Central Florida Zoological Society Inc.

“The management team of the organization reviews and approves the form 990 filing and then presents it for review and approval by the board. The review process consists of the board examining the document and asking the management team questions about the form 990. Once the board is satisfied, they approve the filing of the tax return.”

“The enforcement of the conflict of interest policy is by the board of directors and by disclosure by the interested party.”

“The board conducts limited review and approval of the compensation, by approving the initial salary and raises thereafter. The review consists of both formal and informal analysis of the ceo from an individual and aggregate perspective. In establishing compensation levels the board looks at comparable data and entity results.”

“Made available upon request.”

“The central florida zoological park is dedicated to preserving the beauty and wonder of animals and their habitats. We are committed to sharing our knowledge, engaging visitors, and celebrating our natural world. Conservation of animals is paramount; many endangered species entrusted to our care may soon be extinct in the wild. Captive breeding programs may be their only hope for survival. Species survival plans, coordinated through the association of zoos & aquariums, are attempting to maintain genetic diversity to ensure healthy, vigorous animals to reproduce now and in the future. Beyond this, ssps participate in a variety of other cooperative conservation activities such as research, public education, reintroduction and field projects. The central florida zoo participates in ssp programs.”

“The society trains individuals to serve as volunteer zoological park tour guides. In addition many other individuals volunteer their time and effort on a variety of administrative and fund raising tasks. In 2016 approximately 223 volunteers donated approximately 26,491 hours of service.”

“Continued from form 990 part iii, line 4a. Empower and educate- we give our guests, staff, volunteers and the communities we serve the knowledge and tools to take positive action for all species. We will accomplish this by: utilizing the zoo through its staff, animals and exhibits in targeted educational programs that will provide information,activities and experiences to promote an understanding of the zoo's animal collection and the habitats they live.”

“The society also operates the orianne center for indigo conservation (ocic) the main goal of the program is to facilitate a comprehensive approach to long-term captive breeding programs for eastern indigo snakes and the importance of conservation and promotion of public education and to foster tolerance of snakes in our natural communities. In the current year, the ocic hatched a record number of eastern indigo snakes.”

“Prior period adjustment the society is the recipient of a contribution of the use of the land for which it operates under a fifty year lease at a rate for 1 per year. In previous years the fair value of this contribution was not recorded as it was not determinable. In the current year a board member with the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience calculated the fair value of the contribution to be 272,200 per year. The net present value of this balance was calculated to be 3,310,119 (12,793,400 contribution receivable less 9,483,281 unamortized discount on contribution receivable).”