Public Charity

OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION

OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in OMAHA, NE. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $26.3M revenue, $24.7M expenses, $185.8M total assets. 51 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $13.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 363297716 OMAHA, NE Wildlife Preservation & Protection NTEE: D30 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$26.3M
Total Expenses$24.7M
Total Assets$185.8M
Grant Records51
Funding Total$13.3M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1984, THE OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE MISSION, RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS BENEFITTING OMAHA'S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM. TO ENSURE A GROWING, VIBRANT ZOO FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, IT IS OUR PRIORITY TO BUILD A SOLID PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION FOR OMAHA'SCOMMUNITY TREASURE.

Where $100 goes at Omaha Zoo Foundation

How Omaha Zoo Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$89 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $89 for programs

$89
The Omaha Zoo Foundation was incorporated as a non-profit corporation to solicit and receive contributions, gifts, grants, devises, and bequests, and to distribute and apply such assets and/or…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

VICE CHAIR Calvin Sisson
VP OF DONOR RELATIONS Dr Lee G Simmons
DIRECTOR (THRU 12/6/2024) Howard L Hawks
VP OF DEVELOPMENT Kiley Thiele
DIRECTOR Michael R Mccarthy
CHAIRMAN Mogens C Bay

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$9,599,401 28 grants
Animal Welfare
$3,535,209 14 grants
Training & Professional Development
$46,000 1 grant
Environment & Conservation
$12,760 2 grants
Unspecified
$99,245 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $26.3M $24.7M $185.8M
2023 $31.9M $10.9M $176.4M
2022 $25.0M $21.7M $145.1M
2021 $25.2M $21.9M $158.7M
2020 $19.6M $47.4M $155.0M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $19.6M to $26.3M (+34%), with total assets most recently reported at $185.8M.

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