CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (EIN 36-2167016)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-09-03
IRS object ID: 201902469349300560
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-09-03T10:45:06-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Plante Moran PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10 South Riverside Plaza 9th floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	362167016	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Chicago Zoological Society	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CHIC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7086888400	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3300 Golf Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brookfield	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60513	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Stuart D Strahl PhD	PersonNm
Person Title	President and CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2019-09-03	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	LuAnn Trapp	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	3122071040	PhoneNum
Preparation	2019-09-03	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	207.63.101.220	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2019-09-03	IPDt
IP Tm	14:40:56	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Federal Original Submission Id	1517462019056szpmcit	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2019-09-03	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	B9BE689AACDB0A9D6C5E7EFC0EC21C343AD9D545	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	B9BE689AACDB0A9D6C5E7EFC0EC21C343AD9D545	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Brookfield Zoo	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Stuart D Strahl PhD	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3300 Golf Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brookfield	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60513	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$90,190,097	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.czs.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1921	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	43	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	42	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1489	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1439	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$1,285,599	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$39,723,641	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$36,368,303	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$22,571,849	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$22,054,634	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,451,157	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$2,939,571	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$10,042,895	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$7,528,013	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$75,789,542	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$68,890,521	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$236,509	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$418,038	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$43,546,019	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$43,525,664	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$70,046	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$70,326	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$2,664,518	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$29,557,296	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$29,337,432	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$73,409,870	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$73,351,460	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,379,672	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$4,460,939	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$218,818,000	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$209,343,000	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$54,100,000	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$53,433,000	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$164,718,000	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$155,910,000	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$34,373,794	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$18,326,497	RevenueAmt
Desc	Park Operations The CZS maintains 75 buildings on 214 acres of land to exhibit over 2,500 animals. Two million visitors annually enjoy the experience of seeing and learning about the animals of the world. Each individual that enters Brookfield Zoos gates represents an opportunity to introduce representatives of the wild world, to convey our intertwined connections to the animal kingdom, and to encourage positive change in the world. The zoo is open every day of the year. Admission is free to the general public 52 days/year and at all times to Illinois school groups and military personnel. Summer extended hours are offered to be more accessible to a more diverse audience. The membership team services our 111,600 member households, providing them with the opportunity to participate in the conservation and educational efforts of CZS. Visitor services provides narrated tram tours, makes available goods which promote interest in and understanding of the natural world, provides concessions and provides opportunities for businesses, senior groups,etc, to hold special outings at the park.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$21,916,000	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$76,941	GrantAmt
Revenue	$2,486,228	RevenueAmt
Desc	Center for Science and Animal Well-Being CSAW More than 2500 ambassadors of the animal kingdom provide our visitors with a rare opportunity to see species from around the globe and experience up close, personal encounters with some. Expert care of these ambassadors is a time-honored tradition at CZS, where innovations in husbandry techniques and pioneering breeding programs are part of the cuttting edge culture of excellence. Staff in the CSAW integrate disciplines such as endocrinology, population biology, behavioral science, nutrition and veterinary science to determine the best ways to provide and continuously care for the animals. They also incorporate models and practices from around the world, and from an array of animal care professionals, to develop the best possible zoo-based animal care and management practices. Through Keeper Chats and Animal Ambassador encounters, CSAW staff share their knowledge of the animals in their care with zoo guests, helping them gain an appreciation for all citizens of the natural world.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$6,399,000	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$341,097	GrantAmt
Revenue	$701,849	RevenueAmt
Desc	Center for Conservation Leadership CCL Through its many conservation and education programs, CZS communicates with others to engender in them a sense of ownership about living harmoniously with nature and helping save endangered species. Education specialists, volunteers, curators, graphic and exhibit designers, photographers and many others contribute to sharing this information with visitors. As well as reaching the 2 million visitors, CZS engages would be conservationists outside of the Zoo including classrooms of school children, teachers and community leaders. Additionally through field programs, CZS supports efforts to protect and restore populations of threatened species in other parts of the world. The CCL strengthens the bridge between education and conservation, between field research and the animals in our care.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$62,688,794	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	Yes (true)	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	Yes (true)	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (true)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	95	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1489	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	43	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	42	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	David E Burns	PersonNm
Phone	7086888387	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3300 Golf Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brookfield	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60513	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (60 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
John P Grube
Chairman of the Board	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Fred A Krehbiel
Honorary Chairman of the Board	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
William C Kunkler III
Deputy Chairman of the Board	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Elizabeth Hamill Bramsen
Vice-Chairman of the Board	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Merrick M Elfman
Vice-Chairman of the Board	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Bert A Getz Jr
Vice-Chairman of the Board	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kelley C Schueler
Vice-Chairman of the Board	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kathryn Babcock Shaffer
Vice-Chairman of the Board	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Cherryl T Thomas
Vice-Chairman of the Board	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael P Emmert
Treasurer	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Randall G Vickery
Secretary	002.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Stuart D Strahl PhD
President and CEO	040.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$517,955	$0	$73,969
Stuart B Abelson
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mrs LW Alberts
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
George Barr
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Walter W Becky II
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stephen P Bent
Trustee through 12/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jay D Bergman
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Edward McCormick Blair Jr
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Barbara J Bradford
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James A Bryan
Trustee as of 9/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John A Carpenter
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kevin M Carmody
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dr Bonny Chen
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dawn M Davis
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael F DeSantiago
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gregory J DiDomenico
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Arthur J Fogel
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sasha L Gerritson
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Veronica Gomez
Trustee as of 9/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph A Gregoire
Trustee as of 9/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Philip Lee Harris
Trustee through 5/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christine E Holden
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Heidi Huizenga
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lisa N Johnson
Trustee through 8/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kevin M Keeley
Trustee as of 12/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Molly Keller
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Barbara Levy Kipper
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kevin W Kirby
Trustee through 9/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William O Lipinski
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jerry Manne
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christian B McGrath
Trustee through 12/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Toni Reed Preckwinkle
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark G Sander
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ted Staszak
Trustee as of 9/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John W Taylor III
Trustee through 5/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William E Thonn
Trustee through 12/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeffrey D Warner
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Patrick E Whiteside
Trustee	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ryan P Williamson
Trustee as of 3/18	002.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard G Gamble
Chief Operating Officer/Exec. VP	040.00			$372,518	$0	$28,576	Yes (X)
Cynthia W Zeigler
Chief Advancement Officer	040.00			$336,611	$0	$15,247	Yes (X)
David E Burns
Sr VP Finance	040.00			$229,056	$0	$24,068	Yes (X)
Sarah Breen-Bartecki
Sr VP Conserv.,Educ. Training	040.00			$222,447	$0	$13,128	Yes (X)
Frank W Zeigler
Sr. VP Animal Programs	040.00			$204,821	$0	$12,441	Yes (X)
Michael Owens
VP Information Technology	040.00			$174,347	$0	$27,736		Yes (X)
Sandra L Dornhecker
VP Human Resources	040.00			$172,140	$0	$18,008		Yes (X)
Jerome E Johnston
VP Guest Services Operations	040.00			$167,781	$0	$11,855		Yes (X)
Leah Rippe
VP Marketing Communications	040.00			$158,576	$0	$27,281		Yes (X)
Jennifer L Baader
VP Government Affairs	040.00			$141,732	$0	$11,770		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$2,697,984	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$264,079	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	39	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Two by Four
10 N Dearborn St Suite 1000	Chicago	IL	60602	Advertising	$1,215,365
Paymentech LLC
14221 Dallas Parkway	Dallas	TX	75254	Payment Card Processing	$525,294
PBA Inc
PO Box 2023	Carol Stream	IL	60132	Benefits Administration	$447,341
Northern Trust Company
50 S LaSalle St	Chicago	IL	60603	Banking and Investment Services	$386,249
Chilton Yambert Porter LLP
303 W Madison Suite 2300	Chicago	IL	60606	Legal Services	$384,801

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	32	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$8,597,201	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$1,661,281	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$15,196,100	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$10,913,721	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,474,269	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$36,368,303	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
General Admissions	900099	$5,350,062	$5,350,062
Memberships	900099	$5,130,763	$5,130,763
Visitor Services	900099	$4,390,050	$3,237,051	$1,152,999
Admissions-Internal Attractions	900099	$2,323,033	$2,323,033
Visitor Parking	900099	$2,524,020			$2,524,020

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,336,706	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,984,043	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$132,600	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$220,063	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$22,054,634	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,509,502	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,509,502	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$53,125	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$53,125	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$53,125	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$53,125	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$18,771,306	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$17,341,237	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,430,069	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,430,069	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,430,069	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$397,943	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$1,661,281	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$718,115	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$320,172	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$320,172	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$60,210	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$20,874	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$39,336	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$39,336	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$10,975,074	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$3,219,350	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,755,724	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,204,023	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$5,551,701	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$68,890,521	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$20,228,975	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$1,285,599	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$11,007,644	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$224,646	TotalAmt
Program Services	$224,646	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$163,392	TotalAmt
Program Services	$163,392	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,050,837	TotalAmt
Program Services	$750,743	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$762,638	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$537,456	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,718,926	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,563,099	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,996,986	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,158,841	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$736,748	TotalAmt
Program Services	$637,077	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$71,878	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,793	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,491,355	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,669,361	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,364,465	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$457,529	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,527,798	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,185,823	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$246,616	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$95,359	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$575,418	TotalAmt
Management And General	$575,418	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$79,900	TotalAmt
Management And General	$79,900	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,326	TotalAmt
Management And General	$58,326	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$70,326	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$70,326	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$132,161	TotalAmt
Management And General	$132,161	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,649,696	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,457,123	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$157,350	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,223	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,082,315	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,082,315	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,570,471	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,301,214	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$193,260	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$75,997	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,024,088	TotalAmt
Program Services	$215,047	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$761,063	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$47,978	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,538	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,538	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,532,371	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,517,557	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,255	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,559	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$236,640	TotalAmt
Program Services	$194,815	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,087	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$18,738	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$280,835	TotalAmt
Program Services	$141,577	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$67,514	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$71,744	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$553,915	TotalAmt
Program Services	$553,915	ProgramServicesAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,582,442	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,213,765	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$326,031	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$42,646	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$957,789	TotalAmt
Program Services	$869,290	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$76,048	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,451	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
Animal Food and Transport	$1,106,572	$1,106,572
Revenue Bond Maintenance Fees	$327,121	$327,121
Gain/Loss on Retirement of fixed assets	$202,477	$202,477

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$335,357	TotalAmt
Program Services	$232,327	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$94,152	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,878	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$73,351,460	TotalAmt
Program Services	$62,688,794	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,998,148	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,664,518	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$476,424	BOYAmt
EOY	$854,687	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,844,388	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,453,091	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,375,601	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,841,398	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$388,996	BOYAmt
EOY	$582,848	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$783,341	BOYAmt
EOY	$695,453	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$631,591	BOYAmt
EOY	$480,455	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$277,649,184	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$150,604,984	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$132,088,946	BOYAmt
EOY	$127,044,200	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$52,153,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,302,000	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$75,713	BOYAmt
EOY	$88,868	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$218,818,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$209,343,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,325,526	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,761,364	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,011,876	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,165,502	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,140,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,675,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,622,598	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,831,134	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$54,100,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,433,000	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$138,231,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$129,666,000	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,274,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,443,000	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,213,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,801,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$164,718,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$155,910,000	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$218,818,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$209,343,000	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$4,460,939	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$5,058,940	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$711,879	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consol And Sep Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolAndSepBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$25,793,456	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$22,337,974	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$17,583,393	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$24,608,097	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$21,190,270	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$111,513,190	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$18,674,437	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$18,871,517	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$15,437,426	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$15,115,544	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,178,033	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$83,276,957	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$44,467,893	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$41,209,491	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$33,020,819	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$39,723,641	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$36,368,303	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$194,790,147	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$3,266,014	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$191,524,133	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,248,409	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,130,173	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$906,995	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,014,980	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,509,502	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,810,059	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,592	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$11,592	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$200,611,798	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$161,498,176	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.95470	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.96170	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support CY509	0.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	false	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (true)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (true)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$103,487	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	false	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$103,487	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	II-B 1A-J	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Chicago Zoological Society is a private non profit organization that operates Brookfield Zoo on land owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Brookfield Zoo was created through an act of the Illinois Legislature and the Society annually receives partial funding from Cook County to maintain and operate the Zoo. Occasionally, the laws and regulations under which the Society was organized and is funded and operated require updating. The Society may advise and assist appropriate legislative bodies in this activity. It may also advocate the adoption or rejection of legislation. By virtue of a management agreement with the District, the Society is periodically called upon to advise on matters of public policy. The Society also employs certain staff and consultants to communicate with the State of Illinois, federal officials, county commissioners and other government officials, to inform those parties of the activities of the Society. Additionally, as required during the year, the Societys President and designated staff attend national and international professional group meetings and otherwise communicate with those groups on various matters, including the expression of opinions to appropriate congressional representatives, congressional committees or other deliberative bodies that influence public policy concerning species in danger of extinction, environmental management, the biological sciences and kindred subject, and federal regulatory agency activities affecting wildlife and its management. Also, as needed from time to time, the Society may contact its members, staff and volunteers to encourage them to express their views on pending legislation that may have a direct impact on the Society and its conservation programs.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Funds And Other Accounts Held	2	FundsAndOtherAccountsHeldCnt
Funds And Other Accounts Contri	$180,999	FundsAndOtherAccountsContriAmt
Funds And Other Accounts Grants	$220,335	FundsAndOtherAccountsGrantsAmt
Funds And Other Accounts Vl EOY	$2,352,398	FundsAndOtherAccountsVlEOYAmt
Disclosed Org Leg Ctrl	false	DisclosedOrgLegCtrlInd
Disclosed For Charitable Prps	false	DisclosedForCharitablePrpsInd
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$20,074,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,573,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,642,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$834,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$40,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$19,131,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$17,699,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$342,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,893,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$840,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$20,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$20,074,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$16,699,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$266,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,622,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$853,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$35,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$17,699,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$18,533,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$301,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,252,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$847,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$36,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$16,699,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$18,663,000	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$169,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$514,000	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$774,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$39,000	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$18,533,000	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.23000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.51000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.26000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$265,837,206	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$142,634,123	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$123,203,083	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$9,979,604	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$7,970,861	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,008,743	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,832,374	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,832,374	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$127,044,200	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (7 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Federal income taxes
Accrued Post Retirement Benefit Obligation	$1,973,385
Accrued Sick Pay Benefit Obligation	$1,543,405
Charitable Gift Annuity Obligation	$242,640
Market Value of Swap Agreements	$65,176
Unamortized Bond Issue Costs	-$227,335
Other	$233,863

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$3,831,134	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$67,804,000	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$5,058,940	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$225,042	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$4,833,898	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$72,637,898	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$132,161	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$3,879,538	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$3,747,377	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$68,890,521	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$77,261,000	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$225,042	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$3,816,659	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$4,041,701	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$73,219,299	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$132,161	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$132,161	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$73,351,460	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
I 5 and 6	The Society does not maintain any donor advised funds. Other Funds consist of the Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund and the CZS Womens Board Fund. Contributions to these funds come from donors as well as proceeds from fundraising events and investment income. Grants are decided by committees as described in Schedule I. At times, donors who have given money to the fund may also sit on the granting committee but no one donor may decide on the grant awards. All grants awarded must follow the guidelines and processes established by CZS. CZS Board of Trustees has final approval of all Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund Committee recommended grant awards. CZS Management has final approval of all CZS Womens Board recommended grant awards.
III 1A	Animal Collections, which were acquired through breeding loans, purchases and contributions, are not recognized as assets on the Statement of Financial Position. Costs to acquire collection items are recorded as decreases in unrestricted net assets in the year in which the animals are acquired. Proceeds from deaccessions are reflected as increases in the appropriate net asset class. The Societys animal collection consists of specimens with numerous attributes including taxonomic group, age, sex, relationship and value to other animals, endangered status and breeding potential. The Society retains a record of every animal in a permanent file. An inventory of the collection is prepared annually. Professionally trained keeper staff and population managers provide daily care for the collection and determine population needs.
III 4	The more than 2500 ambassadors of the animal kingdom which make up the CZS collection provide our visitors a rare opportunity to see species from around the globe. The collection, in connection with our education programs, provides CZS the opportunity to teach guests about animals and nature, conservation and other related topics.
V 4	The Societys endowment consists of different funds established to support a variety of CZS programs including conservation and research, education and outreach, care of the animal collection and grounds, and general operations. Additionally, the Society is the designated beneficiary of the interest income on a 1 million endowment established and maintained by the Chicago Community Trust. The CCT maintains variance power over this endowment and, accordingly, the Society has not included it in its financial statements.
VI 1A-E	The Society operates a zoological park on land owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, IL which is provided to the Society at no charge. The land site of the Zoo, accordingly, is not recorded on the Societys financial statements. All park improvements acquired by the Society are legally owned by the District. All park improvements acquired by the Society, including those acquired with District funds, are recorded as park improvements on the Societys financial statements. The amount in Other represents construction in progress on capital assets. Once a capital asset is complete and in use, the total amount for that project is closed out of construction in progress and transferred to park improvements.
X 2	The Society is a not-for-profit corporation and is exempt from tax under the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 501c3, except for taxes on unrelated business income. The Society has no liability for uncertain tax positions, therefore the Society does not include such a footnote as it is no longer required by generally accepted accounting principles.
XI 4b	Other Adjustments - Cost of Sales of Inventory -3,219,350, fundraising event expense -654,770, raffle/gambling expense -6,299, Rounding and Misc adjustments 881
XII 2d	Other Adjustments - Cost of Sales of Inventory 3,219,350, change in market value of swap agreements -63,375, fundraising event expense 654,770, raffle/gambling expense 6,299, Rounding and Misc adjustments -385

