TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D500

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 140130

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

• THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST COMPLETE ZOOS WITH OVER 14,000 ANIMALS REPRESENTING OVER 700 SPECIES. THE GROUNDS INCLUDE ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCENTRATIONS OF WPA ERA BUILDINGS, FORMAL GARDENS, CONSERVATORY, AND AMPHITHEATRE. THE ZOO IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF MANY CONSERVATIONS EFFORTS WORKING TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES. THE ZOO IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH BREEDING ANIMALS THROUGH THE SPECIES SURVIVAL PROGRAM THAT IS HELPING TO ENSURE A FUTURE FOR SOME TRULY AMAZING SPECIES. IN ADDITION TO THESE EFFORTS, THE ZOO RUNS MANY EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS THAT INSPIRE THEM TO JOIN THE ZOO IN FOLLOWING THEIR MISSION OF CARING FOR ANIMALS AND CONSERVING THE NATURAL WORLD. ALL PROGRAM EXPENSES ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE ANIMALS, MAINTAIN THE GROUNDS, AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE PUBLIC.

  Expenses $39,575,503 · Grants $513,648 · Revenue $17,727,873

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.

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

  $50,015,283

  Expenses

  $46,512,284

  Contributions

  $29,607,554

  Grants paid

  $513,648

• 2023

  Revenue

  $47,461,864

  Expenses

  $43,744,190

  Contributions

  $29,678,699

  Grants paid

  $672,683

• 2022

  Revenue

  $45,038,256

  Expenses

  $47,840,992

  Contributions

  $31,203,389

  Grants paid

  $9,376,141

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

  $42,486,986

  Expenses

  $36,009,505

  Assets (EOY)

  $155,762,648

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $33,389,335

  Expenses

  $30,508,259

  Assets (EOY)

  $155,300,570

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $35,572,647

  Expenses

  $33,675,919

  Assets (EOY)

  $155,388,291

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $33,726,417

  Expenses

  $32,329,364

  Assets (EOY)

  $153,540,635

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $36,422,134

  Expenses

  $32,785,728

  Assets (EOY)

  $143,041,226

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2011

Tax period

1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011

Principal officer

Brad Palicki

Mailing address

2700 Broadway StToledo OH 43614

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION

  $9,176,267

  2022 · VARIOUS PROJECTS

• TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION

  $221,003

  2023 · VARIOUS PROJECTS

• OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

  $61,721

  2023 · CONSERVATION RESEARCH

• TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION

  $51,336

  2024 · VARIOUS PROJECTS

• OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

  $43,494

  2022 · WILDLIFE GRANT

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY

  $28,074

  2023 · CONSERVATION RESEARCH

• PURDUE UNIVERSITY

  $25,496

  2024 · CONSERVATION RESEARCH

• PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

  $12,887

  2022 · WILDLIFE GRANT

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Grants received

• TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION

  $4,269,685

  2024 · VARIOUS PROJECTS

• TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION

  $2,731,575

  2023 · VARIOUS PROJECTS

• TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION

  $2,521,698

  2022 · VARIOUS PROJECTS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $320,125

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $147,305

  2024 · SUPPORT FOR YOUTH, ZOO PROGRAMS, SCHOLARSHIPS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND GENERAL NEEDS.

• ARTS COMMISSION OF GREATER TOLEDO INC

  $131,250

  2023 · ARTIST RELIEF GRANT

• TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $119,348

  2023 · DIVERSITY IN CONSERVATION; DIAMOND CIRCLE; GENERAL SUPPORT; EAST TOLEDO FAMILY CENTER MEMBERSHIPS

• TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $107,911

  2022 · TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF THE ZOOTEENS, ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION, DIAMOND CIRCLE, GENERAL OPERATING, DIVERSITY IN FIELD CONSERVATION, DIVERSITY IN FIELD CONSERVATION, GENERAL SUPPORT, CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, RENOVATION OF THE REPTILE HOUSE, TOLEDO ZOO PARTNER PROGRAM, DONATION MATCH FROM WELLTOWER ON BEHALF OF HEATHER ALLRED, GENERAL SUPPORT, TOLEDO ZOO PAL, PRESIDENTS CIRCLE, CHILDRENS PROGRAMS,

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $91,100

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $55,000

  2023 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

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

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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