Charity profile · Historical source record

Denver Zoological Foundation

EIN 84-0502539Animals Colorado Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Secure a better world for animals through human understanding

Secure a better world for animals through human understanding

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.57Overall score
out of 100

91.92Financial score
out of 100

86.00Accountability & 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$45,283,982

Total expenses · USD$42,618,070

Program expenses

$35,372,998.10 recorded amount

83.0%

Fundraising expenses

$3,920,862.44 recorded amount

9.2%

Administrative expenses

$3,238,973.32 recorded amount

7.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 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: Shannon Block
Recorded compensation: $288,727.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.67%

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 Denver Zoological Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	86.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Secure a better world for animals through human understanding
`ein` EIN	84-0502539
`tot_exp` Total expenses	42618070.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.076
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.092
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.83
`fscore` Financial score	91.92
`leader` Recorded leader	Shannon Block
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	288727.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0067
`motto` Tagline	Secure a better world for animals through human understanding
`name` Charity name	Denver Zoological Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	45283982.0
`score` Overall score	88.57
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	35372998.1
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	3920862.44
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3238973.32

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.