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Filing year 2024

FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC

Fort Wayne, Indiana·EIN 35-6068234·NTEE D115 · Animal-Related·3
Total revenue
$18.2M
Total assets
$40.1M
Total expenses
$18.1M
Reported officers
31
Mission

CONNECTING KIDS AND ANIMALS, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, AND INSPIRING PEOPLE TO CARE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director - Zoo
$251k
$270k
Base
$220k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$25k
Director of Philanthropy a
highest compensated employee
$153k
$164k
Base
$140k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$8k
Director of Finance & Admi
$133k
$143k
Director of Animal Care
highest compensated employee
$128k
$138k
Director of Communication
highest compensated employee
$123k
$132k
Director of Animal Health
highest compensated employee
$122k
$131k
Director of Operations
$117k
$126k

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 24 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Animal-Related

Up 13%
from 2023

From $222k in 2023 to $251k in 2024.

$222k
2023
$251k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 10% in real terms$246k to $270k

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

FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$15.7M
$18.6M
2023
$18.2M
$18.1M
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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