Florida · Public charity
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
- 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.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $329k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $344k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $306k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $228k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $188k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $147k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $337k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $244k | 35% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Elephant Foundation | $346,000 | 9 | 5% |
| University of North Florida | $304,288 | 9 | n/a |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $225,608 | 5 | 0% |
| Zoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc | $190,900 | 6 | 31% |
| Wildlife Conservation Global Inc | $189,000 | 9 | 3% |
| South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation Inc | $180,250 | 9 | 6% |
| Friends of Bonobos | $142,290 | 5 | 3% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $87,500 | 8 | 0% |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $85,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Save the Manatee Club Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
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.
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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.
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
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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.
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