Las Vegas Zoological Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463962721
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Phone
- 7022171869
- Rating
- 37
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Zoo, Zoological Society
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,618
- Expenses
- $9,237
- Assets
- $1,257
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRUCE THOMPSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BRUCE THOMPSON (PRESIDENT)
- ROBERT KURTH (SECRETARY)
- HOPE FUENTES-BASRALIAN (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization will operate zoo exhibits, giving the public the opportunity to interact with and have access to wildlife they would otherwise never come in contact with. The organization will provide educational programs to the general public aboput zoology and wildlife
What it reported doing in 2024
Seeking donors and land to purchase or lease a 100 acre parcel to build a zoo
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -39.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -28.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.