- Revenue 2024
- $7,879,169
- Expenses 2024
- $8,372,842
Program services were 83.8% 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
- 12400 SW 152ND 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
Zoo Miami Foundation's mission is to inspire people to preserve nature and motivate others to join us through community engagement, fundraising, and building relationships.
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Zoo Miami Foundation (ZMF), formerly Zoological Society of Florida, is the private non-profit partner organization for Zoo Miami Founded in 1956. While Miami-Dade County operates and maintains the zoo, ZMF allows Zoo Miami to continue mission-driven initiatives and zoo enhancements to encourage an appreciation for the world's wildlife to conserve it for future generations. Through the generosity of individuals, corporations, foundations, and government entities, ZMF operates robust Learning Experience programs, manages a large volunteer base contributing more than 30,000 hours/year, supports vital conservation initiatives, and supplements key capital projects that bolster animal welfare and guest experiences at Zoo Miami. With one of the largest membership bases in South Florida, Zoo Miami Foundation continues to make a significant impact connecting with and educating the South Florida community to take conservation action! Zoo Miami Foundation partners with numerous organizations at the local, state, and national level including foundations, corporations, and government entities. These partnerships provide funding, program support, volunteers, materials/supplies, and advice that enhances the quality of programs and expands the reach of our mission.
Expenses $7,013,406 · Grants $156,486 · Revenue $350,948
As filed on the 2024 return.
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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Jose C Romano
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $370,187
- From this org
- $357,248
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,939
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $270,256
- Bonus
- $86,992
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,939
- Filer's total
- $370,187
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Ronald Stayton
Senior Director of Development
- Total calculated
- $156,210
- From this org
- $143,098
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,112
- Hours/week
- 40
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Carlos Simones
Sr Director of Operations
- Total calculated
- $136,927
- From this org
- $124,439
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,488
- Hours/week
- 40
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Amanda Bolanos
Director of Advancement, Major Gifts
- Total calculated
- $115,777
- From this org
- $104,261
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,516
- Hours/week
- 40
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Cindy Serrato
Director of Marketing & Integrated Communications
- Total calculated
- $115,473
- From this org
- $104,290
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,183
- Hours/week
- 40
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Ron Aberman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Alan Atkinson
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Brittnie Bassant
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jason Bell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Alexander Binelo
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sara E Nainzadeh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Javi Borges
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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James Carenza
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mayor Daniella Levine Cava
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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John V Chibbaro
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jose Felix Diaz
Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Mireya Mayor PhD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Victor Herrera
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Wil Elgar
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Kenneth Duvall
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Armando Fernandez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ricardo Garbati
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ashley Boxer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Philip Kushlan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Rodney Barreto
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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. 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
-
2024
- Revenue
- $7,879,169
- Expenses
- $8,372,842
- Contributions
- $5,494,915
- Grants paid
- $156,486
-
2023
- Revenue
- $7,895,871
- Expenses
- $7,839,226
- Contributions
- $5,970,367
- Grants paid
- $273,850
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2022
- Revenue
- $8,126,235
- Expenses
- $7,155,810
- Contributions
- $6,250,909
- Grants paid
- $289,338
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
- $9,606,049
- Expenses
- $5,685,072
- Assets (EOY)
- $27,951,176
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,066,150
- Expenses
- $5,672,101
- Assets (EOY)
- $30,853,852
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,441,960
- Expenses
- $6,234,190
- Assets (EOY)
- $24,936,971
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,402,713
- Expenses
- $5,625,927
- Assets (EOY)
- $22,780,894
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,263,838
- Expenses
- $5,628,401
- Assets (EOY)
- $22,187,023
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,263,838
- Expenses
- $5,628,401
- Assets (EOY)
- $22,187,023
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,888,922
- Expenses
- $4,697,404
- Assets (EOY)
- $20,831,548
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,741,118
- Expenses
- $4,627,546
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,421,745
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,550,722
- Expenses
- $4,636,377
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,800,117
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $3,803,828
- Assets (EOY)
- $15,399,019
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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$100,000
2023 Protection of Sumatran Tiger
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Florida International University Board of Trustees
$32,451
2022 Agreement for Tortoise Project.
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2022 Title sponsorship / An evening with Jane Goodall
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Wildlife Rescue Of Dade County
$20,861
2024 Support for bald eagle next platform and general donation
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Florida Audubon Society Inc
$15,500
2024 Owl Aviary campaign and general grant
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Association of Zoos and Acquariums
$15,000
2023 Conference Sponsorship
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Save the Manatee Club
$15,000
2023 Support operational cost for monitoring rehab manatees
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Association of Zoos & Acquariums
$10,000
2024 Employee relief fund donations
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University of Florida Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation
$10,000
2024 General donation
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Pelican Harbor Seabird Station
$10,000
2024
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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2023
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2024 UNRESTRICTED
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$35,000
2022 Promote And Advance Integrative Medicine
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$35,000
2025 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$25,000
2023 CONSERVATION
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.