SIOUX FALLS ZOO & AQUARIUM: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: SIOUX FALLS ZOO & AQUARIUM (EIN 46-6015015)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-09-14
IRS object ID: 201842579349301119
Schema version: 2017v2.3
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 D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-09-14T13:54:44-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	460434947	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ELO PROF LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 249	AddressLine1Txt
City	MITCHELL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	SD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	57301	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	466015015	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SIOUX FALLS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ZOOL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6053677003	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	805 SOUTH KIWANIS AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	SIOUX FALLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	SD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	571043714	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ELIZABETH WHEALY	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT/CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6053677003	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-08-31	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JAMIE A ELDEEN CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00736101	PTIN
Phone	6059967717	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-08-31	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	66.115.209.80	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-09-14	IPDt
IP Tm	13:54:44	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	19BCCE788F45D36A47A91A8AE4CDE4EDB5AA26DD	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	E6EC423C45044536EABED301A8229F04E2AB9EE9	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-06-14 16:35:46Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ELIZABETH WHEALY	PrincipalOfficerNm
Gross Receipts	$5,712,226	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.GREATZOO.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1958	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	SD	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	FOSTERING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NATURAL WORLD THROUGH: EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, RECREATION AND DISCOVERY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	95	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	73	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,925,885	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,813,624	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,832,700	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$2,105,012	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$87,542	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$91,995	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$463,120	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$513,162	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$5,309,247	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$5,523,793	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,525,126	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,666,475	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$242,440	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,687,640	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$4,295,902	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,212,766	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$6,962,377	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$96,481	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,438,584	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$5,736,648	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,539,339	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$515,957	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$699,206	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$5,220,691	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,840,133	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	FOSTERING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NATURAL WORLD THROUGH: EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, RECREATION AND DISCOVERY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$6,355,374	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$2,105,012	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE ZOO AND MUSEUM CARES FOR MORE THAN 1,000 LIVE, ENDANGERED AND EXOTIC ANIMALS; WELCOMED NEARLY 300,000 VISITORS IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AND EDUCATED AROUND 40,000 CHILDREN THROUGH ON-SITE AND OUTREACH EDUCATION. THE ZOO ALSO MAINTAINS A RARE NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF 150 MOUNTED ANIMALS,INCLUDING 38 VANISHING SPECIES, IN THE MUSEUM. IN ADDITION TO RECREATION, OPTIMAL ANIMAL CARE AND EDUCATION, THE ZOO'S MISSION INCLUDES GLOBAL CONSERVATION THROUGH BREEDING AND CARE OF ENDANGERED SPECIES, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION IN 24 SPECIES SURVIVAL PLANS. THE ZOO'S ANIMALS INCLUDE SNOW LEOPARDS, TIGERS, RHINOS, GIRAFFES, ZEBRAS, AND MULTIPLE PRIMATE SPECIES. THE SOCIETY OCCUPIES, WITHOUT CHARGE, THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS' ZOO AND MUSEUM FACILITIES.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$6,355,374	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	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	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
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	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	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	26	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	95	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
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
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	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
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	KIM BERTSCH	PersonNm
Phone	6053678313	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	805 S KIWANIS AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	SIOUX FALLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	SD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	57104	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (18 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
DR PAM HOMAN
PAST CHAIR	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEFF HUGUNIN
CHAIR	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JON PEDERSON
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LISA BEACOM
SECRETARY/TR	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DR DENIS MILLER
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAN PAULSON
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MELANIE CARPENTER
VICE CHAIR	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LADAWN DYKHOUSE
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ELIZABETH WHEALY
PRESIDENT/CE			$174,359	$0	$24,551	40.00	Yes (X)
DAN SIMON
VP OF OPERAT			$120,521	$0	$5,213	40.00	Yes (X)
GREG ROBINSON
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DON KEARNEY
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MATT BLOSL
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JILL ENTENMAN
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHERI FISCHER
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFFREY P GRIGGS
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JERRI JOHNSON
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LANE LUNDEBY
DIRECTOR	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$294,880	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$29,764	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Fundraising	$31,859	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$1,452,772	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,328,993	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$446,999	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,813,624	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
ADMISSIONS	$1,241,221	$1,241,221
MEMBERSHIP DUES	$569,596	$569,596
TRAIN RIDES/CAROUSSEL	$100,779	$100,779
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT	$80,186	$80,186
GUEST EXPERIENCES	$67,928	$67,928

