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MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION

EIN 51-0147653 APPLE VALLEY, MN

Revenue 2024
$14,486,591
Expenses 2024
$10,344,349

Program services were 66.5% 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
13000 ZOO 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).

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.

  • BLAKE GRAMS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SUZANNE GAPPA

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHET ELLINGSON

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARK LARSEN

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • AIMEE DAYHOFF

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARLENE JUNDT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DALE KIVIMAKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JULIE KUNKEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELLIE CROSBY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANE PIRTLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEAN TAYLOR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER SHOMENTA MAKI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JESSICA DAVIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LOUIS DOTH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY NORDMEYER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PEGGY BURNET

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHIL GAARDER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MATTHEW MCCARTHY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMIE FLAWS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $198,152
    From this org
    $187,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,048
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,171
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,933
    Filer's total
    $198,152

  • RYAN SWEENEY

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $112,078
    From this org
    $106,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,608
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOHN FRAWLEY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $158,468
    From this org
    $80,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,000
    Hours/week
    10

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $76,073
    Other
    $4,395
    Deferred
    $78,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $158,468

  • ELISABETH COMEAUX

    DIR CORPORATE & FOUNDATION RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $115,717
    From this org
    $107,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,591
    Hours/week
    40

  • JEFFREY SULZBACH

    DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $132,053
    From this org
    $122,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,001
    Hours/week
    40

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 — 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
    $14,486,591
    Expenses
    $10,344,349
    Contributions
    $13,764,890
    Grants paid
    $6,417,847
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,484,895
    Expenses
    $8,991,857
    Contributions
    $8,015,467
    Grants paid
    $5,643,336
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,270,098
    Expenses
    $9,382,230
    Contributions
    $6,026,149
    Grants paid
    $6,419,882

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 10 September 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.