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FRESNOS CHAFFEE ZOO CORPORATION

EIN 42-1661145 FRESNO, CA

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Revenue 2023
$40,407,789
Expenses 2023
$32,766,310

Program services were 85.0% 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
1250 W OLIVE 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 · 2023

Mission

Fresno Chaffee Zoo inspires people to care for animals, create connections, build community and save wildlife.

  • FRESNO CHAFFEE ZOO IS HOME TO OVER 1,100 ANIMALS THAT REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 220 SPECIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. VISITORS ARE ABLE TO OBSERVE ANIMALS UP CLOSE, PROVIDING A MORE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS FEEDING A GIRAFFE, TOUCHING A SHARK, OR FEEDING A STINGRAY CAN BE EXPERIENCED EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.

    Expenses $24,040,467 · Revenue $9,945,635

  • FRESNO CHAFFEE ZOO TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN THE BREADTH OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OFFERED, WHICH REACH CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, SUCH AS DOCENTS, VOLUNTEERS, DAY CAMP AND OVERNIGHT CAMPOUTS, HELP THE ZOO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE EARTH'S PRECIOUS RESOURCES, WHETHER IT BE PLANT OR ANIMAL, ACROSS THE GLOBE OR IN ONE'S OWN BACKYARD.

    Expenses $3,799,632 · Revenue $1,664,910

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jon Dohlin

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $332,653
    From this org
    $312,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,495
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $312,158
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,495
    Filer's total
    $332,653

  • Terry Skoda

    CAO

    Total calculated
    $201,769
    From this org
    $191,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,275
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,494
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,275
    Filer's total
    $201,769

  • Lyn Myers

    COO

    Total calculated
    $152,823
    From this org
    $145,145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,678
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,145
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,678
    Filer's total
    $152,823

  • Nicole Presley

    Gen Curator

    Total calculated
    $135,125
    From this org
    $114,169
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,956
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sean Den Bok

    CEE

    Total calculated
    $134,318
    From this org
    $111,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,569
    Hours/week
    40

  • Steven Gonzales-Warkentin

    COS

    Total calculated
    $129,757
    From this org
    $114,443
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,314
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nicole Ozburn

    Dir of HR

    Total calculated
    $118,211
    From this org
    $105,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,565
    Hours/week
    40

  • David Horsham

    Director of IT

    Total calculated
    $117,964
    From this org
    $117,433
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $531
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nora Crow

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $101,367
    From this org
    $101,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66
    Hours/week
    20

  • Rion Morgenstern

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Oliver Baines

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ross Parnagian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kyle Kirkland

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ed Gonzalez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julie Vance

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wilma Tom Hashimoto

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Babatunde Ilori

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ethan Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emilia Reyes

    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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $40,407,789
    Expenses
    $32,766,310
    Contributions
    $25,575,332
    Grants paid
    $158,115
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $38,573,430
    Expenses
    $26,335,993
    Contributions
    $24,452,421
    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
    $52,134,846
    Expenses
    $21,752,328
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,867,150

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,210,339
    Expenses
    $18,490,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $101,454,111

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,422,484
    Expenses
    $19,800,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $86,076,032

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,743,290
    Expenses
    $18,107,185
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,962,817

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,206,589
    Expenses
    $17,379,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,263,408

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,459,198
    Expenses
    $16,458,239
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,849,670

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $32,900,091
    Expenses
    $12,672,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,105,113

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,629,807
    Expenses
    $9,491,233
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,448,447

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,930,633
    Expenses
    $9,063,550
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,022,372

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.

Grants made

  • Felidae Conservation Fund

    $10,000

    2023 Conservation

  • International Rhino Foundatio

    $10,000

    2023 Conservation

  • Lincoln Park Zoo

    $10,000

    2023 Conservation

  • Minnesota Zoo Foundation

    $10,000

    2023 Conservation

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.