New York · Nonprofit
THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $835,913 to it, the largest being ROBERT L BAGG TR FBO SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL ($509,921). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,558 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,558 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Dr G Clifford & Florence B Decker Foundation Incshared funderslocal
- American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Incportfolio match
- Woodland Park Zoological Societyportfolio match
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.
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 33% · 2018 27% · 2019 24% · 2020 37% · 2021 56% · 2022 27% · 2023 26% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $48k → $107k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC’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
THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 86% · 2021 57% · 2022 53% · 2023 56% — 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 THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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 THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 statesis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 15 funders put you typical among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Dr G Clifford & Florence B Decker Foundation Incshared funderslocalNY · backs 36 organizations that share your funders · funds 52 organizations near you
- American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Woodland Park Zoological Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sacramento Zoological Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Chicago Zoological Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Arizona Center for Nature Conservationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fort Wayne Zoological Society Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nashville Zoo Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Zoo Miami Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Atlanta Fulton County Zoo Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Balmer Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $174k on record.
- Appalachian Regional Commission$174k
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 THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 THE SOUTHERN TIER 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC?
- THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $835,913 to it, the largest being ROBERT L BAGG TR FBO SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL ($509,921). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $835,913 in grants to THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC?
- ROBERT L BAGG TR FBO SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL is the largest funder on record, with $509,921 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SOUTHERN TIER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 15funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing