Minnesota Zoo Foundation

Environment and animals
Apple Valley, Minnesota
EIN 51-0147653
Tax-exempt since 1975

Firms paid: 4
Fees reported, 2024: $146K
Fees reported in 2024: $146K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $6.3M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2024

$145,949 to 1 fundraiser

Fundraisers Minnesota Zoo Foundation paid in 2024, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
Allegiance Fundraising, LLCDirect mail and digital consulting	Direct mail and digital consulting	$145,949

Also among its largest contractors in 2024

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

PursuantDirect responseFundraising consultants$179,477

All firms paid

Fundraisers Minnesota Zoo Foundation reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
Allegiance Fundraising, LLC	2024	$145,949

Listed as a client by:

Per firm websites

BWF (Bentz Whaley Flessner)Capital campaigns
PursuantDirect response
Andrea Bork ConsultingFull-service fundraising

Form 990 Snapshot

Minnesota Zoo Foundation's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2022	$6.3M	$6.0M	$453K	—
2021	$10.9M	$11.2M	$471K	—
2020	$8.0M	$8.0M	$287K	—
2019	$6.2M	$6.2M	$488K	—
2018	$11.0M	$11.0M	$437K	—
2017	$4.0M	$4.0M	$336K	—

Fees are what Minnesota Zoo Foundation reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.