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$45,302	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$45,302	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$2,105,012	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$91,995	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$91,995	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$5,479	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$10,147	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	-$4,668	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$4,668	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$4,668	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$123,760	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$31,859	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$123,760	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$572,356	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$178,286	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$394,070	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$394,070	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,523,793	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,494,414	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$91,995	ExclusionAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,231,264	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,005,933	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$140,832	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$84,499	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,770	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,683	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,488	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,599	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$207,112	TotalAmt
Program Services	$164,196	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,538	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,378	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$163,329	TotalAmt
Program Services	$146,835	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,309	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,185	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,190	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,714	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,238	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,238	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,043	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,227	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,408	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,408	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$118,752	TotalAmt
Program Services	$73,044	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22,854	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$22,854	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$182,315	TotalAmt
Program Services	$134,633	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$47,682	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,010	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,806	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$602	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$602	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,340	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,604	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,868	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,868	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$382,627	TotalAmt
Program Services	$375,107	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,760	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,760	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$117,414	TotalAmt
Program Services	$95,532	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,941	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,941	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,365	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,365	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$74,210	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,526	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,842	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,842	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
EXHIBIT & MAINTENANCE EXP	$2,148,840	$2,148,840
IMPROVE - CITY PROPERTY	$536,490	$536,490
ANIMAL FEED	$213,721	$213,721
VETERINARY & MEDICAL SERV	$122,217	$114,733	$3,742	$3,742

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$328,368	TotalAmt
Program Services	$199,385	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$85,459	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$43,524	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,962,377	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,355,374	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$364,563	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$242,440	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,188,607	BOYAmt
EOY	$967,293	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$414,923	BOYAmt
EOY	$419,164	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$597	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,686	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$78,426	BOYAmt
EOY	$80,152	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,044	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,516	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$712,752	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$683,457	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,648	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,295	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,003,403	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,014,233	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,736,648	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,539,339	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$238,097	BOYAmt
EOY	$385,743	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$277,860	BOYAmt
EOY	$313,463	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$515,957	BOYAmt
EOY	$699,206	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,626	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,560	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,744,698	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,338,206	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,473,367	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,473,367	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,220,691	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,840,133	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,736,648	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,539,339	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$1,438,584	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$941,974	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)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

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

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	$2,939,493	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,738,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,747,465	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,925,885	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,813,624	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$14,165,047	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,939,493	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,738,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,747,465	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,925,885	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,813,624	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$14,165,047	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$14,165,047	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$80,476	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$83,121	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$92,524	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$87,542	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$91,995	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$435,658	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$14,600,705	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$2,806,607	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.97020	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.96940	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Solicited Assets Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,731,909	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$273,205	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$92,404	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,912,710	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,695,841	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$129,213	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$93,145	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,731,909	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,825,677	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$37,146	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$92,690	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,695,841	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,800,737	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$24,940	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,825,677	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,640,243	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$252,763	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$92,267	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,800,737	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.22970	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.77030	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$712,752	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$683,457	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$29,295	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$29,295	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
BEN INT IN ASSETS HELD BY COMM FDN	$1,912,710
CONTR REC FROM SPLIT-INT AGREEMENTS	$101,523

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$2,014,233	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,724,933	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue	$201,140	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$201,140	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$5,523,793	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$5,523,793	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,972,524	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$10,147	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$10,147	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$6,962,377	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$6,962,377	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2D	CHANGE IN VALUE - SPLIT INT AGREEMENTS 10,192 CHANGE IN VALUE - BENEFICIAL INTEREST 180,801 FACILITY RENTAL EXPENSE 10,147
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D	FACILITY RENTAL EXPENSE 10,147

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	JUNGLE JUBILEE	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$108,761	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$24,106	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$84,655	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Event2	ZOOBOO	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$46,858	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$7,753	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$39,105	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$155,619	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$31,859	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$123,760	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$123,760	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
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	false	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	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ELIZABETH WHEALY	PersonNm
Title	PRESIDENT/CEO	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$174,359	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$7,206	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$17,345	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$198,910	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	PROPERTY IMPROV	Desc
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$446,999	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	DONOR PROVIDED VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

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	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6	THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN PURCHASE A MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO FOR UNLIMITED ENTRANCE FOR ONE YEAR. MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE VOTING RIGHTS. MEMBERS CAN ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS IF THEY WISH, AND ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A	THE MAYOR OF SIOUX FALLS APPOINTS ONE-SEVENTH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY STAFF AND CIRCULATED TO THE BOARD FOR COMMENT.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	BOARD MEMBERS AND UPPER MANAGEMENT ARE COVERED BY THE POLICY. IF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE DISCLOSED, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES IF A CONFLICT EXISTS. THE PERSON WITH THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT MAY MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BUT MUST NOT BE PRESENT WHILE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DISCUSSES AND VOTES ON THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	CEO AND UPPER MANAGEMENT ARE GIVEN AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW. COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY REVIEWING THE AZA COMPENSATION SURVEY, AND CONDUCTING SALARY SURVEYS OF THE LOCAL MARKET.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	SAME PROCESS AS USED FOR PRESIDENT/CEO FOR KEY EMPLOYEES. OFFICER POSITIONS ARE VOLUNTEER.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	CHANGE IN VALUE - SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENTS 10,192 CHANGE IN VALUE - BENEFICIAL INTEREST 180,801 FACILITY RENTAL INCOME 10,147 FACILITY RENTAL EXPENSE -10,147 PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT -1,132,967 TOTAL -941,974 IN PRIOR YEARS, ENTITY HAD INCLUDED A TRUST AS PART OF NET ASSETS FOR WHICH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION HELD VARIANCE POWER. THE ENTITY SHOULD NOT HAVE RECOGNIZED ITS POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE CONTROL OF THESE ASSETS.