Rhode Island · Nonprofit
RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,184,248 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($1,417,150). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Rhode Island Zoological Society does
Mission
To serve the community as a valued resource for education, conservation and recreation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Development of support and education for endangered species and general conservation issues.
$3,984,092 spent$812,025 earned by the program35% of program spendingManagement of admission gate and operations of concessions for roger williams park zoo.
$7,417,980 spent$4,672,692 earned by the program65% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,402,072.
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 $5.3M to $10M (+96%).
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: 2020 11% · 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY’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. 4 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.
Chief executive
Stacey Johnson
Executive director
Board chair
Patrick T Lebeau
President/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $31k → $585k.
11 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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
RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
43% 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 RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 26% · 2019 44% · 2020 48% · 2021 34% · 2022 69% · 2023 52% — 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
55% of RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 235 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $81k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$81k
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 RHODE ISLAND 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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 1 related entity
- Rizs Properties Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: 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 RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Rhode Island) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,184,248 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($1,417,150). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $3,184,248 in grants to RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,417,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RHODE ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 43 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