Texas · Nonprofit
DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC
DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $243,550 to it, the largest being THEODORE AND BEULAH BEASLEY FOUNDATION INC ($125,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $244k
- Net assets
- $206k
What Dallas Zoo Management Inc does
Mission
Organization's mission to manage, operate and promote the dallas zoo on behalf of the dallas zoological society pursuant to agreement with the city of dallas, including the care and well-being of the zoo's animals and the promotion of the educational, family entertainment, conservation and civic missions of the dallas zoo.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Animal and science - the organization cares for a wide variety of animals at the dallas zoo including providing nutrition services and advanced hospital care as needed. The organization supports conservation of wildlife. The dallas zoo attracted 951,563 visitors during the fiscal year 2024/2025.
$14,502,155 spent$8,737,540 earned by the program42% of program spendingFacilities and operations - the organization manages and maintains the dallas zoo which consists of approximately 106 acres. The organization provides guest services and performs ongoing improvements to the zoo.
$16,794,308 spent$20,412,256 earned by the program48% of program spendingEducation and interpretation - the organization makes each visit an exciting adventure with opportunities to learn about interesting wildlife, engage in interactive fun, and support worldwide conservation and research to protect and preserve endangered species.
$3,454,060 spentof which $402,172 as grants$1,543,259 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $34,750,523.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $19M to $6.3M (−66%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lisa New
CEO and president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $850 → $154k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $18M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Dallas Zoological Society). These are real filings, and they are not money DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC raised.
From the IRS filings of DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 85% · 2019 81% · 2020 52% · 2021 68% · 2022 90% · 2023 81% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
43% of DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
84% of DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Morrell Properties LLC · disregarded
- Upton LLC · disregarded
- Clarendon-Ewing LLC · disregarded
- Auggie · disregarded
- Dallas Zoological Society · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC?
- DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC (Texas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $243,550 to it, the largest being THEODORE AND BEULAH BEASLEY FOUNDATION INC ($125,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $243,550 in grants to DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC?
- THEODORE AND BEULAH BEASLEY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing