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Filing year 2024

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, Ohio·EIN 31-0537171·NTEE D500 · Animal-Related·3
Total revenue
$69.4M
Total assets
$330.4M
Total expenses
$63.6M
Reported officers
50
Mission

CREATING ADVENTURE, CONVEYING KNOWLEDGE, CONSERVING NATURE, AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY. WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR FOURTH PILLAR TO OUR MISSION STATEMENT, SERVING COMMUNITY, WE RECOGNIZE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PARTNER WITH DIVERSE AND ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED COMMUNITIES IN OUR DAILY WORK.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Executive Director
$736k
$791k
$364k
$392k
$328k
$352k
Vp: Conservation & Science
vice president
$209k
$224k
Vp: Facilities
vice president
$204k
$220k
Vp: Marketing
vice president
$193k
$207k
Vp: Development
vice president
$177k
$191k
Director of Human Resource
highest compensated employee
$176k
$189k
Director of Animal Health
highest compensated employee
$150k
$162k
Facilities Project Manager
highest compensated employee
$138k
$149k
Director of Animal Care
highest compensated employee
$138k
$148k

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 39 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Animal-Related

Up 11%
from 2023

From $662k in 2023 to $736k in 2024.

$662k
2023
$736k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 8% in real terms$731k to $791k

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

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$119.6M
$58.6M
2023
$69.4M
$63.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Animal-Related executives earn in Ohio

Comparable animal-related organizations in Ohio pay their highest-earning executive a median of $63,391.

25th percentile
$38k
Median
$63,391
75th percentile
$103k
90th percentile
$204k

These are animal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 98 organizations across 98 filings (2022 – 2024).

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