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SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE

EIN 95-1648219 SAN DIEGO, CA

Revenue 2024
$437,607,695
Expenses 2024
$391,353,999

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D500
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 120551

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.

  • PAUL BARIBAULT

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $2,056,676
    From this org
    $1,993,422
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,254
    Hours/week
    50 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,302,978
    Bonus
    $680,740
    Other
    $9,704
    Deferred
    $18,257
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,997
    Filer's total
    $2,056,676

  • SHAWN DIXON

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $870,869
    From this org
    $820,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,685
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $596,732
    Bonus
    $207,830
    Other
    $15,622
    Deferred
    $19,732
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,953
    Filer's total
    $870,869

  • DAVID FRANCO

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $800,008
    From this org
    $757,377
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,631
    Hours/week
    50 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $553,258
    Bonus
    $185,094
    Other
    $19,025
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,381
    Filer's total
    $800,008

  • DAVID GILLIG

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $660,257
    From this org
    $631,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,765
    Hours/week
    50 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $514,479
    Bonus
    $96,569
    Other
    $20,444
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,515
    Filer's total
    $660,257

  • LISA PETERSON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAFARI PARK

    Total calculated
    $533,525
    From this org
    $495,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,522
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $401,625
    Bonus
    $79,753
    Other
    $13,625
    Deferred
    $19,327
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,195
    Filer's total
    $533,525

  • ERIKA KOHLER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SAN DIEGO ZOO

    Total calculated
    $519,369
    From this org
    $479,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,732
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $394,622
    Bonus
    $70,432
    Other
    $14,583
    Deferred
    $19,174
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,558
    Filer's total
    $519,369

  • DAVID MILLER

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $499,711
    From this org
    $450,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,697
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $358,809
    Bonus
    $73,235
    Other
    $17,970
    Deferred
    $17,008
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,689
    Filer's total
    $499,711

  • NADINE LAMBERSKI

    CHIEF CONSERVATION/WILDLIFE

    Total calculated
    $494,573
    From this org
    $478,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,145
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $382,720
    Bonus
    $76,525
    Other
    $19,183
    Deferred
    -$317
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,462
    Filer's total
    $494,573

  • AIDA ROSA

    CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $448,615
    From this org
    $420,205
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,410
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $345,951
    Bonus
    $60,115
    Other
    $14,139
    Deferred
    $11,652
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,758
    Filer's total
    $448,615

  • WENDY BULGER

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $447,787
    From this org
    $457,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    -$9,496
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $377,449
    Bonus
    $69,063
    Other
    $10,771
    Deferred
    -$18,964
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,468
    Filer's total
    $447,787

  • EAMONN FARRELL

    VP, CONSTRUCTION & ARCHITECTURE

    Total calculated
    $292,430
    From this org
    $260,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,634
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,998
    Bonus
    $20,994
    Other
    $2,804
    Deferred
    $9,695
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,939
    Filer's total
    $292,430

  • KAREN BHATT

    VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $286,258
    From this org
    $265,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,390
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,909
    Bonus
    $33,395
    Other
    $2,564
    Deferred
    $12,063
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,327
    Filer's total
    $286,258

  • JAVADE CHAUDHRI

    CHAIR (UNT 9/24)/TRUST. (AS OF 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 0.1 related

  • STEVE SIMPSON

    TREAS (UNT 9/24)/CHAIR (AS OF 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ROLF BENIRSCHKE

    TRUSTEE (UNTIL 9/24)/VC (AS OF 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • GARY KNELL

    VC (UNTIL 9/24)/TREAS (AS OF 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • STEVEN G TAPPAN

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 0.1 related

  • JANE FINLEY

    TRUSTEE (UNT 9/24)/SEC (AS OF 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • RICHARD GULLEY

    SECRETARY (UNTIL 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KATHLEEN CAIN CARRITHERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ADAM DAY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CLIFFORD HAGUE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LINDA LOWENSTINE

    TRUSTEE (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BRYAN MIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KENJI PRICE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $437,607,695
    Expenses
    $391,353,999
    Contributions
    $84,029,973
    Grants paid
    $5,703,872
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $411,019,877
    Expenses
    $365,011,304
    Contributions
    $73,760,019
    Grants paid
    $4,658,824
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $392,443,880
    Expenses
    $352,421,424
    Contributions
    $65,554,119
    Grants paid
    $3,550,091

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

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

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.

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

Declared as related by

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • PUBLIC OUTREACH FUNDRAISING LLC

    $67,466 raised

    2024 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$114,605 to charity

  • SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

    $2,912 raised

    2024 Commercial Fundraiser

    $1,660 to charity

  • SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

    $5,215 raised

    2023 Commercial Fundraiser

    $868 to charity

  • SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

    $0 raised

    2022 Commercial Fundraiser

    $0 to charity

  • SD&A TELESERVICES INC.

    $11,494 raised

    2021 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$8,289 to charity

  • AMERIDIAL INC.

    $14,887 raised

    2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$5,179 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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.