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (18 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Central America and the Caribbean	program services	conservation research fieldwork	$789
East Asia and the Pacific	program services	attend conservation related conferences	$6,880
East Asia and the Pacific	grants to recipients for fieldwork in region		$21,850
Europe Including Iceland and Greenland	program services	attend conservation related conferences	$18,830
Europe Including Iceland and Greenland	grants to recipients for fieldwork in region		$7,480
Europe Including Iceland and Greenland	program services	memberships in conservation organizations	$12,111
North America	fundraising	accompany donor trip	$789
North America	program services	conservation education	$1,398
North America	grants to recipients for fieldwork in region		$5,000
North America	program services	attend conservation related conferences	$1,960
Russia and the Neighboring States	grants to recipients for fieldwork in region		$4,450
South America	program services	conservation research fieldwork	$6,032
South America	program services	memberships in conservation organizations	$1,000
South America	grants to recipients for fieldwork in region		$49,601
South Asia	grants to recipients for fieldwork in region		$25,000
Sub-Saharan Africa	fundraising	accompany donor trip	$2,774
Sub-Saharan Africa	program services	conservation education	$1,329
Sub-Saharan Africa	grants to recipients for fieldwork in region		$50,011

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$167,273	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$50,011	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$217,284	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Sub-Saharan Africa	conservation research fieldwork	$9,000	wire transfer
Sub-Saharan Africa	conservation research fieldwork	$6,000	wire transfer
South America	conservation research fieldwork	$32,161	check
South Asia	conservation research fieldwork	$10,000	wire transfer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	4	Total501c3OrgCnt

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp (5 entries)

Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistanceTxt	RegionRegionTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
conservation research fieldwork	East Asia and the Pacific	2	$12,420	check wire transfer
conservation research fieldwork	Sub-Saharan Africa	3	$13,191	check wire transfer
conservation research fieldwork	Europe Including Iceland and Greenland	1	$2,500	wire transfer
conservation research fieldwork	South Asia	2	$10,000	check wire transfer
conservation research fieldwork	South America	2	$4,500	check wire transfer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I Line 2	The Society awards grants through its Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund CBT ESF. The grant cycle is 2 times per year. Grant proposals are reviewed by a team of four. Proposals may be endorsed by an IUCN Species Survival Committee or other major, internationally known conservation organization, the AZA/WAZA, or other major zoo organization. For any individuals/organizations who are not US Citizens/entities, the Society checks the most recent OFAC Control List of Specifically Designated and Blocked Persons as well as the Consolidated List established and maintained by the 1267 Committee with respect to Al-Qaida, Osama Bin Laden, and the Taliban and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them. Approximately 50,000 is awarded each cycle, usually in amounts of 2000 to 5000 per grant. Final award recommendations are presented to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees by the CBOT Committee members. Final reports are due 1 year after the receipt of the funds along with a final accounting of the grant funds expended. In addition, other grant funds are given by the Society to major, internationally known conservation organizations in support of their general conservation mission. These contributions are determined by Society management. They are approved by the Board either as part of the annual operating budget process or as part of a periodic spending authorization from the Societys Board Designated Conservation Fund.
Part I Line 2 contd	The Society also holds funds raised for avian conservation and pangolin conservation programs. A small number of research grants are awarded from these funds each year. The grants awarded from these funds are approved by the Avian Scientific Advisory Group and the Pangolin Consortium Group. These groups are composed of staff from the Society and other like-minded institutions. Both groups have written grant application, awarding, tracking and reporting processes in place. All grant payments approved by the groups must follow the Societys established internal procedures before payment is made.
Part I Line 3, Col F	, Part II Line 1, and Part III All expenditures are reported using the accrual method of accounting.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Patricia Hurley and Assoc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	205 S Wacker Dr Suite 1400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	Consulting-fundraising dinner	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$1,345,424	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$70,326	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$1,275,098	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$1,345,424	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$70,326	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$1,275,098	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Whirl Gala	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$1,345,424	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$1,142,367	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$203,057	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$6,067	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$214,809	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$75,803	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$10,000	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$202,634	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Conservation Awards Dinner	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$422,997	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$380,637	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$42,360	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event2	$304	NonCashPrizesEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$8,858	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$48,032	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$15,910	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	3	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$290,803	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$138,277	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$152,526	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events	$2,143	RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$23,301	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$110,254	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$2,059,224	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$1,661,281	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$397,943	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$6,371	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$225,810	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$147,136	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$10,000	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$328,798	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$718,115	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$320,172	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Gaming Information GamingInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Revenue Other Gaming	$60,210	GrossRevenueOtherGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Gaming	$15,700	NonCashPrizesOtherGamingAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Gaming	$5,174	OthDirectExpnssOtherGamingAmt
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	Yes (true)	VolunteerLaborOtherGamingInd
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	0.33000	VolunteerLaborOtherGamingPct
Gross Revenue Total Gaming	$60,210	GrossRevenueTotalGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Gaming	$15,700	NonCashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Gaming	$5,174	OthDirectExpnssTotalGamingAmt
Direct Expense Summary Gaming	$20,874	DirectExpenseSummaryGamingAmt
Net Gaming Income Summary	$39,336	NetGamingIncomeSummaryAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	IL	StatesWhereGamingConductedCd
Licensed	Yes (true)	LicensedInd
License Suspended Etc	false	LicenseSuspendedEtcInd
Gaming With Nonmembers	Yes (true)	GamingWithNonmembersInd
Member Of Other Entity	false	MemberOfOtherEntityInd
Gaming Own Facility	1.00000	GamingOwnFacilityPct
Individual With Books	H Bilcer Dir Financial Analysis	IndividualWithBooksNm

