Kansas · Nonprofit
ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION
ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $260,252 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($85,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $260k
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Rolling Hills Zoo Foundation does
Mission
Rolling Hills Zoo Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of wildlife through participation in conservation programs and by providing fun and interactive educational experiences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Not described on the e-filed return.
$4,090,971 spent$693,617 earned by the program96% of program spendingRolling Hills Zoo Foundation provides incredible education programs to visitors. For school-aged children, we provide on demand programs consisting of specially designed themes that are tailored to specific age groups, and each theme is tied to specific kansas state science education standards. Our education department also engages participants in overnight adventures where students are able to learn even more about our animals, conservation, and being responsible for our ecosystem without time constraints.
$161,117 spent$43,727 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,252,088.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $3.1M to $4.3M (+37%).
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.
84% of ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $120 → $9k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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: $22M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Salina Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION’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
ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% 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 ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 95% · 2022 99% · 2023 97% — 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
75% of ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 30% 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
100% of ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $123k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION
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 Kansas
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
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION?
- ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $260,252 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($85,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $260,252 in grants to ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $85,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROLLING HILLS ZOO FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 10 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