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Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc

The jacksonville zoo & gardens' mission is connecting our community with wildlife and wild places. Our vision is a vibrant community energized by a connection to nature that enriches lives and inspires all to preserve and protect our natural world.

$437k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Itemized grants FY2025
15
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$329k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$19,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$48,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 17
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$133M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsInternationalEnvironmentEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving15$329k0%
FY202415$344k13%
FY202315$306k27%
FY202211$228k18%
FY20219$188k22%
FY20208$147k0%
FY201916$337k25%
FY201817$244k35%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$2.0MEnvironment$93k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WI
OR
CA
MO
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 35 grantees
All grantees of Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Elephant Foundation$346,00095%
University of North Florida$304,2889n/a
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$225,60850%
Zoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc$190,900631%
Wildlife Conservation Global Inc$189,00093%
South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation Inc$180,25096%
Friends of Bonobos$142,29053%
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc$87,50080%
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc$85,15040%
Save the Manatee Club Inc$75,00050%
Pan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc$73,74543%
Sea to Shore Alliance$56,000412%
The International Iguana Foundation$50,000311%
Naples Zoo Inc$43,24930%
Rewild$32,50030%
Giraffe Conservation Foundation USA$30,00041%
Rupununi Learners Foundation$27,142438%
The Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation$25,25030%
University of Florida$24,6242n/a
Avian Research & Conservation Institute Inc$20,0002n/a
Zoological Society of Milwaukee Cty$20,00020%
American Association of Zoo Keepers$19,6883n/a
Friends of Jack Primate Sanctuary$16,000222%
Gorilla Rehabilitation Conservation Education (Grace) Center Inc$15,42012%
Rare Species Conservatory Foundation$15,10021%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$15,00010%
Archbold Expeditions Inc$12,00010%
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc$10,0001n/a
US for Belize Foundation for Research & Environmental Education Inc$7,50012%
The Inst for Regional Conservation$7,50011%
Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group$7,47711%
Coastal Plains Institute Inc$7,10014%
Bok Tower Gardens Inc$6,00010%
Maralliance$5,75411%
Save Giraffes Now$5,30511%

Where it is load-bearing

Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Elephant Foundation: $346,000 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $225,608 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetZoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc: $190,900 over 6y, 31% of budgetWildlife Conservation Global Inc: $189,000 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetSouth-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation Inc: $180,250 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetFriends of Bonobos: $142,290 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetWildlife Conservation Network Inc: $87,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc: $85,150 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSave the Manatee Club Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc: $73,745 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetSea to Shore Alliance: $56,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetThe International Iguana Foundation: $50,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetNaples Zoo Inc: $43,249 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRewild: $32,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGiraffe Conservation Foundation USA: $30,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRupununi Learners Foundation: $27,142 over 4y, 38% of budgetThe Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation: $25,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetZoological Society of Milwaukee Cty: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Jack Primate Sanctuary: $16,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetGorilla Rehabilitation Conservation Education (Grace) Center Inc: $15,420 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRare Species Conservatory Foundation: $15,100 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArchbold Expeditions Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUS for Belize Foundation for Research & Environmental Education Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Inst for Regional Conservation: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMadagascar Fauna and Flora Group: $7,477 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCoastal Plains Institute Inc: $7,100 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBok Tower Gardens Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaralliance: $5,754 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSave Giraffes Now: $5,305 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 30.

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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.

Columbus Zoological Park AssociationOH24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Zoological Park Association · Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk · Houston Zoo Inc · Zoological Society of San Diego · Utah Zoological Society · Dallas Zoo Management Inc · Detroit Zoological Society · Dallas Zoological Society · Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England · East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc · Nashville Zoo Inc · Riverbanks Society

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.

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About Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc

How much does Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc give?
Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc reported 15 itemized grants totaling $328,616, out of $437,145 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (95%), Environment (5%).
Who are Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International Elephant Foundation ($346k), University of North Florida ($304k), The University of Florida Foundation Inc ($226k).
Does Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Zoological Park Association, Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk, Houston Zoo Inc.
Where is Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc based?
Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc is based in FL.

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 35 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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