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Chicago Zoological Society

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Inspiring conservation leadership

The mission of the Chicago Zoological Society is to inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature. Since the opening of Brookfield Zoo in 1934, the Society has had an international reputation for taking a cutting-edge role in animal care and conservation of the natural world. Among its historical firsts are indoor multispecies exhibits, zoo nutrition residencies, methods for animal husbandry, and medical care that includes successful brain surgery for a gorilla. In building its legacy of animal care and compassion, the Society has launched a leadership campaign to create two new centers: the Center for Conservation Leadership and the Center for the Science of Animal Well-Being (CSAW).

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.85Overall score
out of 100

89.03Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$75,789,542

Total expenses · USD$73,409,870

Program expenses

$63,132,488.20 recorded amount

86.0%

Fundraising expenses

$3,230,034.28 recorded amount

4.4%

Administrative expenses

$6,973,937.65 recorded amount

9.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Stuart D Strahl
Recorded compensation: $564,181.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.76%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Chicago Zoological Society
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the Chicago Zoological Society is to inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature. Since the opening of Brookfield Zoo in 1934, the Society has had an international reputation for taking a cutting-edge role in animal care and conservation of the natural world. Among its historical firsts are indoor multispecies exhibits, zoo nutrition residencies, methods for animal husbandry, and medical care that includes successful brain surgery for a gorilla. In building its legacy of animal care and compassion, the Society has launched a leadership campaign to create two new centers: the Center for Conservation Leadership and the Center for the Science of Animal Well-Being (CSAW).
`ein` EIN	36-2167016
`tot_exp` Total expenses	73409870.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.095
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.044000000000000004
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.86
`fscore` Financial score	89.03
`leader` Recorded leader	Stuart D Strahl
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	564181.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0076
`motto` Tagline	Inspiring conservation leadership
`name` Charity name	Chicago Zoological Society
`tot_rev` Total revenue	75789542.0
`score` Overall score	86.85
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	63132488.199999996
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3230034.2800000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	6973937.65

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.