Dallas Zoological Society

“The society shall be comprised of members who pay annual dues for the financial support of the organization and shall consist of such categories or classes as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors or the executive committee.”

“Members the society has various classes of members as determined by the board of directors or executive committee. Each member is entitled to one vote. The members elect the board of directors. The members may also alter, amend, repeal the existing bylaws or adopt new bylaws. The members are not entitled to any distribution of assets or income from the society.”

“Ratification of decisions by a non-member pursuant to the management agreement, the city of dallas has the right to pre-approve amendments to the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the society that relate to the purpose provisions and dissolution and distribution provisions. The society may not dissolve or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and may not merge with another entity during the term of the management agreement.”

“Form 990 review process the form 990 was reviewed in detail and approved by the finance committee. A final copy of the form 990 was made available to the board prior to filing.”

“Conflict of interest policy monitoring and enforcement the conflict of interest policy was distributed to and approved by the board. Annually, the board members sign and return an acknowledgement of the ethics policy and conflict of interest policy.”

“Compensation review process for officers and key employees the process of determining compensation for the organization's ceo is reviewed and approved by the board's executive committee. An independent comparability is used as a reference tool. The final compensation is approved by the executive committee and signed off by the chairman of the board. The ceo determines the compensation for all other officers based on the numbers in the annual budget, which is approved by the dallas zoological society board of directors.”

“Availability of documents the organization's governing documents, policies, and financial statements are made available upon request.”

“Compensation for officers and key employee the officers (greggory hudson, lisa new, and marianne dejong) listed in part vii are compensated by the organization's related organization, dallas zoo management, inc. (dzm). Their compensation in part vii reflects their 2023 form w-2 from dzm. Per a shared services agreement, a portion of their compensation is allocated to the dallas zoological society for their time spent devoted to the organization's operations. The organization reimburses dzm for their allocated compensation, and part ix, statement of functional expenses, line 5 reflects this reimbursement of their allocated compensation”

“Changes in beneficial interest 91,591.”

“The finance committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of the organization's financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from prior years.”