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Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England

To provide all administrative and other services and support required or contemplated by chapter 92b of the massachusetts general laws to the franklin park zoo and the walter d.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$294kAnimals$243kArts & Culture$160k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $80,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $125,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $45,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$30,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEALTH IN HARMONY$40,000
US FOR BFREE$30,000
BAIRD'S TAPIR SURVIVAL ALLIANCE$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COUGAR NETWORK: $9k → 8%THE PEREGRINE FUND: $8k → 8%POLLINATOR PARTNERSHIP: $8k → 10%PANTHERA: $9k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $13k → 28%SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE: $20k → 14%US FOR BFREE: $10k → 19%CHELONIAN CONSERVATION FUND: $7k → 12%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF DURRELL: $12k → 17%GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION - USA: $10k → 17%SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $10k → 9%JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE: $6k → 6%CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND: $13k → 9%ZOO CONSERVATION OUTREACH CO AUDUBON ZOO GARDEN: $7k → 23%ASSOCIATION OF ZOO & AQUARIUMS: $8k → 8%GORILLA REHABILITATION AND CONSERVATION ED CENTER: $5k → 7%RED PANDA NETWORK: $9k → 10%SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE: $20k → 14%US FOR BFREE: $10k → 19%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF DURRELL: $10k → 17%GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION - USA: $10k → 17%INTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $9k → 9%ASSOCIATION OF ZOO AND AQUARIUMS: $5k → 8%SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $15k → 14%US FOR BFREE: $9k → 19%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF DURRELL: $10k → 17%GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION - USA: $10k → 17%WILD ENTRUST INTERNATIONAL: $9k → 9%ASSOCIATION OF ZOO AND AQUARIUMS: $5k → 8%SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $15k → 14%US FOR BFREE: $32k → 19%GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION - USA: $9k → 17%US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION: $30k → 19%US FOR BFREE: $30k → 19%US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION: $30k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
ID
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
LA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $20k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$10k · 50% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$10k · 50% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$594k · 8 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +55% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$594k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+55%

Still filing today

100%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsInternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $160k · revenue +31%
  • UF
    US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $151k · revenue +181%
  • HI
    Health in Harmony
    4× · 2021–2025 · $135k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • Cheetah Conservation Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +147%
  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Societygraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $13k · revenue +52%
  • CN
    COUGAR NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
3
International Primate Protection League

Protecting the world's remaining primates by monitoring and exposing illegal trade, supporting a worldwide network of overseas sanctuaries and ngo's, publicising the plight of abused primates, and operating a sanctuary for resued gibbons.

Animals
4
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
5
Akashinga Inc

Deliver ecological stability and long-term protection of large-scale wilderness by supporting and empowering local communities.

Animals
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
Amazon Conservation Team

The amazon conservation team (act) partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.

Science & Tech
8
International Crane Foundation Inc

The international crane foundation is committed to a world where cranes, people, and our natural heritage thrive together.

Animals
9
Wilderness Conservation Foundation
Environment
10
Zoo Outreach Organisation

Wildlife conservation, research and education.

Environment
11
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
12
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

US FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC: $150,846 · InternationalUS FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR R…GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION USA: $39,370 · InternationalGIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATIO…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $160,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONREWILD: $40,000 · AnimalsREWILDINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $19,025 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPA…AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC: $18,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF …Cheetah Conservation Fund: $13,488 · AnimalsCheetah Conservation Fun…Wildlife Conservation Society: $12,908 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation So…PANTHERA CORPORATION: $8,996 · AnimalsPANTHERA CORPORATIONWILD ENTRUST INTERNATIONAL: $8,910 · AnimalsWILD ENTRUST INTERNATION…RED PANDA NETWORK: $8,550 · AnimalsRED PANDA NETWORKTennessee Aquarium: $6,855 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $5,593 · AnimalsGORILLA REHABILITATION CONSERVATION EDUCATION (GRACE) CENTER INC: $5,404 · AnimalsHealth in Harmony: $135,000 · HealthHealth in HarmonyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $32,000 · EnvironmentPollinator Partnership: $7,755 · EnvironmentCOUGAR NETWORK INC: $9,212 · OtherTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC: $8,401 · OtherZOO CONSERVATION OUTREACH GROUP INC: $6,785 · Other
International$190,216Arts & Culture$160,000Animals$147,729Health$135,000Environment$39,755Other$24,398

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $160,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUS FOR BELIZE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INC: $150,846 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetHealth in Harmony: $135,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetREWILD: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION USA: $39,370 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $32,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SNOW LEOPARD TRUST: $19,025 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $13,488 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $12,908 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILD ENTRUST INTERNATIONAL: $8,910 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRED PANDA NETWORK: $8,550 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC: $8,401 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPollinator Partnership: $7,755 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetZOO CONSERVATION OUTREACH GROUP INC: $6,785 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $5,593 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGORILLA REHABILITATION CONSERVATION EDUCATION (GRACE) CENTER INC: $5,404 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Detroit Zoological So…Jacksonville Zoologic…Reid Park Zoological …Utah Zoological Socie…East Coast Zoological…Arizona Center for Na…Columbus Zoological P…Zoological Society of…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…
Detroit Zoological SocietyMI17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Detroit Zoological Society · Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc · Reid Park Zoological Society · Utah Zoological Society · East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc · Arizona Center for Nature Conservation · Columbus Zoological Park Association · Zoological Society of San Diego · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 62%
  • Us for Belize Foundation for Research & Environmental Education Inc: 62% of income from government
  • Giraffe Conservation Foundation Usa: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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