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← RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,670,018
Total expenses
$2,882,310
Contributions and grants received
$2,601,858
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,396,996
Investment income
$99,108
Other revenue
$572,056
Total assets, end of year
$8,013,889
Total liabilities, end of year
$320,027
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,693,862
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,411,661
Management and general expenses
$273,377
Fundraising expenses
$197,272
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,411,661

Program services were 83.7% 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

    $153,455

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,788,552

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $659,851

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $515,264 · related or exempt $515,264

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $510,000 · related or exempt $510,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $217,496 · related or exempt $217,496

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $154,236 · related or exempt $154,236

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $98,911 · excluded $98,911

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $174,140

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $91,974

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $82,166

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $82,166 · excluded $82,166

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $60,444 · other assets $2,000

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

    securities $46,247 · other assets $16,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $14,197 · other assets -$14,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $197 · excluded $197

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $856,664

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

    $153,455

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $586,063

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $270,601 · excluded $270,601

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $401,367

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $182,078

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $219,289 · excluded $219,289

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $116,213 · program services $87,159 · management and general $5,811 · fundraising $23,243

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,143,525 · program services $1,040,373 · management and general $51,653 · fundraising $51,499

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $21,127 · program services $19,014 · management and general $845 · fundraising $1,268

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $142,861 · program services $128,575 · management and general $5,714 · fundraising $8,572

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $91,584 · program services $82,426 · management and general $3,663 · fundraising $5,495

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,925 · management and general $22,925

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $15,388 · management and general $15,388

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $90,108 · management and general $90,108

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $86,600 · fundraising $86,600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,904 · program services $27,687 · management and general $1,380 · fundraising $1,837

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,656 · management and general $22,656

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $589,961 · program services $566,867 · management and general $9,908 · fundraising $13,186

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $23,030 · program services $20,632 · management and general $1,029 · fundraising $1,369

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $59,064 · program services $52,915 · management and general $2,638 · fundraising $3,511

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL MEDICAL EXPENSES

    total $159,756 · program services $159,756

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANIMAL ACQ, FOOD & SUPP.

    total $159,302 · program services $159,302

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP EXPENSES

    total $22,856 · program services $22,856

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $22,093 · management and general $22,093

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $62,357 · program services $44,099 · management and general $17,566 · fundraising $692

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $959,768 · end of year $150,604

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,442,659 · end of year $4,533,819

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $62,011 · end of year $77,971

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,621 · end of year $7,927

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $37,504 · end of year $17,648

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $27,192 · end of year $24,843

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

    $781,926

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

    $546,885

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $173,056 · end of year $235,041

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,539,664 · end of year $2,292,017

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $215,816

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $856,966 · end of year $674,019

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $405,597 · end of year $193,313

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $87,202 · end of year $126,714

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,321,098

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,461,270 · end of year $6,814,779

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,043,090 · end of year $879,083

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY IS TO FOSTER AN ENLIGHTENING AND AFFORDABLE WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE THAT IMPROVES THE BOND BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATURE. THE SOCIETY WILL PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE, THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE, AND WILD PLACES, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO OPERATE & MAINTAIN THE RACINE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, & RECREATION IN ALL APPROPRIATE WAYS FOR THE CONTINUED GROWTH & IMPROVEMENT OF THE ZOO IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RACINE COMMUNITY.

  • THE RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (RZS) OPERATES A ZOOLOGICAL PARK THAT FEATURES EXOTIC AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND PARTICIPATED IN CONSERVATION PROGRAMS FOR RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES DURING 2022. THE SOCIETY PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL GROUPS AND ZOO GUESTS. THE SOCIETY ADMINISTERED OVER 1,500 PROGRAMS (INCLUDING BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ZOO SNOOZES, CAMPS, ETC.) AND HOSTED OVER 50 FIELD TRIPS. TOGETHER THESE PROGRAMS REACHED APPROXIMATELY 40,000 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $2,411,661 · Revenue $1,571,136

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Heidorn Elizabeth

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $116,212
    From this org
    $107,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,258
    Hours/week
    40
  • Horton Alyson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paffrath Amanda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sebastian Cory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Djurovic Dee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Navratil Dimple

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Batten Jane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Crimmings John

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Staeck Neil

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cafferty Patrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Malicki Ralph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henken Robert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anderegg-Boticki Samantha

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Smetana Steve

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryder Steven

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Molbeck Tom

    DIRECTOR

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
12 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302859349300545

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