- Revenue 2024
- $7,970,224
- Expenses 2024
- $6,166,307
Program services were 83.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- D11
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 2700 BROADWAY ST
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
TO SECURE THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF THE ZOO, INCLUDING ITS ANIMAL COLLECTIONS, EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, MAGNIFICENT GARDENS AND HISTORIC WPA-ERA BUILDINGS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO SECURE THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF THE ZOO AS A DEPOSITORY FOR GIFTS TO THE SOCIETY.
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TO ACCEPT GIFTS, GRANTS, AND BEQUESTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Expenses $5,174,703 · Grants $4,269,685 · Revenue $1,599,951
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.
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Jeffrey SailerJEFFREY SAILER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $475,981
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $447,419
- Other
- $28,562
- Hours/week
- 10 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $400,619 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $46,800 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $23,000 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $5,562 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $475,981 related
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Lauren BranyanLAUREN BRANYAN
VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $147,235
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $119,861
- Other
- $27,374
- Hours/week
- 10 + 40 related
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Carl SchafferCARL SCHAFFER
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.25 related
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Barry LazarusBARRY LAZARUS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Daniel KoryDANIEL KORY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.25 related
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Colleen TankoosCOLLEEN TANKOOS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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James WeidnerJAMES WEIDNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Shaun AhnSHAUN AHN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Nancy NielsenNANCY NIELSEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Cheryl OldCHERYL OLD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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John StanleyJOHN STANLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sherideen StollSHERIDEEN STOLL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Edwin ConnEDWIN CONN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Tim EfflerTIM EFFLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $7,970,224
- Expenses
- $6,166,307
- Contributions
- $4,152,544
- Grants paid
- $4,269,685
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,927,197
- Expenses
- $2,824,749
- Contributions
- $3,827,246
- Grants paid
- $2,731,575
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2022
- Revenue
- $14,186,143
- Expenses
- $2,571,808
- Contributions
- $11,492,081
- Grants paid
- $2,521,698
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,257,796
- Expenses
- $4,491,581
- Assets (EOY)
- $25,241,517
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,972,980
- Expenses
- $2,327,008
- Assets (EOY)
- $23,624,234
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,665,686
- Expenses
- $1,544,988
- Assets (EOY)
- $20,316,232
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,898,811
- Expenses
- $2,155,658
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,800,628
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,950,611
- Expenses
- $2,275,634
- Assets (EOY)
- $19,105,532
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,777,602
- Expenses
- $1,654,053
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,265,341
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,659,084
- Expenses
- $985,997
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,377,548
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,152,313
- Expenses
- $1,030,827
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,743,079
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,407,864
- Expenses
- $1,449,307
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,795,953
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,465,055
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,724,410
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
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$4,269,685
2024 VARIOUS PROJECTS
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$2,731,575
2023 VARIOUS PROJECTS
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$2,521,698
2022 VARIOUS PROJECTS
Grants received
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$9,176,267
2022 VARIOUS PROJECTS
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$221,003
2023 VARIOUS PROJECTS
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$51,336
2024 VARIOUS PROJECTS
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 2024 return
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501(C)(3) · WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL & SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES · OH
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RIVER HORSE WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY
501(C)(3) · WILDLIFE CONSERVATION · OH
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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THE HERDE COLLECTIVE INC
C · BLOCKER COMPANY · OH · 100% owned
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 SOUNK.
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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.