Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC
FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,925,645 to it, the largest being The Wildcat Foundation ($16,624,632). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $43M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What Frankfurt Zoological Society - US Inc does
Mission
Fzs-us's main purpose is the conservation of wilderness and biodiversity worldwide. Fzs-us also seeks to enhance the general public's understanding of the importance of wildlife conservation and the appreciation of nature's diversity on our planet.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Frankfurt zoological society us inc. Made grants to support conservation activities in zambia, including aerial law enforcement, the provision of communications equipment, human-wildlife conflict migration, and ranger training. This resulted in significantly improved law enforcement along with stable or increasing wildlife populations in north luangwa and nsumbu national parks.
$6,056,588 spentof which $6,056,588 as grants49% of program spendingFrankfurt zoological society us inc. Made grants to support conservation activities in zimbabwe including ranger training and provisions, vehicle maintenance and parts, aerial support and census work. Notable outcomes included a well-trained and effective ranger force and increased community support for conservation around gonarezhou national park.
$4,427,739 spentof which $4,427,739 as grants36% of program spendingFrankfurt zoological society us inc. Made grants to support conservation activities in tanzania, including radio tracking of wildlife, ranger training and provisions, education and community conservation and aerial support. This resulted in decreased poaching and improved conservation outcomes in serengeti national park and the selous ecosystem.
$1,020,185 spentof which $724,129 as grants8% of program spendingFrankfurt zoological society us inc. Made grants to support conservation in lomami national park in d.r. Congo, ukraine, germany, mozambique, indonesia, and spain.
$798,682 spentof which $476,525 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,303,194.
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 $4.6M to $7.9M (+70%).
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: 2019 3% · 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2022 5% · 2023 5% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 2 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
Dr Peyton West
Exec. Director & secretary/treasurer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $2.9M → $9.0M.
7 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US 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
FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 47% · 2019 55% · 2020 37% · 2021 46% · 2022 43% · 2023 32% — 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
47% of FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 119 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.6M on record.
- Department of the Interior$4.0M
- Department of State$600k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC?
- FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,925,645 to it, the largest being The Wildcat Foundation ($16,624,632). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $42,925,645 in grants to FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC?
- The Wildcat Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $16,624,632 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 30 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