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FORT WORTH ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 75-0991727 FORT WORTH, TX

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Revenue 2024
$62,181,894
Expenses 2024
$52,642,010

Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D500
Classification
2000
Street
1989 COLONIAL PKWY

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

WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION VISITORS ANNUALLY, THE FORT WORTH ZOO STRENGTHENS THE BOND BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF WILDLIFE AND ENSURING DIVERSE, HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING FAMILY EXPERIENCES THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF ITS RESOURCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FORT WORTH ZOO IS DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE. THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE FORT WORTH ZOO ATTRACTS, MOTIVATES, INSPIRES, AND ENGAGES THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO PROMOTE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY, AND GLOBALLY.

  • ANIMAL AND CONSERVATION: THE LIVING ANIMAL COLLECTION INCLUDES ALMOST 600 SPECIES AND NEARLY 7,000 INDIVIDUAL SPECIMENS OF MAMMALS, BIRDS, REPTILES, FISH, AMPHIBIANS, AND INVERTEBRATES. ANIMAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE A STATE-OF-THE-ART ANIMAL HOSPITAL AND NUTRITION LAB, ANIMAL COMMISSARY, AND CONSERVATION RESEARCH CENTER. THE ANIMAL STAFF ALSO SUPPORTS NUMEROUS PROJECTS IN TEXAS AND APPROXIMATELY 30 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE.

    Expenses $21,757,498 · Grants $138,278 · Revenue $421,652

  • ADMISSIONS AND ATTRACTIONS: MORE THAN 1 MILLION GUESTS VISIT THE ZOO EACH YEAR DURING REGULAR OPERATING HOURS. APPROXIMATELY 75% OF OUR VISITORS COMING FROM THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX. ZOO VISITORS ARE TREATED TO NATURALISTIC ANIMAL HABITATS, INTERACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND ENTERTAINING ATTRACTIONS.

    Expenses $15,818,171 · Revenue $22,971,834

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: APPROXIMATELY 30,000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ATTENDED ZOO EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDING WEEKDAY ZOO SCHOOL, SUMMER ZOO CAMP, ZOO CAREERS CAMP, HOME SCHOOL DAYS, OVERNIGHTS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, TEACHER WORKSHOPS, AND MORE. MORE THAN 100,000 STUDENTS AND CHAPERONES VISIT THE ZOO ON ORGANIZED FIELD TRIPS. THE WILD ONES MOBILE EDUCATION SERVES MORE THAN 5,000 CHILDREN ATTENDING TITLE I SCHOOLS IN TARRANT COUNTY, EXTENDING THE ZOO'S EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH BEYOND ITS 64 ACRES.

    Expenses $2,630,001 · Revenue $2,188,518

  • MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES: THE ZOO HAS MORE THAN 50,000 MEMBERS, WHO RECEIVE EXCLUSIVE MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES INCLUDING FREE ADMISSION TO THE ZOO, FREE PARKING, GIFT SHOP DISCOUNTS, AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO ROAR MAGAZINE, PRIORITY REGISTRATION FOR ZOO EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND INVITATIONS TO HABITAT OPENINGS AND SPECIAL MEMBERS-ONLY EVENTS.

    Expenses $1,121,190 · Revenue $3,082,072

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.

  • Ramona Bass

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kit Moncrief

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ardon Moore

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Hyatt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Breck Ray

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dee Kelly Jr

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lee Tennison

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marian Eastman

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Fernandez

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debbie Head

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheryl Hodge

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Bass

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Sophie Crommett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Gloria Moncrief

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff King

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Kelly Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Kaydee Bailey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Ashli Blumenfeld

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Douglas Bratton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Mattie Compton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Powhatan French

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Gilbert Gamez Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • JD Granger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Kori Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • William Hall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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
    $62,181,894
    Expenses
    $52,642,010
    Contributions
    $24,776,112
    Grants paid
    $138,278
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $52,839,535
    Expenses
    $55,294,997
    Contributions
    $16,549,558
    Grants paid
    $126,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $53,079,471
    Expenses
    $69,456,335
    Contributions
    $22,564,658
    Grants paid
    $151,840

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
    $71,775,822
    Expenses
    $38,028,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $128,573,398

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $52,699,554
    Expenses
    $65,564,329
    Assets (EOY)
    $96,773,959

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,770,363
    Expenses
    $35,543,507
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,259,463

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,497,026
    Expenses
    $59,436,501
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,844,433

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,664,385
    Expenses
    $23,187,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $135,269,684

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

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 11 November 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.