Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1986.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
11 people listed on the 990.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Raises funds and provides support for animal care, facility upkeep, and educational programs at a zoo.
Questions for Cosley Foundation INC
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The foundation provides financial support for the advancement of the zoo's capital master plan. The foundation invests in donor relationship building and the engagement of subject matter experts to prepare for the first phase of our master plan: a new and vastly improved parking lot.
The foundation provides financial support to help fund the operation of the cosley zoo by the wheaton park district. The zoo's operations include free admission to all children under the age of 18 Y/O, regardless of residence within the wheaton park district bounds and free admission to all wheaton park district adults.
The foundation, in accordance with a donor's wishes, is providing one scholarship in memory of the former president of the foundation.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.7M | $1.2M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $971K | |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.8M | $2.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $65K | $51K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.8M | $2.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $83K | $83K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $119K | $16K | $63K | $40K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $3K | $3K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $5K | $5K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $11K | $11K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $185 | $185 | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $210K | $178K | $32K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2K | $818 | $1K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $436K | $280K | $115K | $42K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $1.1M | $1.8M | −$703K | $1.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $1.1M | $1.8M | −$682K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $928K | $527K | $401K | $3.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $1.3M | $436K | $826K | $2.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $800K | $389K | $411K | $1.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $622K | $325K | $297K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $1,262,721 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,262,721 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $436,288 across 10 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,624,611 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,573,924 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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