Persons With Books US Address PersonsWithBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3300 Golf Rd	AddressLine1Txt
City	Brookfield	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60513	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct With3rd Prty For Game Rev	false	CntrctWith3rdPrtyForGameRevInd
Gaming Manager Person	C Zeigler	GamingManagerPersonNm
Gaming Manager Compensation	$1,020	GamingManagerCompensationAmt
Gaming Manager Services Prov	As Chief Advancement Officer, Ms. Zeigler spent a small amt of her time supervising raffles	GamingManagerServicesProvTxt
Gaming Manager Is Employee	Yes (X)	GamingManagerIsEmployeeInd
Charitable Distribution Rqr	false	CharitableDistributionRqrInd

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (11 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
American Humane Association
1400 16th St NW Suite 360	Washington DC	DC	20036	840432950	501c3	$25,000	public education
Amphibian Ark-Global Conseravtion Network
12101 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd	Apple Valley	MN	55124	411719362	501c3	$6,000	general operating support
Conservation Planning Specialist Group-Global Conservation Network
12101 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd	Apple Valley	MN	55124	411719362	501c3	$15,000	general operating support
Chicago Wilderness-Friends of the Forest Preserves
411 S Wells St Suite 300	Chicago	IL	60607	364519273	501c3	$8,500	general operating support
Global Wildlife Conservation
PO Box 129	Austin	TX	78767	262887967	501c3	$35,000	general operating support
International Elephant Foundation
PO Box 366	Azle	TX	76098	752815706	501c3	$10,000	general operating support
Pilsen Neighbors Community Council
2026 Blue Island Ave	Chicago	IL	60608	363439939	501c3	$10,000	outreach event sponsorship
South Texas Zoological Society
110 Memorial Drive	Victoria	TX	77901	741546326	501c3	$5,796	hurricane relief
Species 360
7900 International Drive Suite 1040	Minneapolis	MN	55425	411637575	501c3	$15,000	animal care enhancement program
Synchronicity Earth USA
PO Box 78	New York	NY	10024	813758530	501c3	$25,000	amphibian conservation
Vital Ground Foundation
Bodg 2T Fort Missoula Road	Missoula	MT	59804	870483446	501c3	$40,000	general operating support

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	11	Total501c3OrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (2 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
Educ. Scholarship for Conservation Education	5	$25,000
Conservation Leadership Award	1	$5,000

