North Dakota · Nonprofit
RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (North Dakota) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $938,246 to it, the largest being FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION ($185,925). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $938k
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Red River Zoological Society does
Mission
As conservation leaders, the red river zoo connects our community to nature and inspires people to help save species.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Education program: the red river zoo's educational programs reached over 16,000 participants during the year. These programs are designed to promote wildlife conservation and education through various interactive and engaging activities. The breakdown of participation is as follows: - zoomobile outreach students reached: 4,661 - zookeeper chat attendance: 5,013 - on site class attendance: 38 - on site presentations (birthday parties, critter close-ups): 2,110 - jr. Zookeeper leadership program: 133 - day camp attendance: 253these programs aim to inspire and educate the community about wildlife, conservation, and the environment, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world.animal purchases/care: to acquire and exhibit animals and items of interest as part of a regional wildlife park zoo.pecies survival plan participation: the red river zoo's exempt purpose includes the acquisition and care of animals to exhibit as part of a regional wildlife park. The zoo cares for over 124 individual animals representing 49 species. In 2024, the zoo participated in species survival plans (ssps) for the following species: chinese red pandas, pallas cats, white-naped…
$1,555,080 spent$1,585,529 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,555,080.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.4M to $3.8M (+11%).
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: 2021 10% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY’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. 6 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
Sally Mulvena
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $23k → $87k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
84% 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 RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 46% · 2019 89% · 2020 42% · 2021 35% · 2022 32% · 2023 52% — 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
36% of RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
73% of RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from North Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $349k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
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 North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (North Dakota) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $938,246 to it, the largest being FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION ($185,925). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $938,246 in grants to RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $185,925 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. 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 17 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