COMMONWEALTH ZOOLOGICAL CORPORATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D500

Classification

2000

Street

1 FRANKLIN PARK RD

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 · 2023

• GUEST SERVICESIN FY 24, ZOO NEW ENGLAND'S DAYTIME ATTENDANCE REACHED 756,054 VISITORS, AN INCREASE OF 27,085 VISITORS COMPARED TO 728,969 IN FY 23. STONE ZOO'S DAYTIME ATTENDANCE REACHED 293,691 VISITORS, AN INCREASE OF 6,349 FROM 287,342 IN FY 23. TOTAL FY 24 ATTENDANCE FOR ZOOLIGHTS (STONE ZOO' EVENING HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW, WHICH OPERATES PRIMARILY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER) WAS 87,034, AN INCREASE OF 2,426 VISITORS COMPARED TO 84,608 IN FY 23. TOTAL FY 24 ATTENDANCE FOR BOSTON LIGHTS: A LANTERN EXPERIENCE (FRANKLIN PARK ZOO' EVENING SUMMER/FALL LANTERN EXPERIENCE) WAS 156,996, A DECREASE OF 29,892 COMPARED TO 186,888 IN FY 23. THIS DECREASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE EXTREMELY RAINY WEATHER THAT WAS EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE SHOW' RUN. TOTAL OVERALL ATTENDANCE, INCLUSIVE OF ZOOLIGHTS AND BOSTON LIGHTS IN FY 24, WAS 1,000,084, A DECREASE OF 381 VISITORS COMPARED TO 1,000,465 IN FY 23.

  Expenses $6,336,901 · Revenue $8,523,839

• ANIMAL CARE & EXHIBITS AS OF JUNE 30, 2024, FRANKLIN PARK ZOO FEATURES 79 PUBLIC ANIMAL HABITATS AND STONE ZOO FEATURES 53. ZOO NEW ENGLAND IS HOME TO 1,464 ANIMALS REPRESENTING 190 SPECIES. DURING FY 24, SIGNIFICANT ACQUISITIONS AT FRANKLIN PARK ZOO INCLUDED BIRD SPECIES SUCH AS BLACKNAPED FRUIT DOVE, SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER, RED-CRESTED TURACO, HADADA IBIS, BOAT-BILLED HERON, SUNBITTERN, KEA, RED SISKIN, AND VIOLET TURACO, MAMMALS INCLUDING COTTON-TOP TAMARIN, AFRICAN WILD DOG, AND NYALA, AND INVERTEBRATES SUCH AS THE FLORIDA IVORY MILLIPEDE, EMPEROR SCORPION, BLUE BABOON TARANTULA AND SUN BEETLE. AT STONE ZOO, SIGNIFICANT ACQUISITIONS INCLUDED COTTON-TOP TAMARIN, RED-RUMPED AGOUTI, NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER, SPINY-TAILED IGUANA AND CHUCKWALLA.NOTABLE BIRTHS AND HATCHES AT FRANKLIN PARK ZOO INCLUDED SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER, YELLOW-BILLED STORK, LAUGHING KOOKABURRA, WATTLED CRANE, HARTMANN'S MOUNTAIN ZEBRA, AND MASAI GIRAFFE. AT STONE ZOO, SIGNIFICANT BIRTHS INCLUDED LINNE'S TWO-TOED SLOTH, EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS, AND PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE.

  Expenses $7,462,838 · Grants $167,985

• EDUCATION CHAPTER 92B OF THE ACTS OF 1992 OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS PROVIDES THAT THE ZOOS WILL ADMIT MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL GROUPS AT NO CHARGE. FIELD TRIPS TO THE ZOO ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SCIENCE, WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION. IN FY 24, SCHOOL GROUP ATTENDANCE WAS 61,388, WHICH IS A 6% DECREASE OVER SCHOOL GROUP ATTENDANCE OF 65,659 IN FY 23.THROUGHOUT FY 24, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS FACILITATED MORE THAN 7,800 ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGED NEARLY 228,186 PARTICIPANTS. COMPARED TO FY 23, THIS IS A 78% INCREASE IN ACTIVITIES (4,400 IN FY 23) AND A 34% INCREASE (170,000 IN FY 23) IN PARTICIPANTS. AMONG THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, THERE WERE 698 BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS, 570 CLASSES (FOR VOLUNTEERS, YOUTH STAFF, STUDENTS, SCOUTS, CAMP, HOMESCHOOLERS, AND MORE), AND 575 ANIMAL ENCOUNTER PROGRAMS FOR ON-SITE EVENTS AND INTERPRETATION.

  Expenses $1,531,345 · Revenue $381,356

• EXPENSES INCURRED FOR FACILITIES AND GROUNDS INCLUDE SALARIES, FRINGE BENEFITS, UTILITIES, INSURANCE AND REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE WHICH ENABLE ZOO NEW ENGLAND TO OPERATE IN A COMFORTABLE, SAFE AND PROTECTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR STAFF AND VISITORS TO THE ZOOS.

  Expenses $8,184,887 · Revenue $1,364,434

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $29,123,870

  Expenses

  $28,878,844

  Contributions

  $17,491,554

  Grants paid

  $167,985

• 2022

  Revenue

  $31,454,609

  Expenses

  $26,223,996

  Contributions

  $19,851,367

  Grants paid

  $65,050

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

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $30,082,811

  Expenses

  $23,234,798

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,681,720

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,138,511

  Expenses

  $19,557,884

  Assets (EOY)

  $47,681,141

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,382,794

  Expenses

  $17,806,085

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,301,885

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,267,410

  Expenses

  $18,308,817

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,141,093

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,104,598

  Expenses

  $16,323,137

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,211,132

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,558,139

  Expenses

  $15,311,266

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,078,393

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• HEALTH IN HARMONY

  $40,000

  2023 · CONSERVATION/WILD LIFE

• US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2023 · CONSERVATION/WILD LIFE

• US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2022 · CONSERVATION/WILD LIFE

• SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE

  $20,000

  2023 · CONSERVATION/WILD LIFE

• SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE

  $20,000

  2022 · CONSERVATION/WILD LIFE

• AMERICAN FRIENDS OF DURRELL

  $10,000

  2023 · CONSERVATION/WILD LIFE

• AMERICAN FRIENDS OF DURRELL

  $10,000

  2022 · CONSERVATION/WILD LIFE

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $327,904

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $288,170

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $285,407

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $275,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $201,500

  2023 · INTERNATIONAL

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $74,954

  2022 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• WILD ANIMAL INITIATIVE INC

  $56,600

  2023 · TO FUNDS ACADEMIC RESEARCH ON HIGH-PRIORITY QUESTIONS IN WILD ANIMAL WELFARE.

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $47,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

  $41,500

  2024 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC

  $32,942

  2022 · SUMMER LEARNING COMMUNITY

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

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