FUNDING APPLICATION GENERAL INFORMATION Organization Information Legal Name: Federal Tax ID#: 501(c)(3) Public Charity Zoological Society 74-1323695 509 (a)(2) Address: City: State: Zip Code: 3903 North St. Mary's San Antonio TX 78212 Website: Fax: United Way Funded: www.sazoo.org (210) 734-7184 No Fiscal Year: January 01 to December 31 Head Of Organization Name: Title: Timothy Morrow CEO/Executive Director E-Mail Address: Phone: [email protected] (210) 734-7184 Application Contact Name: Title: E-Mail Address: Phone: Kelley Havemann Director of Development [email protected] (210) 734-7184 Previous Najim Funding Year Funding $ 2016 $10,000 2018 $10,000 2019 $20,000 Total $40,000 Has the organization applied to the Najim Charitable Foundation in the past and been declined? No Grant Amount Requested $: Total Project Budget $: Organization's Annual budget $: $20,000 $70,498 $25,656,575 Mission Statement: Our mission is to inspire people to love, engage with, act for, and protect animals and the places they live through sharing our passion for animal care, education, and conservation. PROJECT INFORMATION Program / Project Title: Title 1 School Groups PROJECT TIMELINE Start Date End Date 09/01/2021 05/30/2022

Page 1 Harvey E. Najim Charitable Foundation Priorities: Education Education Priorities: Elementary to High School Program / Project Description: There is a discernable disconnect between people and nature. Studies show that children and adults are spending less and less time outdoors. This nature deficit not only impacts the child's physical and mental health, but this deficit also makes it harder for children to understand and appreciate the importance of nature and conservation of our earth's valuable natural resources.

The San Antonio is a living classroom that some students cannot afford to visit without funding assistance. Every animal encounter children experience is a chance to teach them about appreciation for wildlife and the global need for environmental conservation. In a busy urban world where the wonders of nature may go unnoticed, the serves as the perfect educational destination where children of all ages learn to grow with nature.

We are the only zoo in San Antonio, no one else can offer the unique stewardship and environmental conservation focus that we are able to afford our visitors. Other organizations that offer a similar message, but in a different setting are: The , with more of a natural history focus? and Botanical Gardens, with a focus on plants and nature versus animals. The unique experiences we can offer, such as feeding the 's and visiting the butterfly exhibit are not available to children in any other setting in San Antonio or South .

For in-person visits, docents are in the zoo during the school year offering animal presentations with a chance to see an animal up close, as well as "carts" with some in depth information about animals and conservation issues. Carts include bio-facts or other props and encourage the audience to be engaged in an activity or touch opportunity.

Animal Chats and Education Encounters occur throughout the day, led by either animal care specialists or educators and include information about the zoo's animals, natural history facts, and conservation messaging. There are graphics in front of all the exhibits and along pathways and fence lines, addressing conservation issue, projects the zoo supports, and biodiversity.

Virtual visits can include up to 95 participants for assembly type visits, or 30 participants for interactive visits. Teachers can select one of two types of programming: o Choose a favorite section of the zoo or let Zoo Educators follow their passion! Content may vary depending on the time of day/animal viewability. o These TEKs aligned programs are perfect for supporting state standards while enjoying the zoo safely from your classroom - wherever that may be! Each theme is 45 minutes long and includes a live presentation by a zoo educator, lots of photos, a close look at biofacts (such as feathers), and a live animal presentation. Group sizes are limited to allow for an engaging program with plenty of student interaction. Themes: Amazing Animal Care, Adaptations, Biomes, Zoo Careers, Animal Wrappers, Biomes, Food Chains and Webs, or Zoology.

This is an existing program of 30 plus years. This grant will serve 2,000 children in-person for 3-4 hours in-person visit. If the visit is virtual, it will serve 30-95 students per session at $125 to $175 per session so could serve 2,000-5,000 students for 45 minute virtual sessions.

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Page 2 Evaluation Plan: As this program involves one visit to the zoo-the long-term impact of that visit is difficult to measure. Teachers bring their classes to the zoo year after year, indicating that they feel there is educational value to this experience.

Success for all our educational programs is measured by the quality of the experience that was provided the students. Information and feedback gathered from teachers, parents, and students are used to plan the following year's school group program. Both in-person and virtual programs are TeKS aligned, ensuring that children's learning at the zoo is reinforcing classroom learning. The zoo works to ensure that its education programs meet the needs of participants.

We continue to seek funding to hire an evaluator to develop an evaluation protocol for Title 1 School Group visits--providing the zoo with robust information to enhance our educational programming. Plans to sustain project beyond the term of this request: Our staff assists with the program. However, sustainability for this program is strictly through corporate/foundation grant funding. If we do not raise the funds, we are unable to accommodate requests for a visit. We do allocate a reduced rate for Title 1 School Group visits--$5.00 per child versus the normal rate for school groups of $9.50 and the gate-rate for children of $11.25. We have hosted 218 virtual tours with 5,257 participants during the 2020-2021 school year, thus far. Children Impacted: How many unduplicated children will the TOTAL How many unduplicated children will NCF PROJECT INITIATIVE impact? REQUESTED FUNDS impact? 16,787 4,000 Please provide the percentage of each group below that will be served by the project in which funds are being requested. Do not leave any area blank. If that specific group will not be served, include zero. The percentage should total 100%. A. Population Served Age B. Population Served Ethnicity Infants (0-5) 0% African American 10% Children (6-13) 80% Asian American 0% Young Adults (14-18) 20% Caucasian 11% TOTAL: 100% Hispanic/Latino 71% Native American 0% Other and Define 8% TOTAL: 100% City Council District for Which Children are Being Served: District2 Line item Budget: Line Item Description Total Project Funds Allocation Najim Funds Allocation In Person Zoo Visits-6,787 $34,390 $20,000 children Virtual Assembly Visits-5,000 $6,943 $0 children Virtual Interactive Visits-5,000 $29,165 $0 children TOTAL: $70,498 $20,000

