New York · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC
FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,610,607 to it, the largest being CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($545,051). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park Inc does
Mission
To stimulate the interest of the public in the extension & improvement of the rosamond gifford zoo at burnet park and, where possible, to assist in the expansion of zoo facilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Zoo support - membership fees and contributions are solicited; zoo volunteers are recruited, trained and coordinated; a periodic publication is issued; special events for members are sponsored; support for zookeeper education is provided; and additions or upgrades of zoo exhibits are supported.
$1,198,345 spent$108,867 earned by the program44% of program spendingGift shop and cafe - the friends run a gift shop and jungle cafe on the grounds of the zoo for the convenience of the visitors. All profits from sales go to support the zoo. This amount is the operating costs of running the gift shop and cafe.
$238,946 spent$1,851,509 earned by the program9% of program spendingEducational programs - the friends have educational programs at the zoo during the summer and during school breaks, as well as providing educational programs in the community (zoo to you).
$507,534 spent$299,792 earned by the program18% of program spendingFacility rental/catering
$800,654 spent29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,745,479.
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 2024 to 2025, from $8.3M to $9.5M (+16%).
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: 2020 13% · 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Carrie Large
Executive director
Board chair
Terry Hopkins
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $35k → $207k.
7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 25 of 26 funders by total. 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
FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 73% · 2019 71% · 2020 64% · 2021 46% · 2022 46% · 2023 54% — 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
56% of FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
94% of FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $640k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Catering at the Zoo LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,610,607 to it, the largest being CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($545,051). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,610,607 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC?
- CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $545,051 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 26 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