Zoos and acquariums
There are 144 zoos in the United States. Combined, these zoos employ 31,894 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 | 18 |
| 1-10 | 7 |
| 11-25 | 14 |
| 26-100 | 26 |
| 101 to 1,000 | 52 |
| 1,000+ | 5 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Zoos is driven by large organizations like San Diego Zoo Global, Columbus Zoological Park Association, Chicago Zoological Society, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium's, and Toledo Zoological Society.
- The largest employers tend to be zoosand .
Sizes of zoos
| Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
|---|---|
| < $250k | 19 |
| $250k to $1M | 24 |
| $1M to $5M | 27 |
| $5M to $25M | 29 |
| $25M to $100M | 24 |
| $100M+ | 2 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like San Diego Zoo Global, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Georgia Aquarium, Zoological Society of Cincinnati, and Columbus Zoological Park Association earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Zoos.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 0.8% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Zoos with more than $100 million account for 21.1% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be zoosand .
Directory of zoos
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Chicago Zoological Society
Revenue
$75.8m
Assets
$218.8m
Employees
1,635
EIN
36-2167016
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Lincoln Park Zoological Society
Revenue
$43.4m
Assets
$177.5m
Employees
532
EIN
36-2512404
IRS type
501(c)(3)
San Diego Zoo Global
Revenue
$342.1m
Assets
$682.5m
Employees
3,581
EIN
95-1648219
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Woodland Park Zoo
Revenue
$42.4m
Assets
$26.0m
Employees
576
EIN
91-6070005
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Cleveland Zoological Society
Revenue
$8.5m
Assets
$17.4m
Employees
33
EIN
34-0816490
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Zoological Miami Foundation (ZSF)
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$22.2m
Employees
60
EIN
59-6192814
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Fort Worth Zoological Association
Revenue
$51.5m
Assets
$125.0m
Employees
857
EIN
75-0991727
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Georgia Aquarium
Revenue
$93.8m
Assets
$443.3m
Employees
845
EIN
58-2574918
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Detroit Zoological Society
Revenue
$46.2m
Assets
$45.0m
Employees
493
EIN
38-6027356
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Zoo Atlanta
Revenue
$40.8m
Assets
$85.2m
Employees
426
EIN
58-1655184
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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This category corresponds to the "D50: Zoo, Zoological Society" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.