Zoo and Wildlife Nutrition Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454826030
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Zoo, Zoological Society
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $77,020
- Expenses
- $32,066
- Assets
- $89,355
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BARBARA HENRY (PRESIDENT /)
People named in this filing
- BARBARA HENRY (PRESIDENT /)
- ANN WARD (TREASURER /)
- SHANNON LIVINGSTON (SECRETARY /)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the foundation is to (a) provide nutrition education and advice for captive feeding programs in accordance with the association of zoos and aquariums nutrition advisory group; and (b) participate in, and contribute to, global and regional nutrition research programs.
What it reported doing in 2019
Nutrition education and advice for captive feeding programs in accordance with the association of zoos and aquariums nutrition advisory group. Also participation in global and regional nutrition research programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 41%; rating input score 41
- Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 58.4%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.79; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 41% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2019
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.