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Filing year 2024

CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Cleveland, Ohio·EIN 34-0816490·NTEE D500 · Animal-Related·3
Total revenue
$14.6M
Total assets
$41.6M
Total expenses
$16.9M
Reported officers
59
Mission

CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY IS THE NONPROFIT PARTNER OF CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO, COMMITTED TO RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ZOO AS A COMMUNITY PRIORITY; SECURING PRIVATE DONATIONS; AND RUNNING A MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES OPERATING AND CONSERVATION FUNDING.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base
$194k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Director of Finance
$158k
$169k
Base
$139k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Director of Marketing & Ev
director (operational)
$145k
$156k
Director of Advancement
highest compensated employee
$144k
$154k
Capital Campaigns Director
highest compensated employee
$119k
$128k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 54 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Animal-Related

Up 3%
from 2023

From $215k in 2023 to $221k in 2024.

$215k
2023
$221k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$238k to $238k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest 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

CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$13.3M
$7.7M
2023
$14.6M
$16.9M
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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