- Revenue 2023
- $15,218,225
- Expenses 2023
- $13,899,628
Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- D500
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 1000 ELMWOOD AVE
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
Mission
TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS A VALUED RESOURCE FOR EDUCATION, CONSERVATION AND RECREATION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS A VALUED RESOURCE FOR EDUCATION, CONSERVATION AND TO FUNDRAISE FOR AND MANAGE RWPZ.
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DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORT AND EDUCATION FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES AND GENERAL CONSERVATION ISSUES.
Expenses $4,300,722 · Revenue $843,753
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MANAGEMENT OF ADMISSION GATE AND OPERATIONS OF CONCESSIONS FOR ROGER WILLIAMS PARK ZOO.
Expenses $6,939,180 · Revenue $5,043,717
As filed on the 2023 return.
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.
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Patrick T LebeauPATRICK T LEBEAU
PRESIDENT/CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Nancy AllenNANCY ALLEN
VICE PRESIDENT/CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Sandra L ColettaSANDRA L COLETTA
VICE PRESIDENT/CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Maribeth Q WilliamsonMARIBETH Q WILLIAMSON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Margaret FergusonMARGARET FERGUSON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Douglas CanigliaDOUGLAS CANIGLIA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Henry MullenJOHN HENRY MULLEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sarah DenbySARAH DENBY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Claire CarrabbaCLAIRE CARRABBA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John IgliozziJOHN IGLIOZZI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elizabeth Rollins MauranELIZABETH ROLLINS MAURAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dr Jeffrey MelloDR JEFFREY MELLO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John J PalumboJOHN J PALUMBO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Steven M ParenteSTEVEN M PARENTE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Karen E Silva EdD CheKAREN E SILVA EDD CHE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Martha BowerMARTHA BOWER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Howard MertenHOWARD MERTEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wendy NilssonWENDY NILSSON
TRUSTEE EX-OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cheryl CohenCHERYL COHEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stacey JohnsonSTACEY JOHNSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $252,214
- From this org
- $217,707
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,507
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $217,707
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,895
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,612
- Filer's total
- $252,214
-
Pamela HeffernanPAMELA HEFFERNAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Darnas MessinaDARNAS MESSINA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Amy RobertsAMY ROBERTS
DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL CARE
- Total calculated
- $157,828
- From this org
- $130,764
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,064
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $130,764
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $16,399
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,665
- Filer's total
- $157,828
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Ronald PatalanoRONALD PATALANO
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $215,892
- From this org
- $170,731
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $45,161
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $170,731
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $18,549
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,612
- Filer's total
- $215,892
-
David PertusoDAVID PERTUSO
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFIC
- Total calculated
- $190,115
- From this org
- $158,802
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $31,313
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $158,802
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,701
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,612
- Filer's total
- $190,115
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
- $15,218,225
- Expenses
- $13,899,628
- Contributions
- $4,517,306
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $15,523,711
- Expenses
- $12,834,081
- Contributions
- $5,727,189
- Grants paid
- $0
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
- $14,724,658
- Expenses
- $10,377,133
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,367,543
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,299,699
- Expenses
- $7,770,240
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,282,060
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $10,107,475
- Expenses
- $10,223,947
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,773,135
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,262,183
- Expenses
- $9,538,813
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,182,241
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,254,463
- Expenses
- $9,389,910
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,246,793
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,901,296
- Expenses
- $8,266,261
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,035,226
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,273,374
- Expenses
- $8,435,863
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,284,213
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,067,300
- Expenses
- $7,723,345
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,372,726
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,075,279
- Expenses
- $6,864,910
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,956,796
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $7,127,436
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,088,557
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
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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2024 ENV - ENVIRONMENT (PRIMARY)
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2023 ENVIRONMENT
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2023 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
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2022 ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION
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2022 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$26,575
2023 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$18,825
2022 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
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2024 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2023 return
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501(C)(3) · RENTAL · RI · controlled entity
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.