NORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D500

Classification

2000

Street

1661 HARDING BLVD

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 · 2025

• PURPOSES, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT WILDLIFE, PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES & CONSERVATION. AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, THE ZOO HOSTS MANY PUBLIC EVENTS TO INFORM AND ENTERTAIN ITS GUESTS. SUCH EVENTS INCLUDE ANNUAL BREAKFAST WITH THE ANIMALS, BRUNCHES WITH ANTA, PARTY FOR THE PLANET, ZOOSNOOZE OVERNIGHT CAMPOUTS, BOO AT THE ZOO WEEKENDS, AND MANY MORE. EACH SUMMER, THE ZOO HOSTS BEAST OF A FEAST, ITS LARGEST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER WITH DOZENS OF LOCAL VENDORS THAT SHOWCASE THE BEST FOOD DROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY. PER ITS DESIGNATION AS A CERTIFED AUTISM CENTER, THE ZOO HOSTSMONTHLY EARLY ACCESS MORNINGS TO CATER TO GUESTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR CARETAKERS. THE ZOO OFFERS INTERSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN EACH OF ITS DEPARTMENTS. GUESTS OUTSIDE THE ZOO CAN ENJOY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS LIKE ZOO-ON-WHEELS, IN WHICH EDUCATORS ON STAFF TRAVEL WITH ANIMALS TO SCHOOLS, CAMPS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, SENIOR CENTERS, AND MALLS TO PROMOTE THE MISSION OF THE ZOO. CHILDREN AGES 6-11 CAN ENJOY THE ZOO'S DAY CAMPS, HELD EACH SPRING AND SUMMER. IN ADDITION TO THE SPECIAL EVENTS HELD THOUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE ZOO HOSTS REGULAR EVENTS EACH MONTH TO CATER TO ITS MEMBERS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THERE ARE TWO MEMBER MORNINGS HELD EACH MONTH GIVING ZOO MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER THE ZOO BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE ALSO REGULARLY SCHEDULED NORRISTOWN FREE DAYS, PROVIDING FREE ZOO ADMISSION ON THOSE DAYS TO RESIDENTS OF THE NORRISTOWN BOROUGH. THE ZOO FREQUENTLY PARTNERS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ITS MISSION.

  Expenses $15,765,350 · Revenue $2,489,697

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $23,162,878

  Expenses

  $17,731,687

  Contributions

  $17,439,660

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $13,059,318

  Expenses

  $12,712,394

  Contributions

  $7,741,982

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,380,231

  Expenses

  $11,746,611

  Contributions

  $5,909,281

  Grants paid

  $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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $48,318,242

  Expenses

  $8,430,144

  Assets (EOY)

  $59,730,142

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,185,288

  Expenses

  $6,296,204

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,083,413

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,604,523

  Expenses

  $9,119,144

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,696,763

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,476,538

  Expenses

  $8,259,847

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,098,966

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,688,968

  Expenses

  $6,775,573

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,982,118

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,288,008

  Expenses

  $5,279,423

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,161,099

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,330,746

  Expenses

  $4,657,111

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,177,783

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,095,123

  Expenses

  $3,647,863

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,542,166

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,458,590

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,145,468

• 2010 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,950,744

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,750,300

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

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $55,075

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• PENNSYLVANIA AUTOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $50,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $33,526

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $28,500

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $12,700

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $10,944

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS

  $10,000

  2024 · SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $8,650

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $8,199

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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