Ohio · Public charity
Cleveland Zoological Society
CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY is the nonprofit partner of cleveland metroparks zoo, committed to raising awareness of the zoo as a community priority; securing private donations; and running a membership program that provides operating and conservation funding.
- $13M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $13M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $60,125
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $42M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Cleveland Zoological Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $13M | 88% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $4.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $7.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5.3M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $5.8M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $3.6M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $3.7M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $6.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Metropolitan Park District | $49,010,279 | 8 | n/a |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc | $85,966 | 1 | 1% |
| Giraffe Conservation Foundation USA | $60,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Env Wildlife Conservation Trust | $30,000 | 1 | 7% |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $21,300 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina Zoological Society Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Cleveland Zoological Society
- How much does Cleveland Zoological Society give?
- Cleveland Zoological Society reported 13 itemized grants totaling $13,050,872, out of $13,461,191 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cleveland Zoological Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (66%), Environment (26%), Education (4%).
- Who are Cleveland Zoological Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cleveland Metropolitan Park District ($49M), Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc ($86k), Giraffe Conservation Foundation USA ($60k).
- Does Cleveland Zoological Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cleveland Zoological Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Cleveland Zoological Society based?
- Cleveland Zoological Society is based in OH.
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