Florida · Public charity
Zoo Miami Foundation Inc
Zoo Miami Foundation's mission is to inspire people to preserve nature and motivate others to join us through community engagement, fundraising, and building relationships.
- $156k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $66k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,861
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $39M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Zoo Miami Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k 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 | 5 | $66k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $153k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $79k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $113k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $81k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $50,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc | $47,154 | 3 | 1% |
| Wildlife Rescue of Dade County Inc | $37,958 | 3 | 21% |
| Florida International University Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Audubon Society Inc | $21,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $15,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Save the Manatee Club Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida National Parks Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $50,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc | $47,154 | 3 | 1% |
| Wildlife Rescue of Dade County Inc | $37,958 | 3 | 21% |
| Florida International University Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Audubon Society Inc | $21,500 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $15,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Save the Manatee Club Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida National Parks Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Association of Zoos and Aquariums Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Loggerhead Marinelife Center Inc | $9,900 | 1 | 0% |
| The International Iguana Foundation | $9,300 | 1 | 5% |
| Conservation Centers for Species Survival | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $7,898 | 1 | 0% |
| Cheetah Conservation Fund | $6,985 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shape of Enrichment Inc | $5,430 | 1 | 10% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zoo Miami Foundation Inc 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
About Zoo Miami Foundation Inc
- How much does Zoo Miami Foundation Inc give?
- Zoo Miami Foundation Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $66,361, out of $156,486 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Zoo Miami Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (84%), Education (9%), Environment (4%).
- Who are Zoo Miami Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Wildlife Conservation Society ($100k), National Audubon Society Inc ($51k), Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc ($47k).
- Does Zoo Miami Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Zoo Miami Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Zoo Miami Foundation Inc based?
- Zoo Miami Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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