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Valley Zoological Society Chartered May 1968

Public charity
Other · BROWNSVILLE, TX · EIN 74-1604409

About

The valley zoological society was organized exclusively as a charitable NON-profit corporation to serve the interest of conservation of wildlife and education about the ecology of our planet and to operate and manage the gladys porter zoo.

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Other
Employees
145
Volunteers
1,519

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2022-12-31
Revenue
$7.6M
Expenses
$7.1M
Assets
$13.5M
Liabilities
$1.2M

Financial history

$8.0M$4.0M$0
16171819202122
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2022: $7.6M · Peak FY2016: $8.0M · Avg: $7.3M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$400K
Foreign employees36
Foreign offices1
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
MEXICO

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
Grants Given
$7K
VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY CHARTERED MAY 1968
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Address

500 E Ringgold ST
Brownsville, TX, 78520-791

Governance

Voting board members105
Independent members105
Conflict-of-interest policyNo
Whistleblower policyNo
Doc-retention policyNo
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Endowment held by related orgNo
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