Charity profile · Historical source record

Memphis Zoo

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Connecting people with wildlife

The Memphis Zoo, located in Memphis, Tennessee, is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. The Zoo was founded in 1906 and resides on 76 acres in the middle of Overton Park. The Memphis Zoo has completed over $80 million in renovation and expansion since the early 1990s, making it one of the finest zoological parks in the nation. The zoo's animal inhabitants reside in 19 exhibits in three zones, such as Northwest Passage and China, home to Giant Pandas Ya Ya and Le Le. The Memphis Zoo's mission is to connect people with wildlife.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.38Overall score
out of 100

82.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$18,008,486

Total expenses · USD$15,490,121

Program expenses

$13,522,875.63 recorded amount

87.3%

Fundraising expenses

$123,920.97 recorded amount

0.8%

Administrative expenses

$1,812,344.16 recorded amount

11.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 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: Charles Brady
Recorded compensation: $259,945.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.67%

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

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All 23 original fields for Memphis Zoo
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	The Memphis Zoo, located in Memphis, Tennessee, is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. The Zoo was founded in 1906 and resides on 76 acres in the middle of Overton Park. The Memphis Zoo has completed over $80 million in renovation and expansion since the early 1990s, making it one of the finest zoological parks in the nation. The zoo's animal inhabitants reside in 19 exhibits in three zones, such as Northwest Passage and China, home to Giant Pandas Ya Ya and Le Le. The Memphis Zoo's mission is to connect people with wildlife.
`ein` EIN	23-7236155
`tot_exp` Total expenses	15490121.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11699999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.008
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.873
`fscore` Financial score	82.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Charles Brady
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	259945.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0167
`motto` Tagline	Connecting people with wildlife
`name` Charity name	Memphis Zoo
`tot_rev` Total revenue	18008486.0
`score` Overall score	85.38
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Zoos and Aquariums
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	13522875.633
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	123920.96800000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1812344.157

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.