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Screen a listNashville Zoo Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$70Mrevenue
FY2025 · +100% in 3 yrs540staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpending
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin47.1%
Months of reserve8.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+11.5%
Middle half of peersMedianNashville Zoo
Where the money goes FY2025 · $37M spent
Programs$32M86%Management and general$3.3M9%Fundraising$2.0M5%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
Its largest funder stopped after FY2022
The Frist Foundation gave about $4.2M a year for six years, 28% of revenue in FY2022.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 100% in FY2025
$15M in FY2023, $50k in FY2025.
990 Part VIIIIn its favor2
Strong governance
33 of 33 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 12% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort131funders
$9.4Ma year, last 3 years
62%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Frist FoundationStopped after FY2022$500$500$5.0M$2.7M$7.5M$9.8M–Thisbe and Noah Scott Foundation IncOn and off$1.5MPatricia and Rodes Hart FoundationStopped after FY2021$500k$250k$250k$10k$55k–Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist FoundationEvery year since FY2017$150k$20k$44k$10k$209k$222k$213kSpeer FoundationOn and off$100k$200k$390kThe Julia Carell Stadler FoundationEvery year since FY2017$57k$53k$51k$18k$4k$130k$151kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$762k$1.0M$1.1M$963k$2.7M$2.0M$2.4M97 other fundersUp to $450k a year each$384k$593k$874k$739k$1.1M$435k$474k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped