California · Public charity
Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association
The GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ("glaza") is a tax-exempt charitable organization, established for the purpose of developing, beautifying, and improving the los angeles zoo and botanical gardens (the zoo). This is accomplished by providing financial and mission support to the zoo and its programs, raising public awareness…
- $9.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $8.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $130,992
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,890,985
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $56M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $8.4M | 60% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $8.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $7.9M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $4.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $5.4M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $3.0M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks | $47,873,632 | 9 | n/a |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $240,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land Action Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| San Diego Zoo | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paso Pacifico | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rewild | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pandrillus Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks | $47,873,632 | 9 | n/a |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $240,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land Action Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| San Diego Zoo | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paso Pacifico | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rewild | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pandrillus Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Fulton County Zoo Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbus Zoological Park Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association
- How much does Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association give?
- Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association reported 10 itemized grants totaling $8,435,691, out of $9,087,901 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (100%), Environment (0%), Education (0%).
- Who are Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks ($48M), American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc ($240k), The Trust for Public Land Action Fund ($100k).
- Does Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association based?
- Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association is based in CA.
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