SACRAMENTO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D500

Classification

2000

Street

3930 W LAND PARK DR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• ANIMAL CARE - THE SACRAMENTO ZOO IS PROUD TO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF ANIMALS TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE OUR COMMUNITY. THE ZOO IS HOME TO 335 ANIMALS REPRESENTING 94 SPECIES. OF THAT NUMBER, 66 SPECIES ARE CONSIDERED CRITICALLY ENDANGERED, ENDANGERED, OR VULNERABLE BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE (IUCN). OF THE SPECIES HOUSED AT THE ZOO, 38 ARE MANAGED COOPERATIVELY AS PART OF THE ZOO'S PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS (AZA). NOTABLE BIRTHS DURING THE YEAR INCLUDED A CAPYBARA, TWO RED PANDAS, A MASAI GIRAFFE, AND A SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN. ALSO, DURING THE YEAR, THE ZOO CONTINUED OR EXPANDED PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA, A VIRAL INFECTION THAT OCCURS NATURALLY IN WILD BIRDS. IN SOME INSTANCES, THESE PRECAUTIONARY STEPS INCLUDED REMOVING CERTAIN BIRDS FROM THEIR HABITATS AND RELOCATING THEM TO AREAS OF THE ZOO THAT ARE BETTER PROTECTED FROM EXPOSURE TO WILD BIRDS.

  Expenses $4,923,799 · Revenue $5,333,557

• MEMBERSHIP AND VISITOR SERVICES - THE SACRAMENTO ZOO HAD OVER 11,000 MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS AT THE END OF 2024, AND ENTERTAINED, INSPIRED, AND EDUCATED 460,219 GUESTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. IN ADDITION TO A VIBRANT LIVING COLLECTION, THE ZOO HOSTED A TRAVELING EXHIBIT OF CLIMBABLE ANIMAL SCULPTURES THAT WAS POPULAR WITH OUR YOUNG GUESTS.

  Expenses $2,651,877 · Revenue $2,543,921

• EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABILITY - THE ZOO'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH CALIFORNIA SCIENCE STANDARDS. THESE PROGRAMS INCORPORATE EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND THE UNIQUE SETTING OF THE ZOO. OVER 55,000 GUESTS ENJOYED THE ZOO AS PART OF SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS IN 2024. THIS REPRESENTS A 22% INCREASE OVER 2023. AS A CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION, THE SACRAMENTO ZOO REMAINS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION THROUGH FINANCIAL AND IN-KIND SUPPORT. IN 2024, THE SACRAMENTO ZOO DISTRIBUTED OR COMMITTED CONSERVATION GRANT FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING SPECIES: WESTERN POND TURTLES, AMERICAN ALLIGATOR, ORANGUTAN, LEMURS, GIRAFFE, OKAPI, RHINOCEROS, GREVY ZEBRA, JAGUAR, LION, SNOW LEOPARD, CHEETAH, RED PANDA, GALAPAGOS TORTOISE, GROUND HORNBILL, AND THICK-BILLED PARROTS.

  Expenses $1,099,093 · Grants $162,750 · Revenue $458,742

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $12,366,549

  Expenses

  $11,859,690

  Contributions

  $2,800,375

  Grants paid

  $162,750

• 2023

  Revenue

  $13,680,062

  Expenses

  $12,660,940

  Contributions

  $2,839,423

  Grants paid

  $121,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $13,151,636

  Expenses

  $10,041,851

  Contributions

  $2,071,797

  Grants paid

  $90,100

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,099,663

  Expenses

  $7,852,572

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,939,033

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,770,865

  Expenses

  $6,806,935

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,807,562

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,723,043

  Expenses

  $8,650,351

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,263,548

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,817,026

  Expenses

  $8,436,988

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,908,653

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,267,700

  Expenses

  $8,201,432

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,524,411

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,366,827

  Expenses

  $7,227,802

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,999,602

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,622,383

  Expenses

  $6,397,145

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,487,163

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,032,297

  Expenses

  $5,956,296

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,675,684

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• OKAPI CONSERVATION PROJECT

  $26,750

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION

  $25,250

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• WILD NATURE INSTITUTE

  $22,750

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION

  $19,875

  2023 · CONSERVATION

• WILD NATURE INSTITUTE

  $17,275

  2023 · CONSERVATION

• OKAPI CONSERVATION PROJECT

  $16,950

  2023 · CONSERVATION

• OKAPI CONSERVATION PROJECT

  $12,950

  2022 · CONSERVATION

• WILD NATURE INSTITUTE

  $11,450

  2022 · CONSERVATION

• SEDGWICK CO ZOO

  $10,250

  2024 · CONSERVATION

• SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO

  $9,825

  2023 · CONSERVATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $45,775

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC

  $45,040

  2022 · ENDANGERED SPECIES COVID RELIEF

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $35,480

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $14,075

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $6,900

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $6,850

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $6,532

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $6,050

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $5,926

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $5,912

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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