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NAPLES ZOO INC

EIN 56-2412630 NAPLES, FL

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Revenue 2024
$13,360,275
Expenses 2024
$11,277,456

Program services were 72.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D50
Classification
1200
Street
1590 GOODLETTE FRANK RD N

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

Mission

NAPLES ZOO IS ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN ZOO & AQUARIUM ASSOCIATION (AZA) AND HAS NUMEROUS ANIMAL EXHIBITS PLACED ON ITS 45-ACRE SITE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)EACH EXHIBIT IS UNIQUE AND DESIGNED TO SIMULATE TYPICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE ANIMALS AND TO ENSURE THE VISITORS HAVE AS MUCH VISUAL INTERACTION AS POSSIBLE WHILE MAINTAINING THE SAFETY OF BOTH THE ANIMALS AND GUESTS. THE ZOO PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO GUESTS THROUGH QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMATS WITH OUR ZOO KEEPERS, LECTURES AND MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS INCORPORATING INFORMATION ABOUT NUTRITIONAL DIETS, HEALTHY/CLEAN ENVIRONMENTS, VETERINARY CARE AND METHODS FOR CREATING BEHAVIORAL ENRICHMENT FOR THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING FOR THE WILD ANIMALS IN THE ZOO'S CARE. THE ZOO EDUCATES ITS GUESTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR NATURAL HABITATS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INSPIRE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO RESPECT, VALUE AND HELP CONSERVE WILDLIFE AND OUR NATURAL WORLD.

  • OPERATION OF AN ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE ZOO AND HABITAT FOR WILD, ENDANGERED AND/OR THREATENED SPECIES. TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE ANIMALS AND OTHER CONSERVATION RELATED ISSUES.

    Expenses $7,805,277 · Grants $208,299 · Revenue $6,799,504

  • NAPLES ZOO'S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EXISTS TO SUPPORT THE ZOO'S MISSION. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A DIVERSE ARRAY OF PROGRAMMING, DEVELOPING MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS, AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN CONSERVATION ACTION THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS, CAMPS AND EARLY-LEARNING PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $412,766 · Revenue $169,897

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.

  • Denny Glass

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Otto W Immel Esq

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Daniel Lavender

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Terry Edwards

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Nina Van Arsdale

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Babson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Bell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juan Bendeck

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Debski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nikkie Dvorchak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeanne Guglielmi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Hamill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay Hartington

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Hassan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Hoffmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidi Huizenga

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer McCurry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Marinello

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Neal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Olilveri

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Scott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Ullmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheliah Wall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Ienner

    BOARD MEMBER AS OF 10/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,360,275
    Expenses
    $11,277,456
    Contributions
    $5,897,962
    Grants paid
    $208,299
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,103,207
    Expenses
    $10,104,782
    Contributions
    $5,351,106
    Grants paid
    $151,084
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,210,173
    Expenses
    $8,611,203
    Contributions
    $3,301,028
    Grants paid
    $189,317

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 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
    $13,740,708
    Expenses
    $8,370,715
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,273,507

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,812,475
    Expenses
    $7,235,283
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,477,972

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,734,670
    Expenses
    $6,559,188
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,279,210

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,425,715
    Expenses
    $6,983,949
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,697,925

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,495,546
    Expenses
    $6,993,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,532,410

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.