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Economic Activity

Annual Impact of 2016 General Operating Fund
Chicago Zoological Society Investment & Donated Goods

Other Income & Services
$1.9 $0.9
2.7% 1.3%
LOCAL, STATE, Philanthropy
CONSERVATION and FEDERAL $11.3
and EDUCATION TAX REVENUES 16.4% Tax Collections
INITIATIVES $15.4
REVENUES 22.3%
and SUPPORT
>$20M Membership $69.1 MILLION
>$2.5M Dues Guest Services
$12.5 $27.1
18.1% 39.2%
ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY
Membership
Birds like white-crested laughing thrushes and monkeys such as golden lion Fundraising $1.4 Donated Goods & Services
$3.5
tamarins add to troPic World's exciting atmosphere. 5.4% 2.2% $0.9
$160M
JOBS Management 1.4%
& General
$7.0 Animal Collection
10.8% and Conservation
>$2.5M Marketing and Biology
$16.2
1,740 Total
Public Relations EXPENSES 25.1%
AVERAGE ANNUAL $3.6 $64.6 MILLION
More than 1,700 children took part in Primate Connections Soon, scientists hope to reintroduce kingfishers to their native CAPITAL IMPACT 5.6% Admissions and
in 2016. habitat. We are proud of our 71 hatchings as part of our Guest Services
Teachers also benefit from Tropic World educational participation in the Guam Kingfisher Species Survival Plan. Public Education $16.5
and
resources, earning credits while creating lesson plans about $12M Communications Care of Buildings 25.5%
$5.7
primates. Course work is offered in alternate years, and in 2015, In One Year in One Exhibit... 8.8% and Grounds
$9.8
30 teachers participated in the three-credit course. Classrooms explored primate rain-forest habitats. Teenagers 15.2%
learned data-collection skills and shared knowledge about Our Visitors
Birds in the Wings animals with guests. Teachers discovered exciting ways to teach
Most guests are familiar with Tropic World primates, but science. A healthy baby orangutan was born to a species OPEN Brookfield Zoo is Illinois’
most popular ticketed
many other animals live there, among them lots of birds. Over perilously in danger, while his foster “brother” was successfully 365 outdoor cultural
the years, we have added birds to the exhibit to create a more adopted. Designers, writers, and interpreters created new signs DAYS attraction.
natural, multisensory experience for our guests and animal 2.3M
residents. In 2016, we introduced red-cheeked cordon bleu to share up-to-date information. Enrichment experts engineered Guests each year
finches. Today, Tropic World is home to 17 bird species. intellectually stimulating activities for the animals. Nutritionists
Behind the scenes, an aviary and a breeding facility are tweaked diets to be more natural. Habitats were cleaned and
helping bolster populations of many species, including critically stocked. Veterinarians forged new knowledge in the care of the People reached
endangered Guam kingfishers, a species that would be lost animals. And 24 hours a day, seven days a week, compassionate through outreach Members
without zoo breeding programs. zoo professionals devoted their time to managing the care of > 500K programs, free 112,411
the hundreds of residents of Tropic World. █ pass programs, Member households
field trips,
and more Brookfield Zoo has the
second highest membership
of any North American zoo.
300K Children and
family members
who visited HAMILL
FAMILY PLAY ZOO
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