CONNECTICUT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC

EIN 23-7068821 BRIDGEPORT, CT

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Revenue 2024: $5,274,501
Expenses 2024: $4,818,355

Program services were 77.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: D500
Classification: 1000
Street: 1875 NOBLE 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 · 2024

Mission

THE SOCIETY IS DEDICATED TO ACQUAINTING A DIVERSE PUBLIC TO THE DELICATE BALANCE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN LIVING THINGS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT. ANIMAL EXHIBITS, PLANTINGS, GRAPHICS, AND ZOO PROGRAMS ARE REPRESENTED IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO GIVE THE VISITOR A SENSE OF AWARENESS AND CONCERN FOR THE INTRICATE BEAUTY AND FRAGILITY OF OUR PLANET.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONNECTICUT'S BEARDSLEY ZOO IS A CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO DRIVING LEARNING, CARE, AND ACTION CONCERNING THE DELICATE BALANCE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN LIVING THINGS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

THE SOCIETY OPERATES THE BEARDSLEY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS TO DRIVE LEARNING, CARE, AND ACTION IN OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF VISITORS AND STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF OUR WORLD'S THREATENED FLORA, FAUNA AND LIVING SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT THEM. APPROXIMATELY 40,500 YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND 219,574 VISITORS TOURED THE ZOO IN 2024.

Expenses $3,745,969 · Revenue $2,652,228

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.

James M WhartonJAMES M WHARTON

PART YEAR CE

Total calculated

$74,710

From this org

$67,758

From related orgs

$0

Other

$6,952

Hours/week

40
Gregg DanchoGREGG DANCHO

PART YEAR EX

Total calculated

$36,685

From this org

$29,213

From related orgs

$0

Other

$7,472

Hours/week

40
Bob NattBOB NATT

INTERIM-PRES

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Claudette KunkesCLAUDETTE KUNKES

VICE-PRESIDE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Mitchell CohenMITCHELL COHEN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Michael W KaufmanMICHAEL W KAUFMAN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Craig K McLeodCRAIG K MCLEOD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jennifer Mf Hillgen-SantaJENNIFER MF HILLGEN-SANTA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
William J Kelleher IIIWILLIAM J KELLEHER III

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Catherine LadnierCATHERINE LADNIER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Judi I CardelloJUDI I CARDELLO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Barbara S MillerBARBARA S MILLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Antonio RodriguesANTONIO RODRIGUES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bruce T SilverstoneBRUCE T SILVERSTONE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bernadette BaldinoBERNADETTE BALDINO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joseph C Burke JrJOSEPH C BURKE JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Raymond J CartaRAYMOND J CARTA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dean DebiaseDEAN DEBIASE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Amymarie Vizzo-PanicciaAMYMARIE VIZZO-PANICCIA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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

$5,274,501

Expenses

$4,818,355

Contributions

$1,943,419

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$5,901,048

Expenses

$3,902,030

Contributions

$3,516,043

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$5,803,461

Expenses

$3,560,941

Contributions

$3,581,267

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$5,274,501	$4,818,355	$1,943,419	$0
2023	$5,901,048	$3,902,030	$3,516,043	$0
2022	$5,803,461	$3,560,941	$3,581,267	$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

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

$7,458,891

Expenses

$2,901,737

Assets (EOY)

$17,127,613
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$3,261,348

Expenses

$2,544,631

Assets (EOY)

$11,892,282
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$5,158,138

Expenses

$2,971,767

Assets (EOY)

$10,948,398
2018 · 990

Revenue

$3,464,245

Expenses

$2,984,183

Assets (EOY)

$8,913,912
2017 · 990

Revenue

$3,520,860

Expenses

$3,005,572

Assets (EOY)

$8,362,265
2016 · 990

Revenue

$3,101,594

Expenses

$2,930,317

Assets (EOY)

$7,851,020

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$7,458,891	$2,901,737	$17,127,613
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$3,261,348	$2,544,631	$11,892,282
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$5,158,138	$2,971,767	$10,948,398
2018	990	$3,464,245	$2,984,183	$8,913,912
2017	990	$3,520,860	$3,005,572	$8,362,265
2016	990	$3,101,594	$2,930,317	$7,851,020

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

CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

$1,500,000

2022 KIDS FREE SUMMER MUS
CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

$1,500,000

2023 CT SUMMER AT THE MUS
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$181,400

2022 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$76,261

2024 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$41,246

2022 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$26,257

2023 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
IBEW LOCAL 488 LABOR MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST

$25,000

2022 FINANCIAL SUPPORT
PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION

$15,000

2023 PROGRAMS
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$10,338

2023 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 PROGRAMS

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 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.