Charity profile · Historical source record

Fort Wayne Zoological Society

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Supporting the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo

Connecting kids with animals, strengthening families, and inspiring people to care about the world around them - this is the mission of the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and something that zoo staff members are proud to pursue every day.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.61Overall score
out of 100

94.14Financial score
out of 100

82.00Accountability & 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$13,848,809

Total expenses · USD$10,680,883

Program expenses

$9,196,240.26 recorded amount

86.1%

Fundraising expenses

$363,150.02 recorded amount

3.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,110,811.83 recorded amount

10.4%

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: James Anderson
Recorded compensation: $200,874.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.88%

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 Fort Wayne Zoological Society
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	82.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Connecting kids with animals, strengthening families, and inspiring people to care about the world around them - this is the mission of the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and something that zoo staff members are proud to pursue every day.
`ein` EIN	35-6068234
`tot_exp` Total expenses	10680883.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.10400000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.034
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.861
`fscore` Financial score	94.14
`leader` Recorded leader	James Anderson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	200874.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.018799999999999997
`motto` Tagline	Supporting the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
`name` Charity name	Fort Wayne Zoological Society
`tot_rev` Total revenue	13848809.0
`score` Overall score	86.61
`state` State code	IN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	9196240.263
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	363150.022
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1110811.8320000002

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.