Kentucky · Public charity
Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc
To provide financial support for the louisville zoo for teaching, research and service programs, the construction of exhibits and displays and the purchase of equipment and supplies for the animals of the louisville zoo.
- $362k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $176k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $69,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc 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 | 9 | $176k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $176k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $307k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $7.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $419k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Zoological Gardens | $10,364,752 | 7 | n/a |
| Zoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc | $69,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Basil J & Marie-Therese Zaloom Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 83% |
| Kentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc | $19,482 | 1 | n/a |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Polar Bears International | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
About Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc
- How much does Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc give?
- Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $175,746, out of $362,280 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (99%), Environment (0%), Philanthropy (0%).
- Who are Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Louisville Zoological Gardens ($10M), Zoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc ($69k), South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction and Conservation Inc ($50k).
- Does Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc based?
- Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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