Zoos and acquariums
There are 236zoos in the United States. Combined, these zoosemploy 34,041 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 | 19 |
1-10 | 4 |
11-25 | 6 |
26-100 | 27 |
101 to 1,000 | 60 |
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, Audubon Nature Institute, Toledo Zoological Society, and Chicago Zoological Society.
Sizes of zoos
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 28 |
$250k to $1M | 21 |
$1M to $5M | 25 |
$5M to $25M | 33 |
$25M to $100M | 26 |
$100M+ | 3 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like San Diego Zoo Global, 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 0.5% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Zoos with more than $100 million account for 28.1% of nonprofit earnings.
Directory of zoos
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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
$27.4m
Assets
$41.3m
Employees
350
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 Global
Revenue
$422.1m
Assets
$838.5m
Employees
4,032
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)
Dallas Zoo
Revenue
$29.6m
Assets
$5.0m
Employees
658
EIN
27-0777846
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Indianapolis Zoological Society
Revenue
$46.5m
Assets
$174.0m
Employees
670
EIN
35-1074747
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Shedd Aquarium
Revenue
$48.3m
Assets
$474.6m
Employees
507
EIN
36-2167918
IRS type
501(c)(3)