FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO JR MUSEUM AND ZOO

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $723K · expenses $556K · assets $4.5M

Also known as

& ZOO

EIN

77-0296155

Address

1451 MIDDLEFIELD RD, PALO ALTO, CA 94301-3351

Website

WWW.FRIENDSJMZ.ORG

NTEE code

D115

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

October 1996 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

THE FRIENDS OF PALO ALTO JUNIOR MUSEUM & ZOO WORKS TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE PALO ALTO JUNIOR MUSEUM & ZOO. WHOSE MISSION IS TO ENGAGE A CHILD'S CURIOSITY IN SCIENCE AND NATURE.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 51 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

51 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• MENLO PARK-ATHERTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION Atherton, CA · 4 people in common (Gabriela Hebert, Miya Kang, Sabah Mansoor)
• AVENIDAS Palo Alto, CA · 1 person in common (Annette Bialson)
• PALO ALTO POLICE FOUNDATION Palo Alto, CA · 1 person in common (Steve Emslie)
• HOME EQUITY LOAN PROGRAM FOR SENIORS Palo Alto, CA · 1 person in common (Aletha Coleman)

Funders of this organization

28 grantors reported grants to this organization, $7,199,178 in all, tax years 2011 to 2024; the 25 largest shown (all 28). Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.