Nonprofit · EIN 36-3938878
RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Tax-exempt · FARGO, ND 58104
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,164,124 | $1,964,393 | $199,731 | $3,673,214 | $591,746 | $3,081,468 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,857,622 | $2,014,686 | -$157,064 | $3,592,163 | $721,187 | $2,870,976 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $547,289
- Program service revenue
- $1,323,422
- Investment income
- $5,295
- Net rental income
- $31,314
- Net income from fundraising events
- $26,011
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $186,582
- Other revenue
- $288,118
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $114,159
- Other salaries and wages
- $858,393
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,136,378
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $26,116
- Occupancy
- $68,405
- Travel
- $5,267
- Depreciation
- $219,176
- Program services (functional)
- $1,555,080
- Management and general (functional)
- $380,345
- Fundraising (functional)
- $28,968
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,592,163
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,673,214
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $591,746
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,081,468
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,230,749
- Publicly traded securities
- $180,392
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,510,572
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $570,896
- Gross receipts
- $2,312,991
- Employees
- 60
- Volunteers
- 252
- Year formed
- 1993
- State of legal domicile
- ND
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALLY MULVENA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $108,550 | $3,650 |
| BETTY OPHEIM | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALLIE OLLENBURGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN DOCKEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MOLLY SWANSTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JODI KALLIAS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAY CARNEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROLYN BOUTAIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LANCE BERGSTROM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIM DIRKS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PATRICK SINNER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE DAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALLY MULVENA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $106,561 | $3,439 |
| JEREMIAH GARD | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS(LEFT 6/23) Officer | 40 | $31,607 | $0 |
| BRAD DAHL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BETTY OPHEIM | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALLIE OLLENBURGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN DOCKEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MOLLY SWANSTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JODI KALLIAS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAY CARNEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROLYN BOUTAIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LANCE BERGSTROM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIM DIRKS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MOLLY ROHRER | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PATRICK SINNER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4255 23RD AVE S, FARGO, ND 58104-8786
- In care of
- % PAULA GRIMSTAD
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- SALLY MULVENA, 4255 23RD AVENUE SOUTH, FARGO, ND 58104
- Signed the 990
- SALLY MULVENA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (701) 277-9240
- Website
- WWW.REDRIVERZOO.ORG
- Return prepared by
- BRADY MARTZ & ASSOCIATES PC
Mission
AS CONSERVATION LEADERS, THE RED RIVER ZOO CONNECTS OUR COMMUNITY TO NATURE AND INSPIRES PEOPLE TO HELP SAVE SPECIES.
Program accomplishments
- EDUCATION PROGRAM: THE RED RIVER ZOO'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS REACHED OVER 16,000 PARTICIPANTS DURING THE YEAR. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION THROUGH VARIOUS INTERACTIVE AND ENGAGING ACTIVITIES. THE BREAKDOWN OF PARTICIPATION IS AS FOLLOWS: - ZOOMOBILE OUTREACH STUDENTS REACHED: 4,661 - ZOOKEEPER CHAT ATTENDANCE: 5,013 - ON SITE CLASS ATTENDANCE: 38 - ON SITE PRESENTATIONS (BIRTHDAY PARTIES, CRITTER CLOSE-UPS): 2,110 - JR. ZOOKEEPER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: 133 - DAY CAMP ATTENDANCE: 253THESE PROGRAMS AIM TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WILDLIFE, CONSERVATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, FOSTERING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR THE NATURAL WORLD.ANIMAL PURCHASES/CARE: TO ACQUIRE AND EXHIBIT ANIMALS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST AS PART OF A REGIONAL WILDLIFE PARK ZOO.PECIES SURVIVAL PLAN PARTICIPATION: THE RED RIVER ZOO'S EXEMPT PURPOSE INCLUDES THE ACQUISITION AND CARE OF ANIMALS TO EXHIBIT AS PART OF A REGIONAL WILDLIFE PARK. THE ZOO CARES FOR OVER 124 INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS REPRESENTING 49 SPECIES. IN 2024, THE ZOO PARTICIPATED IN SPECIES SURVIVAL PLANS (SSPS) FOR THE FOLLOWING SPECIES: CHINESE RED PANDAS, PALLAS CATS, WHITE-NAPED CRANES, SICHUAN TAKIN, LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH, WHITE-FACED SAKI MONKEYS, NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTERS, LAUGHING KOOKABURRA, AND NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINES.PURPOSE AND IMPACT: TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES THROUGH MANAGED BREEDING PROGRAMS, GENETIC DIVERSITY, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES. BY PARTICIPATING IN SSPS, THE ZOO CONTRIBUTES TO THE GLOBAL EFFORT TO PREVENT SPECIES EXTINCTION, RAISES PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY, AND FOSTERS A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.. THESE SSPS ARE CRUCIAL FOR THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES, ENSURING THEIR SURVIVAL THROUGH MANAGED BREEDING PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES.Expenses $1,555,080 · revenue $1,585,529
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 36-3938878
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1994
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Animal-related (D500)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,673,214
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,312,991
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2025 | $2,164,124 | $1,964,393 | $3,673,214 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $1,857,622 | $2,014,686 | $3,592,163 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $1,567,938 | $2,094,442 | $3,762,015 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 36-3938878).
Questions about RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
- What is the EIN of RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY is 36-3938878.
- Is RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1994.
- Are donations to RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending March 31, 2026) is due August 17, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names SALLY MULVENA.
- Who are the officers and directors of RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 12 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $108,550 (SALLY MULVENA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does RED RIVER ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,164,124, expenses of $1,964,393 and total assets of $3,673,214 at year end.
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