Florida · Nonprofit
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc (Florida) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,338,328 to it, the largest being STRAZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,865,040). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $49M
- Funders on record
- 69
- Grants received
- $9.3M
- Net assets
- $79M
What Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa a/k/a ZooTampa at Lowry Park, is to rescue, rehabilitate and care for animals.(Expanded mission on Schedule O)ZooTampa creates exceptional personalized experiences that connect people with wildlife and each other in fun, immersive ways. ZooTampa's brand essence is, "Unforgettable natural connections, and the vision is, "Everyone we reach is motivated to join us in taking action to protect and preserve wildlife."
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
ZooTampa at Lowry Park features 63 acres of lush, natural habitats comprising Florida, Asia, Primates, Australia, and Africa. As a nonprofit cultural organization committed to conservation, the focus is on animals from Florida, such as manatees and Florida panthers, and animals from Florida-like climates, such as elephants and orangutans. ZooTampa houses over 900 animals in naturalistic outdoor habitats year-round. The organization helps to ensure conservation goals and objectives as well as the sustainability of a healthy, genetically diverse, and demographically varied population of numerous species. (Continued on Schedule O) ZooTampa has contributed to the propagation of species, in conjunction with AZA species survival plans, to help save numerous species from extinction and participate in species conservation efforts locally, nationally, and internationally. ZooTampa manages a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital that is part of its larger medical campus that includes a nutrition center and animal care annex. It is the only zoological or aquarium facility in the nation that is accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). ZooTampa is accredited by the…
$36,024,094 spentof which $12,877 as grants$29,912,358 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $36,024,094.
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 2020 to 2021, from $47M to $63M (+35%).
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 10% · 2018 20% · 2019 2% · 2020 13% · 2021 25% · 2022 9% · 2023 5% · 2024 11% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa 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. 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
Joseph Couceiro
President & CEO
Board chair
Steve Stagg
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $248k → $2.4M.
12 of 69 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $10M from 8 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lowry Park Zoo Endowment Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 69 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
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 59%; 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 20% · 2018 64% · 2019 50% · 2020 72% · 2021 25% · 2022 38% · 2023 43% — 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
31% of Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
78% of Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 134 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 134 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Department of the Interior$665k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$504k
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 Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 2 related entities
- Lowry Park Zoo Endowment Foundation Inc · exempt
- KML Properties LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc?
- Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc (Florida) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,338,328 to it, the largest being STRAZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,865,040). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc have?
- IRS filings report 69 organizations giving $9,338,328 in grants to Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc?
- STRAZ FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,865,040 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa 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.
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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 69 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