Florida · Nonprofit
JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC (Florida) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,112,646 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($3,794,400). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $51M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $117M
What Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc does
Mission
The jacksonville zoo & gardens' mission is connecting our community with wildlife and wild places. Our vision is a vibrant community energized by a connection to nature that enriches lives and inspires all to preserve and protect our natural world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Operation and maintenance of zoological and botanical gardens for public enjoyment. The jacksonville zoological society, inc. Operates and maintains the jacksonville zoo & gardens, a 119 acre facility accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza). 873,436 guests visited the zoo with its award winning animal and botanical exhibits, and over 64,000 guests enjoyed specific educational programs, in addition to those educational experiences throughout the park.
$25,146,303 spentof which $437,145 as grants$17,094,570 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $25,146,303.
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 $104M to $133M (+28%).
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: 2017 8% · 2018 12% · 2019 25% · 2020 36% · 2021 19% · 2022 30% · 2023 9% · 2024 33% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Jeff Ettling
President & n CEO
Board chair
Lucia Lindsey
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $569k → $4.1M.
13 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 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
JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
66% 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 JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 80% · 2019 38% · 2020 44% · 2021 31% · 2022 27% · 2023 76% — growing more concentrated.
“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
44% of JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
61% of JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.7M that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 134 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 134 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $192k on record — $87k federal, $105k state.
- Department of the Interior$87k
- FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $104k
- RESEARCH SERVICES - GENERAL $2k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $50
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 JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 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 JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC?
- JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC (Florida) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,112,646 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($3,794,400). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $12,112,646 in grants to JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,794,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 77 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing