Nashville Zoo Inc: $47.4M Revenue, $29.5M Expenses

Nashville Zoo Inc earns a C on the efficiency rubric — the median bucket on the NonprofitTruth scale, indicating performance close to the national midpoint across financial reserves, officer compensation, and revenue consistency. Composite score: 53/100.

At $47.4M in 2023 revenue, Nashville Zoo Inc sits in the mid-range of the U.S. nonprofit distribution. Most organizations of this scale operate regionally or focus on a single program area. On the financial-health factor, Nashville Zoo Inc runs thin — assets relative to annual spending fall below the cushion nonprofit-finance experts typically recommend.

Revenue has grown meaningfully across the five-year filing history — a sign of expanding donor base, new grants, or scaling programs. Nashville Zoo Inc reported $47.4M in 2023, up notably from the start of the window. Compensation for current officers and key employees runs $1.7M against $47.4M in revenue — within the band third-party charity raters typically consider reasonable for an organization of this size and complexity. This is an aggregate across all listed officers, not a single executive's salary. Nashville Zoo Inc works in Environment & Animals — environmental, conservation, animal-welfare, and natural-resources programs. The sector spans large international conservation groups and small local land trusts; the financial profile varies accordingly.