FRIENDS OF THE ZOO OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI INC

EIN 23-7096596 SPRINGFIELD, MO

Revenue 2024: $2,436,476
Expenses 2024: $2,341,504

Program services were 73.1% 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: 3043 N FORT AVE

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

Mission

SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THE DICKERSON PARK ZOO INCLUDING CARING FOR ANIMALS, CONSTRUCTING NEW EXHIBITS AND PROVIDING FUN, MEANINGFUL EDUCATION EXPERIENCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONNECT PEOPLE WITH ANIMALS TO CREATE CURIOSITY, ENCOURAGE DISCOVERY, AND INSPIRE CONSERVATION ACTION.

OPERATION OF ZOO INCLUDING EXHIBITS OF ANIMALS, OPERATIONS OF CONCESSION STANDS FOR PATRONS, CONDUCTING TOURS, LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS RELATING TO WILDLIFE AND PARTICIPATION IN SPECIES SURVIVAL PLANS THAT ARE SAVING ANIMALS FROM EXTINCTION.

Expenses $1,711,806 · Grants $67,451 · Revenue $1,980,511

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

Adam ReichertADAM REICHERT

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kari HamraKARI HAMRA

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Matt AusburnMATT AUSBURN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Carlee BrownCARLEE BROWN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Guy C MaceGUY C MACE

DEVELOPEMENT CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Emily LaurieEMILY LAURIE

NOMINATING CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Emily AllowayEMILY ALLOWAY

GOVERNANCE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Yulia WhittingtonYULIA WHITTINGTON

STAFF LIASON/ EMPLOYEE MORALE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Buddy CoutlerBUDDY COUTLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jared DotyJARED DOTY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lee McLeanLEE MCLEAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Elizabeth WenteELIZABETH WENTE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Toni WilliamsTONI WILLIAMS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Alexandra HensonALEXANDRA HENSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kylie JacksonKYLIE JACKSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Amanda KastlerAMANDA KASTLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joe SwisshelmJOE SWISSHELM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bryan Simpson ResignedBRYAN SIMPSON RESIGNED

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Allyson TucknessALLYSON TUCKNESS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$100,396

From this org

$85,464

From related orgs

$0

Other

$14,932

Hours/week

40
Mike Crocker Retired 324MIKE CROCKER RETIRED 324

ZOO DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

20
Jackson ThompsonJACKSON THOMPSON

ZOO DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

20

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$2,436,476

Expenses

$2,341,504

Contributions

$460,847

Grants paid

$67,451
2023

Revenue

$2,148,375

Expenses

$2,309,161

Contributions

$367,383

Grants paid

$60,913
2022

Revenue

$2,419,573

Expenses

$2,237,890

Contributions

$691,819

Grants paid

$89,411

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$2,436,476	$2,341,504	$460,847	$67,451
2023	$2,148,375	$2,309,161	$367,383	$60,913
2022	$2,419,573	$2,237,890	$691,819	$89,411

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

2021 · 990

Revenue

$2,405,857

Expenses

$1,875,522

Assets (EOY)

$1,740,503
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,310,983

Expenses

$1,411,333

Assets (EOY)

$1,168,072
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,572,191

Expenses

$1,502,651

Assets (EOY)

$1,034,297
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,365,290

Expenses

$1,517,481

Assets (EOY)

$986,743
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,393,396

Expenses

$1,539,559

Assets (EOY)

$1,161,445
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,470,392

Expenses

$1,527,009

Assets (EOY)

$1,264,694
2015 · 990

Revenue

$1,274,196

Expenses

$1,298,649

Assets (EOY)

$1,279,238
2014 · 990

Revenue

$1,465,748

Expenses

$1,190,470

Assets (EOY)

$1,492,045
2013 · 990

Revenue

$1,109,281

Expenses

$1,181,707

Assets (EOY)

$984,597
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$1,186,367

Assets (EOY)

$1,026,909

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$2,405,857	$1,875,522	$1,740,503
2020	990	$1,310,983	$1,411,333	$1,168,072
2019	990	$1,572,191	$1,502,651	$1,034,297
2018	990	$1,365,290	$1,517,481	$986,743
2017	990	$1,393,396	$1,539,559	$1,161,445
2016	990	$1,470,392	$1,527,009	$1,264,694
2015	990	$1,274,196	$1,298,649	$1,279,238
2014	990	$1,465,748	$1,190,470	$1,492,045
2013	990	$1,109,281	$1,181,707	$984,597
2012	990	not reported	$1,186,367	$1,026,909

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.

Grants made

ZOO CONSERVATION OUTREACH GROUP

$22,000

2024 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
ZOO CONSERVATION OUTREACH GROUP

$21,000

2022 WILDLIFE CONSERVATN
ZOO CONSERVATION OUTREACH GROUP

$19,500

2023 WILDLIFE CONSERVATN
MADAGASCAR FAUNA AND FLORA GROUP

$6,500

2022 WILDLIFE CONSERVATN
DICKERSON PARK ZOO

$0

2024 PROGRAM SUPPORT
DICKERSON PARK ZOO SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY PARK BD

no cash amount reported

2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT
DICKERSON PARK ZOO SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY PARK BD

no cash amount reported

2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC

$123,712

2023 SPECIFIC PROGRAM
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC

$45,000

2022 SPECIFIC PROGRAM
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC

$33,951

2024 SPECIFIC PROGRAM
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$20,000

2024 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$10,000

2023 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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 13 October 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 registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.