Zoos and acquariums
There are 219zoos in the United States. Combined, these zoosemploy 32,066 people, earn more than $2 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $6 billion.
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Job trends for Zoos
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 13 |
1-10 | 3 |
11-25 | 8 |
26-100 | 25 |
101 to 1,000 | 60 |
1,000+ | 4 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Zoos is driven by large organizations like San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Columbus Zoological Park Association, Audubon Nature Institute, Chicago Zoological Society, and San Antonio Zoological Society.
Sizes of zoos
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 20 |
$250k to $1M | 20 |
$1M to $5M | 24 |
$5M to $25M | 36 |
$25M to $100M | 22 |
$100M+ | 3 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Georgia Aquarium, Columbus Zoological Park Association, and Houston Zoo earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Zoos.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 0.6% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Zoos with more than $100 million account for 23.7% of nonprofit earnings.
Directory of zoos
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1-20 of 219
Conservation Society of California
Revenue
$23.7m
Assets
$96.1m
Employees
364
EIN
94-1687847
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Lincoln Park Zoological Society
Revenue
$51.4m
Assets
$178.0m
Employees
549
EIN
36-2512404
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Commonwealth Zoological Corporation (CZC)
Revenue
$22.1m
Assets
$47.7m
Employees
285
EIN
04-3129124
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Chicago Zoological Society
Revenue
$59.8m
Assets
$212.1m
Employees
1,016
EIN
36-2167016
IRS type
501(c)(3)
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Revenue
$246.9m
Assets
$827.2m
Employees
3,603
EIN
95-1648219
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Woodland Park Zoo
Revenue
$45.9m
Assets
$44.8m
Employees
690
EIN
91-6070005
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Saint Louis Zoo Association
Revenue
$28.7m
Assets
$119.3m
Employees
110
EIN
43-1727309
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Shedd Aquarium
Revenue
$48.3m
Assets
$474.6m
Employees
507
EIN
36-2167918
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Dallas Zoo
Revenue
$27.1m
Assets
$6.5m
Employees
673
EIN
27-0777846
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Indianapolis Zoological
Revenue
$23.7m
Assets
$177.3m
Employees
655
EIN
35-1074747
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Georgia Aquarium
Revenue
$102.5m
Assets
$452.1m
Employees
926
EIN
58-2574918
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Bayorg
Revenue
$10.1m
Assets
$7.3m
Employees
170
EIN
90-0401015
IRS type
501(c)(3)
San Francisco Zoo and Gardens
Revenue
$20.6m
Assets
$17.5m
Employees
258
EIN
94-1429538
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Aquarium of the Pacific
Revenue
$43.2m
Assets
$101.6m
Employees
543
EIN
33-0532354
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Zoo Atlanta
Revenue
$20.8m
Assets
$88.3m
Employees
395
EIN
58-1655184
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Denver Zoological Foundation
Revenue
$52.7m
Assets
$29.5m
Employees
606
EIN
84-0502539
IRS type
501(c)(3)
San Antonio Zoological Society
Revenue
$25.1m
Assets
$52.4m
Employees
968
EIN
74-1323695
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Detroit Zoological Society
Revenue
$31.1m
Assets
$51.3m
Employees
400
EIN
38-6027356
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Aquarium
Revenue
$50.2m
Assets
$104.7m
Employees
512
EIN
52-1121163
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Philadelphia Zoo
Revenue
$26.5m
Assets
$118.6m
Employees
401
EIN
23-1352298
IRS type
501(c)(3)