Animal-Related
Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc
DES MOINES, IA
Total revenue
$12.6M
Total expenses
$10.2M
Net assets
$25.5M
Grants received
$11.7M
160 grants
EIN
421171821
Tax year
2023
Mission
To inspire an appreciation of the natural world through conservation, education, and recreation.the primary purposes of the foundation are a) to manage the blank park zoo; b) to solicit, collect and provide funds to improve the facilities and programs of the zoo; c) to promote interest among the general public concerning the zoo; d) to implement and assist in the study of zoological natural history, animal behavior and the science allied therewith; e) to provide charitable and educational assistance in association with the zoo.
Financials
FY 2023
Revenue
Expenses
People
36 listed
ANNE SHIMERDLA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
$182K
40 hrs/wk
GARY TUCKER
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$93K
40 hrs/wk
AARON KENNEDY
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSON
—
1 hrs/wk
PAT HENSON
MEMBER-AT-LARGE / BOARD RECORDER
—
10.5 hrs/wk
JIM HAGENBUCHER
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
—
1 hrs/wk
JEFFREY KARCH
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
—
1 hrs/wk
PEG ARMSTRONG-GUSTAFSON
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
MATT FRYAR
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
TOBY JOSEPH
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
BEN PAGE
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
DAVID BRICK
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
MICHAEL RENNER
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
LOU SIPLOT
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
CLINT PURSLEY
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
CARL VOSS
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
JOHN VIGGERS
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
TINA HOFFMAN
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
ROCHELLE BURNETT
CHAIRPERSON
—
1 hrs/wk
JAY BYERS
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
DIANE CROOKHAM-JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
LAUREN DOLL-SHEEDER
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
DAN GROOMS
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
MARY RADIA
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
ARMEL R TRAORE DIT NIGNAN
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
ROB STEVENSON
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
TUCKER ANDERSON
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
KURT HERBRECHTSMEYER
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
HIRAM HOUGHTON
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
CALEB KNUTSON
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
BRITTNEY JOHNSON
DIRECTOR THROUGH 12-1-23
—
0.5 hrs/wk
DIRK POLLITT
DIRECTOR THROUGH 12-1-23
—
0.5 hrs/wk
CHARLES WITTMACK
DIRECTOR THROUGH 7-1-23
—
0.5 hrs/wk
VINCE WARD
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
DAN SCHWARZ
1ST VICE CHAIRPERSON
—
1 hrs/wk
MATT GUSTAFSON
SECRETARY/TREASURER
—
1 hrs/wk
RACHEL SUMMERS
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
$119K
40 hrs/wk
Independent contractors
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MARKETING
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SECURITY
DURO-LAST
ROOFING
DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LLC
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Grants received
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$11.7M from 34 funders · 160 grants · 2017–2024
$3.4M · 6 grants · 2017–2023
$3.1M · 67 grants · 2020–2023
$2.0M · 4 grants · 2020–2024
$1.1M · 7 grants · 2017–2023
$740K · 6 grants · 2022–2024
$350K · 2 grants · 2018–2020
$216K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
$176K · 3 grants · 2021–2023