Utah · Public charity
Utah Zoological Society
Create champions for wildlife by making connections between people and animals to inspire action.
- $374k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $210k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $97M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Utah Zoological Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 14 | $210k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $200k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $210k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $170k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $140k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $191k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $224k | 27% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polar Bears International | $404,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Gorongosa Project Inc | $243,500 | 8 | 0% |
| International Elephant Foundation | $230,000 | 8 | 5% |
| The Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation | $147,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Gorilla Rehabilitation Conservation Education (Grace) Center Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The International Rhino Foundation | $94,701 | 6 | 1% |
| Carnivores Livelihoods and Landscapes | $46,098 | 6 | 30% |
| Wildlife Sos | $46,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Save Giraffes Now | $38,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Utah Zoological Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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 · Zoological Society of San Diego · Dallas Zoo Management Inc · Houston Zoo Inc · Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc · East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc · Nashville Zoo Inc · Detroit Zoological Society · Riverbanks Society · Dallas Zoological Society · The Caldwell Foundation · Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England
How this is measured
About Utah Zoological Society
- How much does Utah Zoological Society give?
- Utah Zoological Society reported 14 itemized grants totaling $210,200, out of $373,735 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Utah Zoological Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (82%), Environment (17%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are Utah Zoological Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Polar Bears International ($404k), Gorongosa Project Inc ($244k), International Elephant Foundation ($230k).
- Does Utah Zoological Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Utah Zoological Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Zoological Park Association, Zoological Society of San Diego, Dallas Zoo Management Inc.
- Where is Utah Zoological Society based?
- Utah Zoological Society is based in UT.
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