALARIA PREVENTION TOTALLING 1,014 INDIVIDUAL TREATMENTS. IN 2022, 82 BIRDS WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES WITH A 98% SUCCESS RATE. SURGICAL SERVICES REPAIRED 4 BIRDS WITH FRACTURES WITH 1 RECEIVING RECONSTRUCTIVE WING SURGERY. PARTICIPATING IN THE AZA SPECIES SURVIVAL PLAN BREEDING PROGRAM, THREE IMPORTANT SPECIES HATCHED AT THE AVIARY WHO RECEIVED NEONATAL HEALTH CARE EXAMS AND PREVENTATIVE TREATMENTS: A RAGIANNA BIRD OF PARADISE, ANDEAN CONDOR AND AFRICAN PENGUIN. VETERINARY STUDENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS RESUMED WITH ON-SITE INTERNS, TRAINING 6 DURING 2022. THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM INCLUDED 12 PRE-VETERINARY STUDENTS. A TOTAL OF 4 ON-SITE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES WERE GIVEN AND ONE SENIOR PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, THE VETERINARY HOSPITAL SHARED MEDICAL PROCEDURES DEVELOPED AT THE NATIONAL AVIARY WITH ZOOS AND WILDLIFE CENTERS GLOBALLY TO HELP ADVANCE AVIAN CARE.

    Expenses $1,008,772

  • THE OTHER REMAINING EXPENSES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO VARIOUS EXHIBITS AND DAILY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $2,877,060

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jane Dixon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James E Lehman

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer L Bertetto

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas A Kobus

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maris Dauer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy D Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harold F Balk Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan C Brantley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Caruso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy Goetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia L Dodge Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael J Flinn Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John E Graf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael P Hart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rahmon Hart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richardo Maiz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Paulson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thea Manos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Mascaro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Quynh McGuire

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bevi Powell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Calhoun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Rogers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Rossi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Narahari Sastry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Testoni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yarone S Zober

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheryl Tracy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,262
    From this org
    $197,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,862
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,922
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,940
    Filer's total
    $210,262

  • Randy Krakoff

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $146,520
    From this org
    $127,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,620
    Hours/week
    40

  • Pilar Fish

    DIRECTOR OF VETERINARY MED

    Total calculated
    $148,792
    From this org
    $137,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,992
    Hours/week
    40

  • Steven Latta

    DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $124,298
    From this org
    $106,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,685
    Hours/week
    40

  • Conor McGarvey

    DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND

    Total calculated
    $150,496
    From this org
    $131,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,786
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,710
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,951
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,835
    Filer's total
    $150,496

  • Kurt Hundgen

    DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL COLLECT

    Total calculated
    $124,405
    From this org
    $103,071
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,334
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tracey Palmieri

    DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & HR

    Total calculated
    $121,231
    From this org
    $104,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,111
    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

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202331319349302073

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