Charity profile · Historical source record

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

EIN 31-4390844Animals Ohio Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Lead and inspire by connecting people and wildlife

The mission of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is to lead and inspire by connecting people and wildlife.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.24Overall score
out of 100

92.49Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & 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$78,872,817

Total expenses · USD$71,124,051

Program expenses

$60,028,699.04 recorded amount

84.4%

Fundraising expenses

$1,564,729.12 recorded amount

2.2%

Administrative expenses

$9,459,498.78 recorded amount

13.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 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: Thomas Stalf
Recorded compensation: $455,598.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.64%

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 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is to lead and inspire by connecting people and wildlife.
`ein` EIN	31-4390844
`tot_exp` Total expenses	71124051.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.133
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.022000000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8440000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	92.49
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas Stalf
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	455598.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0064
`motto` Tagline	Lead and inspire by connecting people and wildlife
`name` Charity name	Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
`tot_rev` Total revenue	78872817.0
`score` Overall score	92.24
`state` State code	OH
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	60028699.04400001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1564729.1220000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	9459498.783

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.