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ZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC

EIN 59-6192814 MIAMI, FL

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).

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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ron Aberman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alan Atkinson

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brittnie Bassant

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Bell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alexander Binelo

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sara E Nainzadeh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Javi Borges

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Carenza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mayor Daniella Levine Cava

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John V Chibbaro

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jose Felix Diaz

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mireya Mayor PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Victor Herrera

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wil Elgar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kenneth Duvall

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Armando Fernandez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ricardo Garbati

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Boxer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Philip Kushlan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • 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 — 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
  • 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.

Grants made

  • Wildlife Conservation Society

    $100,000

    2023 Protection of Sumatran Tiger

  • Florida International University Board of Trustees

    $32,451

    2022 Agreement for Tortoise Project.

  • Florida International University Foundation

    $25,000

    2022 Title sponsorship / An evening with Jane Goodall

  • Wildlife Rescue Of Dade County

    $20,861

    2024 Support for bald eagle next platform and general donation

  • Florida Audubon Society Inc

    $15,500

    2024 Owl Aviary campaign and general grant

  • Save the Manatee Club

    $15,000

    2023 Support operational cost for monitoring rehab manatees

  • Association of Zoos and Acquariums

    $15,000

    2023 Conference Sponsorship

  • University of Florida Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation

    $10,000

    2024 General donation

  • Association of Zoos & Acquariums

    $10,000

    2024 Employee relief fund donations

  • Pelican Harbor Seabird Station

    $10,000

    2024

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.