Page 3 OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES For Project being Requested: Funding sources and amounts, pending and committed. PROJECT - PENDING Funder Name Amount Requested Dalkowitz Foundation $10,000 Cowden Foundation $10,000 Cavaliers Foundation $10,000 TOTAL: $30,000 PROJECT - COMMITTED Funder Name Amount Requested Valero $25,000 Marathon Oil $5,000 TOTAL: $30,000 Other funding sources and amounts, pending and committed not specific to this request. ALL OTHER ORGANIZATION REQUESTS - PENDING Funder Name Amount Requested P-21 Foundation (Conservation) $20,000 Thomas Gilcrease Foundation (Gen Op) $2,000 Amy Shelton McNutt (Conservation) $50,000 IMPACT SA (KTTNS) $100,000 USAA (Zoo Salutes and Gen Op) $40,000 TOTAL: $212,000 ALL OTHER ORGANIZATION REQUESTS - COMMITTED Funder Name Amount Requested Texan By Nature $25,000 Moody Foundation (KTTNS) $25,000 Greehey Foundation (KTTNS) $50,000 TND Family Foundation (Train)n $80,000 Alfred S. Gage Foundation (KTTNS) $15,000 Coates Foundation (Conservation) $88,500 John R & Greli N Less Charitable Trust (KTTNS) $600,000 Walmart (Train) $10,000 TOTAL: $893,500 BOARD OF DIRECTORS What percentage of your board contributes financially to the organization? 99% If Board giving is not at 100%, please explain why?

Page 4 We have one board member out of 65 that did not provide financial support. We do not know why, but we have worked very hard to ensure that we have 100% participation (as we did in 2019) and we will ensure this does not occur again. How are board members expected to participate in your organization? We routinely have 52% or more Board members in attendance at our quarterly meetings. Board members who are not in attendance are provided with meeting minutes and all appropriate materials from the missed Board meeting. We always have a quorum, ensuring that business can move forward in a timely manner. Our Board is very involved in strategic planning. The Board also participates in, and invites guests who are potential future donors to, events hosted at the zoo. The Board is aware of the programs and program evaluations that are done; however, they have little direct participation in the development of those programs. LIST OF BOARD DIRECTORS Name & Office Held Corporate Affiliation Alice Viroslav, M.D. Radsource & UT Health SA Ann A. Cross Olmos Park Animal Hospital Annita Hereford-Crump Capital Group/American Funds Ashwin Nathan H-E-B Becky Canavan Johnny Canavan Homes Brandon Grossman - Executive Committee Burger World LLC Brian C. Steward KRW Lawyers C. Collins Anderson Bluepearl Vet Speciality/Emergency Cameron R. Redding Redding Law, PLLC Camille L. Denton - Executive Committee Community Volunteer Charles H. Clines The Charles Butt Foundation Christopher S. Bathie Rio Bravo Alloys Cosmo M. Guido Guido Companies David S. Herrmann Columbia Realty LTD Diana H. Plummer Key Realty Drew Greller VMD, DACVO Veterinary Opthamology Frank Z. Ruttenberg - Board President Haynes and Boone, LLP Gary Simmons Corp George M. Hutchinson Invictus Medical George P. Parker Retired Attorney George S. Hixon Phyllis Browning Land and Ranch Gilbert F. Vasquez Clark Hill Strasburger Gina Langley Community Volunteer J. Stephens McCusker Retired - SA Zoo Director James Nester TWO2WORLD Jane H. Macon Bracewell LLP Jayme Russell Luther King Capital Management Jim E. Satel Valero

Page 5 Joe N. Haynes Sanger & Altgelt, LLC John L. Nau III Silver Eagle Distributors Kathleen Kennedy Community Volunteer KayKay O'Brien OfficeSource, LTD Kelly S. Daniell Coates Charitable Foundation Laura Berg Hodge Phyllis Browning Co. Louis R. DiSabato Retired - SA Zoo Director Marcus T. Barrett Barrett Brothers Oil and Gas Mark L. Thornton SA Internal Medicine Mary R. Barrett - Executive Committee Community Volunteer Maryanne Guido - Executive Committee Guido Companies Meredith Howard Redbird Communications Michael L. Molak Plains Capital Bank Norborne Cole - Secretary Retired - Coca Cola CEO Peggy Hughes - Executive Committee Dan Allen Hughes Company Red McCombs McCombs Enterprises Richard M. Kleberg Luther King Capital Management Robert E. Miggins Go Smart Solar Robert J. Barrera Nicholas & Barrera P.C. Robert P. Thomas San Antonio Pediatric Surgery Roby Latimer Adobe Equity Group Ryan Malitz Malitz Construction Sara Stumberg Walker - 2nd VP Sara Walker Events Susan N. Naylor - Executive Committee Will Smith Foundation Tarah A. Sykes Community Volunteer Thomas C. Hill AmeriVet Partners Timothy M. Havens Retired - La Gitana Ranch Todd L. Brockwell - Treasurer Monticello Wealth Management Tony Parker Retired - Tracee Feik Feik Family Foundation Valerie Guenther Community Volunteer William A. Freed - 1st VP Nueces Marketing Partners William T. Maloy Geological Consultant Signature Kelley Havemann

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