JOHN BALL ZOO

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D115

Classification

2000

Street

1300 FULTON ST W

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 SERVICES-THE ZOO INCURS EXPENSES RELATED TO THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ITS FOOD SERVICE, GIFT SHOP, VISITOR EXPERIENCES AND ADMISSION SALES.

  Expenses $4,797,858 · Revenue $9,602,799

• ANIMAL CARE-THE ZOO INCURS EXPENSES RELATED TO THE SUPPORT IN CARING FOR THEIR ANIMAL COLLECTION. THIS INCLUDES FOOD, VETERINARY SERVICES, ANIMAL ENRICHMENT, EQUIPMENT AND APPROPRIATE STAFFING.

  Expenses $4,633,124 · Grants $94,111

• ZOO OPERATIONS-THE ZOO INCURS EXPENSES RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, AND ZOO AND PARK OUTDOOR SPACES. THIS INCLUDES REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS, EXHIBIT DEVELOPMENT AND EXHIBIT CONSTRUCTION.

  Expenses $6,531,042 · Revenue $6,151,658

• EDUCATION-THE ZOO OFFERS EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE CLASSES, TOURS, CAMPS, TEEN PROGRAMS, SCOUT PROGRAMS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, FAMILY PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT GRAPHICS AND EXHIBIT INTERPRETATION.

  Expenses $952,206 · Revenue $412,341

• INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT-THE ZOO INCURS COSTS RELATED TO THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP SALES, EVENTS, PROMOTIONS AND RENTALS.

  Expenses $1,377,972

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

  $24,160,715

  Expenses

  $23,280,582

  Contributions

  $8,114,337

  Grants paid

  $94,111

• 2022

  Revenue

  $17,387,295

  Expenses

  $17,699,437

  Contributions

  $3,637,841

  Grants paid

  $56,377

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

  $22,605,410

  Expenses

  $13,687,355

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,779,071

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,922,399

  Expenses

  $16,820,597

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,603,805

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $19,613,854

  Expenses

  $12,076,224

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,100,183

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,458,487

  Expenses

  $12,077,254

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,410,767

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,626,236

  Expenses

  $9,882,515

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,367,844

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,107,704

  Expenses

  $9,726,360

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,691,650

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

• GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

  $59,111

  2023 · FRESHWATER MUSSEL RESEARCH GRANT

• GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

  $41,377

  2022 · CONSERVATION

• SNOW LEOPARD TRUST

  $15,000

  2023 · SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVATION

• RED PANDA NETWORK

  $10,000

  2023 · RED PANDA CONSERVATION

• RED PANDA NETWORK

  $10,000

  2022 · CONSERVATION

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Grants received

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC

  $92,642

  2022 · P4P & ENDANGER SPECIES COVID RELIEF

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $64,775

  2022 · CULTURE

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $49,500

  2022 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $37,835

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $35,188

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $32,751

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $32,685

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• COMMUNTIY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND ZEELAND AREA

  $28,550

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MARY FREE BED GUILD FUND

  $23,500

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $23,306

  2024 · MULTIPLE GRANTS AWARDED

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

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