- Revenue 2024
- $4,403,685
- Expenses 2024
- $773,026
Program services were 95.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- D115
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1326 COUNTY ROAD 650
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
TO ENCOURAGE CHARITABLE GIVING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THE ABILENE ZOO WHICH PROVIDES ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT FOR ANIMALS, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATION EXPERIENCES FOR GUESTS, AND PROMOTES CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
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SUPPORTING ABILENE ZOO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Expenses $737,758 · Grants $737,758
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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Randy PiersallRANDY PIERSALL
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Craig FisherCRAIG FISHER
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Pat EvansPAT EVANS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chuck ErwinCHUCK ERWIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carolyn BeckhamCAROLYN BECKHAM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carol HaynesCAROL HAYNES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathy MoreheadKATHY MOREHEAD
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Pat DunnahooPAT DUNNAHOO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leigh BlackLEIGH BLACK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jesse PottebaumJESSE POTTEBAUM
EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Larry GillLARRY GILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris MontoyaCHRIS MONTOYA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff GoodinJEFF GOODIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gail RusseyGAIL RUSSEY
PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Darrel KnightDARREL KNIGHT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Patrick LewisPATRICK LEWIS
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
- $4,403,685
- Expenses
- $773,026
- Contributions
- $4,081,419
- Grants paid
- $737,758
-
2023
- Revenue
- $4,230,473
- Expenses
- $1,092,541
- Contributions
- $3,925,068
- Grants paid
- $1,066,714
-
2022
- Revenue
- $65,300
- Expenses
- $73,977
- Contributions
- $71,708
- Grants paid
- $56,000
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
- $104,040
- Expenses
- $33,701
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,328,345
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $754,294
- Expenses
- $689,815
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,258,006
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,029,174
- Expenses
- $1,354,002
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,543,527
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $595,473
- Expenses
- $214,646
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,568,355
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $656,604
- Expenses
- $14,205
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,187,528
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $656,604
- Expenses
- $14,205
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,187,528
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $273,702
- Expenses
- $3,609,350
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,514,722
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $897,910
- Expenses
- $14,509
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,780,639
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,208,883
- Expenses
- $13,696
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,847,238
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $394,815
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,652,051
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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$1,066,714
2023 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH THE ZOO'S MASTER PLAN
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$737,758
2024 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH THE ZOO'S MASTER PLAN
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$56,000
2022 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH THE ZOO'S MASTER PLAN
Grants received
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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE
$1,060,897
2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE
$42,702
2024 PROGRAM SUPPORT
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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501(C)(3) · ZOO OPERATIONS · TX
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 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.