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Tennessee zoos

There are 8 zoos and acquariums in Tennessee. Combined, these Tennessean zoos employ 1,893 people, earn more than $139 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $354 million.
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Zoos by major Tennessee cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Memphis
 
3
 
$33,189,301
Knoxville
 
2
 
$23,106,467
Chattanooga
 
2
 
$35,082,289
Nashville
 
1
 
$47,398,988
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Job trends for Tennessee zoos

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
2
1-10
 
0
11-25
 
0
26-100
 
0
101 to 1,000
 
5
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of zoos in Tennessee

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
0
$250k to $1M
 
1
$1M to $5M
 
0
$5M to $25M
 
3
$25M to $100M
 
3
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of zoos in Tennessee

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Tennessee Aquarium

The Tennessee Aquarium mission is to carry out environmental research and conservation projects needed to help ensure the health and long-term sustainability of regional natural resources, and especially aquatic ecosystems.
Revenue
$28.4m
Assets
$81.8m
Employees
318
EIN
58-1837154
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Nashville Zoo

Nashville Zoo promotes conservation and species protection, engaging visitors through innovative exhibits, research programs, and community education initiatives that inspire environmental understanding.
Revenue
$47.4m
Assets
$178.2m
Employees
474
EIN
62-1411210
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Knoxville Zoological Gardens

Knoxville's zoological park boasts conservation, education, and research initiatives. It had 585K visitors in 2021.
Revenue
$22.3m
Assets
$66.0m
Employees
361
EIN
62-1034633
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Memphis Zoo

Memphis Zoo is a zoos or acquarium in Memphis, TN whose mission is: The Memphis Zoo's mission is to connect people with wildlife.
Revenue
$25.9m
Assets
$13.4m
Employees
606
EIN
23-7236155
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Friends of the Zoo

Friends of the Zoo supports the operations of Chattanooga Zoo with the aim to educate and entertain visitors in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Revenue
$6.7m
Assets
$5.8m
Employees
134
EIN
58-1661267
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Memphis Zoological Foundation

The Memphis Zoological Foundation operates activities that support the mission of the Memphis Zoological Society and other mission-aligned organizations in animal conservation. All programs are currently undergoing construction.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$8.2m
Employees
0
EIN
86-3254176
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue

Little Ponderosa Zoo and Rescue educates kids and adults about wild life and exotic animals through various programs, including educating them about exotic animals and wild life.
Revenue
$835.5k
Assets
$469.5k
Employees
0
EIN
27-4318102
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Association of Zoo Keepers / Memphis Zoo Chapter

To advance excellence in the animal keeping profession, foster effective communication beneficial to animal care, support deserving conservation projects, and promote the preservation of our natural resources and animal life.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
62-1461503
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
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.
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