Denver Zoological Foundation Inc
EIN 84-0502539 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 6 grants · $169.3k
Who it funds most
7 of its 12 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Denver Zoological Foundation Inc's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 12 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202531749349300133
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $32.6m | — | $68.9m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $45.5m | — | $72.5m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns8 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202621879349301427 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202531749349300133 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202411839349300976 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202331729349300238 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202211809349300206 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202111749349300611 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202002389349301855 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201921909349300647 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Denver Zoological Foundation Inc made 24 grants across 2018–2025, totalling $365.2k as filed.
- Grants
- 24
- Total, as filed
- $365.2k
- Years
- 2018–2025
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY | 3 | $120.0k |
| REWILD | 3 | $50.5k |
| NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY | 3 | $49.3k |
| CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS | 2 | $30.2k |
| INTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION | 3 | $30.0k |
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK | 3 | $24.6k |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | 1 | $19.5k |
| IDEA WILD | 2 | $10.0k |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - DENVER | 1 | $9.9k |
| AZA | 1 | $8.0k |
| HERMIT'S PEAK WATERSHED ALLIANCE | 1 | $7.5k |
| DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 501C3 | 1 | $5.7k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | $17.0k |
| 2019 | 3 | $45.3k |
| 2020 | 3 | $34.7k |
| 2021 | 1 | $9.9k |
| 2022 | 2 | $16.0k |
| 2023 | 4 | $81.7k |
| 2024 | 5 | $101.4k |
| 2025 | 4 | $59.2k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-840502539. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified