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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC

EIN 59-1259270 WEST PALM BCH, FL

Revenue 2024
$26,669,019
Expenses 2024
$14,594,913

Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D500
Classification
1200
Street
1301 SUMMIT 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.

  • MICHELE KESSLER

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LUIS J FERNANDEZ

    CO-VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JONATHAN CLAY

    CO-VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • GARY E KRIEGER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DANIEL J COMERFORD III PHD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MAURA Z CHRISTU

    AT-LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GUILLERMO PEREZ-VARGAS

    AT-LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSH MCGRAW

    AT-LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MATT VALLE

    AT-LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARILYN N BEUTTENMULLER ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH DAUMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROLINE DEAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT B DUNKIN II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEI SZE GREENE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MITCH QUAIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROLE MORAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS C QUICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARGO MCKNIGHT

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $257,907
    From this org
    $249,399
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,508
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,399
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,548
    Nontaxable benefits
    $960
    Filer's total
    $257,907

  • KATHLEEN BRELAND

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $185,864
    From this org
    $180,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,448
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,416
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,448
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $185,864

  • CASEY COY

    CHIEF OPERATING & SECURITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $157,517
    From this org
    $152,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,470
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,047
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $960
    Filer's total
    $157,517

  • RENEE BUMPUS

    CHIEF ANIMAL & CONSERVATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $139,287
    From this org
    $135,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,006
    Hours/week
    40

  • TARA SEVAREID

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $116,268
    From this org
    $111,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,444
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOE CYTACKI

    VP OF GUEST SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $113,892
    From this org
    $109,612
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,280
    Hours/week
    40

  • DOUGLAS LIPKE

    DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE DESIGN & DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $102,609
    From this org
    $100,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,256
    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, 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
    $26,669,019
    Expenses
    $14,594,913
    Contributions
    $18,807,152
    Grants paid
    $146,200
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $22,261,365
    Expenses
    $12,815,990
    Contributions
    $15,100,779
    Grants paid
    $113,200
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,445,592
    Expenses
    $12,562,461
    Contributions
    $9,970,752
    Grants paid
    $45,800

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

  • 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 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.

Grants made

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.

What this page reflects

The IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.