Texas · Nonprofit
SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Texas) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,484,682 to it, the largest being KSL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,010,875). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $61M
- Funders on record
- 113
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $114M
What San Antonio Zoological Society does
Mission
To foster appreciation and concern for all living things.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Provide the highest standard of care for our animal and plant collection and exhibit them for the 1,178,947 visitors to the zoo in each fiscal year. Utilize all resources at our disposal for the conservation of the earth's flora and fauna. Included in the experience is quality food and novelty concessions for the comfort of all guests.in addition, the zoo provides a diverse and high-quality recreational experience for over 350,000 guests annually at its educational center.
$38,636,490 spent$26,689,388 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $38,636,490.
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 2022 to 2023, from $83M to $112M (+36%).
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 2% · 2018 3% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 23% · 2022 1% · 2023 0% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% 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.
Chief executive
Timothy Morrow
Chief executive director
Board chair
William A Freed
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $818k → $1.9M.
16 of 113 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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: $1.1M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest San Antonio Area Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY raised.
From the IRS filings of SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 113 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
SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
30% 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 SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 29% · 2019 24% · 2020 47% · 2021 23% · 2022 21% · 2023 16% — 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
45% of SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
95% of SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin 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 SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $426k on record.
- Department of the Interior$426k
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 SAN ANTONIO 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Bevco Management LLC · disregarded
- Project Selva Asset Management LLC · disregarded
- Selva Property Investments LLC · disregarded
- Project Selva Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Center for Nature Based Learning · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Texas) receives grants from 113 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,484,682 to it, the largest being KSL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,010,875). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 113 organizations giving $18,484,682 in grants to SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 66 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- KSL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,010,875 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 113 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