Wisconsin · Nonprofit
RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,389,059 to it, the largest being JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($330,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $8.3M
What Racine Zoological Society Inc does
Mission
The mission of the racine zoological society is to foster an enlightening and affordable wildlife experience that improves the bond between people and nature. The society will provide for the recreation and education of the people, the conservation of wildlife, and wild places, and the advancement of science.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The racine zoological society rzs operates a zoological park that features exotic and domestic animals and participated in conservation programs for rare and endangered species.
$2,456,541 spent$1,013,146 earned by the program93% of program spendingThe society provided educational programs for school groups and zoo guests.
$114,042 spent$165,367 earned by the program4% of program spendingThe society administered over 1,500 programs including birthday parties, zoo snoozes, camps, etc. And hosted over 50 field trips. Together these programs reached approximately 40,000 people.
$63,490 spent$196,068 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,634,073.
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 $4.9M to $8.3M (+68%).
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 29% · 2018 33% · 2019 16% · 2020 40% · 2021 30% · 2022 38% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Samantha Anderegg-Boticki
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $14k → $63k.
5 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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: $720k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Racine Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
41% 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 RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 44% · 2019 23% · 2020 31% · 2021 59% · 2022 70% · 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
43% of RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
66% of RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $147k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $39k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$39k
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 RACINE 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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 RACINE 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 RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC?
- RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,389,059 to it, the largest being JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($330,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,389,059 in grants to RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC?
- JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $330,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 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