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Filing year 2024

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Colorado Springs, Colorado·EIN 84-0407039·NTEE D500 · Animal-Related·3
Total revenue
$42.8M
Total assets
$135.6M
Total expenses
$25.2M
Reported officers
36
Mission

THE CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OWNS AND OPERATES THE CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO. A LEADER IN CONSERVATION, CAPTIVE BREEDING AND ANIMAL CARE, THE ZOO CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES THROUGH EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE ACTION. A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY, ITS PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND PROVIDE FIRST CLASS ANIMAL EXPERIENCES THAT BRING PEOPLE INTO THE AWE AND WONDER OF ANIMALS AND THE NATURAL WORLD, RESULTING IN ACTION TOWARD SPECIES CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WE WORK TO SECURE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR OUR CAPTIVE COLLECTIONS, WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES BY ENCOURAGING DIRECT COMMUNITY ACTION, MANAGING AND BREEDING IMPERILED SPECIES, AND PARTICIPATING IN FIELD CONSERVATION PROGRAMS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM OUR UNIQUE SKILLS AND ABILITIES. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO'S FLAGSHIP CONSERVATION SPECIES ARE BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS, WYOMING TOADS, ORANGUTANS, PANAMA AMPHIBIANS, AND AFRICAN ELEPHANTS, RHINOS, AND GIRAFFES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$429k
$456k
Base
$338k
Bonus
$73k
Other
Benefits
$17k
Executive Vi
officer (unspecified)
$223k
$238k
Base
$187k
Bonus
$23k
Other
Benefits
$13k
VP Finance
vice president
$195k
$207k
Base
$162k
Bonus
$20k
Other
Benefits
$13k
Executive Vi
officer (unspecified)
$180k
$191k
Base
$155k
Bonus
$19k
Other
Benefits
$6k
VP Animal Ca
vice president
$136k
$144k
Head Veterin
highest compensated employee
$128k
$136k
Dir of Marke
highest compensated employee
$123k
$131k
Sr Dir of Op
highest compensated employee
$119k
$127k
Dir of Devel
highest compensated employee
$105k
$112k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 27 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Animal-Related

Down 33%
from 2023

From $641k in 2023 to $429k in 2024.

$641k
2023
$429k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 35% in real terms$702k to $456k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$32.5M
$24.1M
2023
$42.8M
$25.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Animal-Related executives earn

Comparable animal-related organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $48,500.

25th percentile
$20k
Median
$48,500
75th percentile
$93k
90th percentile
$159k

These are animal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 877 organizations across 877 filings (2021 – 2023).

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