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CZS awards grants and assistance through a variety of programs. For awards under the CBT ESF and Avian and Pangolin Conservation Programs, as well as general contributions to major conservation organizations, see details in Schedule F, part V. CZS also provides grants and assistance through its educational scholarship programs. CZS maintains records to substantiate amounts, elegibility and selection criteria. Procedures are in place to monitor grants to ensure they are used for proper purposes including, where applicable, periodic reporting by the grantee.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
Housing Allowance Or Residence	Yes (X)	HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (true)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (true)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Stuart D Strahl PhD
President and CEO	$464,944	$53,011	$58,335	$15,634	$591,924
Richard G Gamble
Chief Operating Officer/Exec. VP	$330,038	$2,480	$5,906	$22,670	$401,094	$40,000
Cynthia W Zeigler
Chief Advancement Officer	$302,880	$8,731	$7,108	$8,139	$351,858	$25,000
David E Burns
Sr VP Finance	$211,685	$2,371	$1,572	$22,496	$253,124	$15,000
Sarah Breen-Bartecki
Sr VP Conserv.,Educ. Training	$218,652	$3,795	$5,550	$7,578	$235,575
Frank W Zeigler
Sr. VP Animal Programs	$197,254	$7,567	$5,375	$7,066	$217,262
Michael Owens
VP Information Technology	$171,434	$2,913	$5,354	$22,382	$202,083
Sandra L Dornhecker
VP Human Resources	$161,344	$10,796	$2,921	$15,087	$190,148
Jerome E Johnston
VP Guest Services Operations	$163,329	$4,452	$4,473	$7,382	$179,636
Leah Rippe
VP Marketing Communications	$156,455	$2,121	$4,926	$22,355	$185,857
Jennifer L Baader
VP Government Affairs	$141,223	$509	$4,313	$7,457	$153,502

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I Line 1a	As provided for in the executive employment agreement approved by the Board of Trustees, the President received a housing allowance and a gross up payment equivalent to the tax obligation for the value of the Society provided life insurance. Both were treated as taxable compensation to the President.
Part I Line 4b	As provided for in the CZS Deferred Compensation Plan and as approved by the Board of Trustees, a deferred contribution plus interest credit was made to the Plan on behalf of the President in the amount of 50,085.
Part I Line 7	As indicated in Schedule J part II, certain individuals received bonuses based on performance and the financial results of the organization. These bonuses are approved by the Board of Trustees.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Village of Brookfield Cook County IL	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Issuer EIN	366005807	BondIssuerEIN
CUSIP	112732AAO	CUSIPNum
Bond Issued	2008-06-18	BondIssuedDt
Issue Price	$39,850,000	IssuePriceAmt
Purpose	Construction and renovation of certain buildings and exhibits	PurposeDesc
Defeased	false	DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing	false	PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Retired	$9,130,000	RetiredAmt
Total Proceeds	$39,850,000	TotalProceedsAmt
Capitalized Interest	$595,445	CapitalizedInterestAmt
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	$296,598	IssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt
Capital Expenditures	$30,539,559	CapitalExpendituresAmt
Substantial Completion	2010	SubstantialCompletionYr
Refunding Tax Exempt Bonds	false	RefundingTaxExemptBondsInd
Refunding Taxable Bonds	false	RefundingTaxableBondsInd
Final Allocation Made	Yes (true)	FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec Maint	Yes (true)	AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Owning Bond Financed Property	false	OwningBondFinancedPropertyInd
Any Lease Arrangements	false	AnyLeaseArrangementsInd
Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd Prop	false	MgmtContractBondFincdPropInd
Any Research Agreements	false	AnyResearchAgreementsInd
Private Bus Concerning UBI	0.01230	PrivateBusConcerningUBIPct
Total Private Business Use	0.01230	TotalPrivateBusinessUsePct
Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt Test	false	BondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd
Change In Use Bond Financed Prop	false	ChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd
Procs Nonqualified Bond Remdtd	Yes (true)	ProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed	false	Form8038TFiledInd
No Rebate Due	Yes (true)	NoRebateDueInd
Variable Rate Issue	Yes (true)	VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec	Yes (true)	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd

Hedge Provider Name HedgeProviderName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Northern Trust Co	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Term Of Hedge	0000000010.000000000000	TermOfHedgePct
Superintegrated Hedge	false	SuperintegratedHedgeInd
Hedge Terminated	false	HedgeTerminatedInd
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	false	GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd
Gross Proceeds Invested	false	GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs	Yes (true)	WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Procedures Corrective Action	Yes (true)	ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part II Line 11A	Some proceeds of the bonds were used to retire a portion of the bonds as reported in Part II, Line 1A
Part IV Line 2c	Column A The rebate calculation was performed by an independent rebate consultant in March 2013 indicating no rebate was due and advising that as long as all assumptions remained true it was no longer necessary to compute excess with respect to these bonds.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
Cynthia W Zeigler
Family Member of Key Employee	$351,858	employment	false
Frank W Zeigler
Family Member of Key Employee	$217,262	employment	false

