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Wildlife Heroes
FY 2020 SOURCE OF FUNDS
TOTAL: $8,339,500
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FY 2020 USE OF FUNDS
TOTAL: $7,077,300
As our world navigated remarkable circumstances, Palm Beach Zoo continued to provide our community and visitors with a way to connect with nature and with one another.
• Despite a 75-day closure, we welcomed more than 263,000 visitors, 38% who came from outside Palm Beach County.
• Attendance was down 27% compared to Fiscal Year 2019, and with several Zoo attractions remaining limited or suspended beyond our re-opening, our earned revenues were down 38% year over year.
• In order to balance expenditures with our reduced revenues, we quickly and aggressively reduced operating expenses including the difficult decision to reduce staff by 32%.
• During Fiscal Year 2020, the Zoo paid off $7.5 million in long term debt and was able to maintain four months in operating reserves, despite the challenges of COVID.
Satu Komodo dragon Vulnerable
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Michele Kessler, Chairman Luis J. Fernandez, Vice Chairman Gary E. Krieger, Treasurer Daniel J. Comerford III, PhD, Secretary Ruth Baum Maura Ziska Christu Guillermo Perez-Vargas Mitchell Quain Matt Valle
Kane K. Baker Marilyn Beuttenmuller, Esq. Whitney Wood Bylin Julia B. Connors Dale Coudert Robert B. Dunkin II Mei Sze Greene Susanna P. Hager Candy Hamm George F. Merck Carole Moran Stephen Myers Thomas C. Quick Sandra Rooney
Margo McKnight, President/CEO Casey Coy, COO/CSO Kathleen Breland, CFO Karen Carr Heubbers, CDO
MEMBERS
ZOO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
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The work and mission of Palm Beach Zoo is strongly rooted in wildlife conservation. The Zoo provides world-class animal care and ensures the wildlife population thrives as well.
LUIS FERNANDEZ
THANK YOU, 2020 WILDLIFE HEROES!
$450,000+
Barbara A. Mundford Estate & Trust
$250,000+
Anonymous | Michele & Howard Kessler
$150,000+
Anonymous | Board of County Commissioners Lillian & Luis Fernandez
$100,000+
Eileen & Jack Connors | Florida Power & Light Company Candace Hamm | Judith & Leonard Lauder Claire Levine | Milly & Patrick Park Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc. Suffolk Cares | Betsy & Wally Turner
$75,000+
H. E. Ambassador Meshal Al-Thani The Batchelor Foundation, Inc. Division of Cultural Affairs, FDOS JoAnna & Stephen Myers
$50,000+
Greg Connors | Julie & Mike Connors Deborah & Philippe Dauman | Florida Crystals Corporation JP Morgan Chase | Josh McGraw | Frances G. Scaife
Mufasa Ring-tailed Lemur Endangered
THANK YOU, 2020 WILDLIFE HEROES!
$25,000+
Bank of America | Ruth & Ted Baum | Braman Motorcars Palm Beach
Kim and Rolla Campbell Charitable Foundation
Whitney & Jonathan Clay | Marvin Davidson | Caroline & Thompson Dean
The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation, Inc. | Jane Grace | Jeff & Mei Sze Greene
Ann & Charles Johnson | Carole & John Moran | The Jim Moran Foundation
Sharon & Mitchell Quain | Ann & Christopher Quick
Sandy & Pat Rooney | Margaretta Taylor | Noreen Zanft
$20,000+
Anonymous | BallenIsles Charities Foundation, Inc. | Thomas C. Quick
Schacknow Family Foundation, Inc. | Sharkey Family Foundation, Inc.
$15,000+
Anonymous | Marilyn & Donald Beuttenmuller & Gunster | Whitney & Eric Bylin
Maura & Eric Christu & Kochman & Ziska, PLC
Ambassador Mary Dawkins & Brigadier General Peter Dawkins
Rebecca & Randell Doane | Gary Goldring | Darlene & Gerald Jordan
Martha & Kenneth Kessler | The Polk Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley Wendy & Paul Raether | The Ritchie Family Trust | Diane & John Sculley
Kitty & Stephen Sherrill | Pauline Pitt & Jerry Seay | Dorothy & Steven Zavagli
THANK YOU, 2020 WILDLIFE HEROES!
$10,000+
Kane Baker | Margaret S. Bilotti Samuel M. and Alma Catsman Foundation, Inc. | Matthew Dengler The Alice Busch Gronewaldt Foundation, Inc. Sidney Kohl Family Foundation & Lori & Bruce Gendelman Gay & Lars Henriksen | Vicky & Samuel Hunt | Ellen & Robert Jaffe The Lattner Family Foundation | Jo Carole & Ambassador Ronald Lauder Gretchen & Ambassador Howard Leach | David Martinelli | Janis & Alan Menken The David Minkin Foundation | Pauline & William Nutting | Mary & Robert Simses Split Rock Charitable Foundation | Eddy & John Taylor | Susan Taylor Lynne Wheat & Thomas Peterffy
$7,500+
Paula & Robert Butler | Joan Lazarus | Romph & Pou Agency, Inc. Betsy & Paul Shiverick | Beatrice Stern & Jamie Niven | Susan & Robert Wright
$5,000+
Anonymous | Kathleen Anderson | Jessie, Rand Araskog & Julie Araskog Cynthia & Theodore Berenson | Noelle Bivens | Cynthia R. Boardman Bridge Family Foundation | Ambassador Nancy Brinker & Michael Zinner Kim & Ray Celedinas | Mark Cook | Diana & E. Llwyd Ecclestone Sandy & Paul Edgerley | Emilia & Pepe Fanjul Sr. Jodi & Allen Gast & Gast Construction | Virginia & John Gildea Diana & Peter Gonzalez | Nancy & Melvin Goodes
Janet Pleasants & Michael Reiter & GRAFF | Kenneth Griffin The W. Bradford Ingalls Charitable Foundation Trust Hans Kertess | Cheryl & Alvin Krongard | Joan Lazarus Francis L’Esperance | Marmot Foundation |Carol McCracken Katherine & William McKnight | Betsy & Gary Nabel Margo & James Nederlander | Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Palm Beach Motor Cars Ltd. | Sallie Phillips | Postage Stamp Farm Foundation Wilder & Jason Regalbuto | The Leighton A. Rosenthal Family Foundation Victoria & Sean Smith | Robert Spiegel | Maureen & Wayne Squibb Amanda & Charles Schumacher & Tree of Life Foundation International
$2,500+
Christine & Bill Aylward | Bernard & Pamela Barbash Family Foundation Kathie & Dan Comerford | Stephania Conrad | Dale Coudert & The Coudert Institute Susan & Christopher Cowie | Christina Dennis | Discover the Palm Beaches Debbie & Robert Dunkin | East Coast Zoological Society of Florida, Inc. Kenneth Elias & David Veselsky | Rosemary & Carlos Ferrer | Kyle Fisher Renate Franco | Joan & David Genser | Gehring Group | Kristi & Richard Gibbs Elizabeth & John Gorski | Jeannie & T Grant | Diana & William Gray Laura & Joshua Gross | Audrey & Martin Gruss | Carole & Rod Hartless Merrill G. & Emita E. Hastings Foundation | John A. Hufty | Cathy & William Ingram Judy & Stanley Katz | Kaufmann de Suisse & Monica Kaufmann Kate & Hashem Khosrovani | Joyce Kjellgren | Phyllis & Richard Krock Constance & Peter Lacaillade | Deborah & Troy Maschmeyer Carolyn & Eugene Mercy | Monkey in Paradise Premium Vodka | Gail & Barry Morris Cecilia & Guillermo Perez-Vargas | Emilia & Brian Pfeifler | Andrea Phipps Daniel Ponton | Regal Press | Joan & Alan Safir | Priscilla & Richard Schmeelk Heidi & Scott Schuster | Christine & Robert Stiller | Charlot Taylor | Jennifer & Matt Valle Theodore and Renee Weiler Foundation | Kendall Wheeler | Jan Willinger
Khooshe Aiken | Sharada Shankar-Alducin & Donald Alducin All Birds, Cats, Dogs & Exotics Animal Hospital | Kate Arizza Mashi & Mitch Azmudeh | Eva & Herbert Balsmeier | Stacey & Peter Baytarian The Benevity Community Impact Fund | Bermil Foundation | Lisa & James Bertles Roberta & Stanley Bogen | Shelley & Daniel Boyce | Chantelle Brown Mark E. Bryant Charitable Trust | Brenda Callaway | Minou & Frank Cammisa Kathleen Cerasaro | Yi-Hsin Chang | Susan & George Cohon Coltman Family Foundation | Gita & Mark Costa | Mazie Cox | Wendy & Howard Cox Kevin Crowley | Susan Daniels | Mary & Thomas Dorrian | Mitge & Kevin Dougherty Hank Dow | Barbara & Karlo Duvnjak | Gaye & James Engel | Gail & Alfred Engelberg Tina Fanjul | Nancy & Donald Farry | Lynn & Arnold Feld | Stephanie & Lawrence Flinn Gillian Fuller | Janellen & David Gerstein | Jeffry Giangrande Phyllis Goldblatt | Peggy & Richard Greenfield | Barbara & Michael Greenwald Danielle & Buckley Griffis | Jacquelyn Grimm | Allison & Stuart Haft Alexia Hamm Ryan & Baird Ryan | Alice Hanley | Melinda & Thomas Hassen Cathleen & Dale Hedrick | Carolyn & James Hellauer Susan Furman-Holuba & Robert Holuba | Lynn Honderd | Carol & Scotty Howell Karyn & Roger Janssen | Irene & Jim Karp | Tracey & Mark Keegan Jorie Kent & Atwater Kent Foundation | Henni & John Kessler | Kelly Klein Patricia Kolber | Leonard Korman | Sandra Krakoff | Sandy & Gregory Kriser Karyn & Kevin Lamb | Elaine & Kenneth Langone | Ellen & H. Irwin Levy | Jeffrey Libert Ellen Liman | Sondra & David Mack | Hildegarde Mahoney | Beth & Carmine Martignetti Wendy & Matthew Maschler | Zelda Mason | Karen & Anthony Mauro Irving May & Edith H. May Foundation | James Meany & First Republic Bank Mestal Foundation, Inc. | Mary Jane Hovanec & Howard Miska | Katherine Moore Elayne Mordes | Alicia & Tim Mullen | The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Lynn & Mickey Nolen | Palm Beach Round Table Scholarship Fund Sally & Richard Phelps | Mathias Piskur | Blanca Luaces & Steven Pliskow Lynn & John Pohanka | F. Lyon Polk III | Afsy & Carter Pottash | Maura Powers Ashley & Michael Ramos | Robin Roshkind & Irvin Saltzman | Lyn M. Ross Jennifer & Joe Rudick | Charleen & Jeffrey Sabin | Brooke Samples & Lloyd Schiller Jean Sharf | Eve Short | Linda & Donald Silpe | Lainey & Beryl Simonson | Michael Singer Mary & Daniel Stanton | Andrea & John Stark | Ellen Stern | Barbara & Fred Tepperman Sandra Thompson | Bridget & Mark Towey | Deadria & Beau Van Metre Marion Wainer | Angela Whitman | Paula & Paul Wittmann Clelia & Thomas Zacharias | Maria Zoullas-Kaufman
BECOME A FORCE FOR WILDLIFE
Wildlife at the Zoo depends on you. Your donation will give iconic species expanded, innovative habitats, so you and your family can get even closer to tigers, jaguars and siamangs. Your legacy gift to the Zoo ensures sustainability of our mission to save wildlife and the wild places in which they roam. With your meaningful support, the Zoo will continue to be a cultural cornerstone of the Palm Beaches now and into the future.
To donate online, please visit palmbeachzoo.org/give or contact Karen Carr Huebbers, Chief Development Officer, by calling (561) 533-0887 ext. 222 or emailing VIP@palmbeachzoo.org.
“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU
1301 Summit Boulevard | West Palm Beach, FL 33405-3035 561.547.WILD (9453) | www.palmbeachzoo.org
