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Zoo Midland Inc

Zoo Midland Inc (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,020,000 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($12,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$13M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$13M
Net assets
$12M
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Zoo Midland Inc does

Mission

Zoo Midlands focus will be on stewardshipand community enrichment through wildlifeinteraction and education. Were dedicated tooffering dynamic hands-on experiences thatbring visitors closer to extraordinary wildlifeand the wonders of nature. Our aim is to createa deep bond between humans and animals,nurturing a sense of responsibility for ourenvironment and its most precious gifts.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Development and Operation of Zoo Midland property

    $1,101,523 spent
    92% of program spending

  2. Alternative Agricultural Program: Begin implemental of an aeroponics system to ensure fresh produce for animals in collection and to raise awareness of alternative methods of growing crops in a "food desert".

    $88,470 spent
    7% of program spending

  3. Community Outreach: Participated in 10 local events with an estimated combined attendance of 4,200 people to share Zoo updates, animal information, and educational artifacts

    $875 spent
    0% of program spending

  4. Educational Outreach: Visited 13 local schools with an estimated combined attendance of 1,165 students. We presented a range of topics from aeroponics, animal husbandry, to career discussion.

    $550 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,191,418.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 Zoo Midland 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

Zoo Midland Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 Zoo Midland Inc.

92%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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.

Where its funders are

92% of Zoo Midland Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.0M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.

TX

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Zoo Midland Inc is better cushioned than half of the 235 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin91% · outside the comparable range
Months of reserve4.6mo · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

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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

Abilene Zoological Society73%Mid America Flight Museum Non Profit Corporation72%Triple Z Ranch and Wildlife Project72%Cameron Park Zoological & Botanical Society70%Macal Raptor Center and Avian Sanctuary Inc70%Midland County Livestock Association70%Grover Nelson Park Zoological Foundation69%Dallas Zoo Management Inc69%

Nationally

ZooMontana Inc74%Central Florida Zoological Society Inc73%Abilene Zoological Society73%Midtown Indianapolis Inc72%Mississippi Aquarium72%Mid America Flight Museum Non Profit Corporation72%Runnin W Wildlife Center Inc72%Animal Ark Incorporated72%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Zoo Midland 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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Zoo Midland Inc?
Zoo Midland Inc (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,020,000 to it, the largest being CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($12,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Zoo Midland Inc have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $13,020,000 in grants to Zoo Midland Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Zoo Midland Inc?
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Zoo Midland Inc 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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