Public Charity

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA is a Public Charity headquartered in PHILADELPHIA, PA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $43.7M revenue, $44.3M expenses, $136.3M total assets. 74 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $4.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 231352298 PHILADELPHIA, PA Zoos & Aquariums NTEE: D50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$43.7M
Total Expenses$44.3M
Total Assets$136.3M
Grant Records74
Funding Total$4.0M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

AT PHILADELPHIA ZOO, OUR MISSION IS TO FLOURISH AS AN URBAN OASIS, WHERE PEOPLE AND ANIMALS THRIVE, TRANSFORMATIONAL MEMORIES ARE MADE, AND OUR PASSION FOR CONSERVATION SAVES WILDLIFE (SEE SCHEDULE O).GUIDED BY A THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, THE ZOO IS SEEKING TO BOTH STRENGTHEN AND DIVERSIFY REVENUE LINES IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ITS HISTORIC CAMPUS AND PROTECT ITS PRECIOUS ANIMAL COLLECTION. THE ZOO SEEKS TO BE IMPACTFUL THROUGH 6 IMPACT AREAS: AMAZING ANIMALS, TRANSFORMATIONAL MEMORIES, CONNECTED SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION COMMUNITIES, INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT, UNITED TEAM AND CULTURE AND STRATEGIC FINANCIAL GROWTH.

Where $100 goes at Zoological Society of Philadelphia

How Zoological Society of Philadelphia divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$77 Programs the work itself
$18 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $77 for programs

$28
Exhibits and garden care
36% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 360 animals
$27
Education, conservation & community engagement programming
35% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 12 students; 400 schools; 400 children
$22
Animal care
29% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,700 animals of more
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Andrew Hoffman
DIRECTOR Andrew Smith
DIRECTOR Anthony Gay
DIRECTOR Barbara Smit
DIRECTOR Brian Di Sabatino
VP, GUEST ENGAGEMENT Cara Treadway

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,529,587 46 grants
Animal Welfare
$796,154 16 grants
Education
$551,500 5 grants
Arts & Culture
$72,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$45,709 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $43.7M $44.3M $136.3M
2024 $43.4M $42.2M $127.0M
2023 $35.5M $39.6M $121.9M
2021 $26.5M $30.8M $118.6M
2020 $41.0M $41.9M $113.3M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $41.0M to $43.7M (+7%), with total assets most recently reported at $136.3M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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