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Filing year 2024

FRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI C/O LINDA FALK

Kansas City, Missouri·EIN 43-6048888·NTEE D115 · Animal-Related·3
Total revenue
$53.6M
Total assets
$37.1M
Total expenses
$51.5M
Reported officers
36
Mission

THE KANSAS CITY ZOO & AQUARIUM CONNECTS ALL PEOPLE TO EACH OTHER AND THE NATURAL WORLD TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION, AND CONSERVATION.

Executive compensation, broken down

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

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Executive Director/ceo
director (operational)
$378k
$407k
Chief Operating Officer
$301k
$323k
Former CEO
former officer/director/trustee
$250k
$269k
Chief People Officer
key employee
$240k
$258k
Director of Veterinary Hea
highest compensated employee
$184k
$198k
Dir of Development & Gov a
highest compensated employee
$180k
$194k
Director of Finance
$180k
$194k
Director of Marketing
director (operational)
$175k
$188k
Director of Guest Services
highest compensated employee
$169k
$182k

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 27 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Animal-Related

Down 2%
from 2023

From $385k in 2023 to $378k in 2024.

$385k
2023
$378k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 4% in real terms$425k to $407k

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

FRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI C/O LINDA FALK reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$62.5M
$57.5M
2023
$53.6M
$51.5M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Animal-Related executives earn in Missouri

Comparable animal-related organizations in Missouri pay their highest-earning executive a median of $42,590.

25th percentile
$19k
Median
$42,590
75th percentile
$70k
90th percentile
$162k

These are animal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 56 organizations across 56 filings (2023 – 2024).

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