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part IV Line 1	During 2018, Cynthia W. Zeigler was employed as Chief Advancement Officer. She is a family member of key employee Frank W. Zeigler. Her employment follows the Societys established recruiting, hiring and compensation policies.
Part IV Line 2	During 2018, Frank W. Zeigler was employed as Sr. VP Animal Programs. He is a family member of key employee Cynthia W. Zeigler. His employment follows the Societys established recruiting, hiring and compensation policies.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$2,000	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	cost or selling price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Books And Publications BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,268	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	cost or selling price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	51	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$770,577	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	price of stock on gift date	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Food Inventory FoodInventoryGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	15	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$30,108	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	cost or selling price	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Scientific Specimens ScientificSpecimensGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	50	ContributionCnt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Operating Supplies/Equipment	37	$585,780	cost or selling price
Yes (X)	Charity fundraising supplies	8	$6,615	cost or selling price
Yes (X)	Charity Auction items	48	$63,346	cost or selling price
Yes (X)	Charity Raffle items	7	$14,575	cost or selling price

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (true)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I Line 32b	The Society has an agreement with IDonate to process certain non cash donations on behalf of the Society. Donors donate their items to IDonate Foundation/Servant Foundation, a 501c3 organization, who sells the items, retains a commission and issues a cash grant to the Society for the remainder.
Part I Line 33	Securities Current year contributions of stock which represent payments on pledges recorded as contribution in a previous year are not included in the revenue shown on Form 990, Part VIII, Line 1g
Part I Line 33	Collection Items/Scientific Specimens A zero dollar amount was reported on Form 990, Part VIII, Line 1g because the Society does not capitalize its collection, as allowed under SFAS 116.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1A	The fiscal, general oversight, and policies of the Society are vested in a Board of not more than 58 Trustees. As of December 31, 2018, there were 43 voting Trustess. The elected Officers of the Board, the chairs of the standing committees and such other Trustees as may be appointed by the Chairman constitute the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee has the power to transact all regular business of the Society during the period between the regular Board meetings.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2	Cindy Zeigler, Key Employee and Frank Zeigler, Key Employee - Family Relationship.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6	The membership of the Society is composed of up to 250 Governing Members. Up to 55 of the 58 Board of Trustees are elected by the Governing Members at their annual meeting. Governing Members are also eligible for appointment by the Societys Chairman to serve on Board committees other than the Exectuive Committee. Governing Members are chosen by the Nominating Committee of the Board of Trustees and voted on by the full Board of Trustees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7A	The membership of the Society is composed of up to 250 Governing Members. Up to 55 of the 58 Board of Trustees are elected by the Governing Members at their annual meeting. Governing Members are also eligible for appointment by the Societys Chairman to serve on the Board committees other than the Executive Committee. Governing Members are chosen by the Nominating and Govenance Committee of the Board of Trustees and voted on by the full Board of Trustees.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B	The IRS Form 990 is prepared by Societys management and reviewed and signed by the Societys tax advisor. The Form 990 is also reviewed by the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees. A copy of the entire final version of the form is also made available to the Board of Trustees prior to filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C	Annually, a conflict of interest form is sent out to all members of the Board of Trustess, Key Employees and any employee with purchasing authority. The form covers potential conflicts through financial interests, use of Society services, priviledged information and representation of Society interests. It also covers specific disclosures required by the IRS Form 990 and the Illinois AG990IL. Board of Trustees responses are reviewed by the Secretary of the Board and the Sr. VP Finance who together determine if a conflict exists. Employee responses are reviewed by the VP Human Resources and the Sr. VP Finance. Any conflicts are addressed to ensure that all internal procedures are followed for any transactions with that individual and that all items requiring disclosure are properly noted. Any Board members with a conflict must abstain from voting on decisions involving the transaction in question. Any transactions entered into with interested parties follow the Societys established procurement policies and are provided at rates competitive with market rates.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15A and 15B	The Societys policy for approval of compensation arrangements with officers and certain senior employees requires review and approval of the compensation arrangement by the Executive Committee of the Board, excluding anyone who is related to or under the control of the person involved in the arrangement. The Committee relies on appropriate comparability data which indicates the types and levels of similar compensation and benefit packages for similar positions provided by similar organizations. The Committee documents the basis for its determination of the reasonableness of compensation. This process is done annually for the President, Sr. VP of Operatons, Sr. VP of Finance and the Chief Advancement Officer any year where there is an increase in compensation.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	Governing documents are available through applicable governmental agencies the conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon written request to the Society.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	Other Changes in net assets or fund balances Changes in Post Retirement Benefits not yet recognized in operations 649,000 change in market value of swap agreements 63,375 rounding and other -496.