If you are advising a client who is considering a planned gift or bequest to Woodland Park Zoo, we welcome the opportunity to work with you in helping your client. Please use the below resources and tools and feel free to contact us any time for further information or assistance on a confidential basis.

Here is some basic information about our organization:

Legal Name

All charitable gifts should be directed to “Woodland Park Zoological Society (DBA Woodland Park Zoo), 5500 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98103, a Washington 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization, or its successor, Federal Tax Identification Number: 91-6070005.”

Tax I.D. Number

Woodland Park Zoological Society (DBA Woodland Park Zoo)'s Tax ID number is 91-6070005.

Consistent with safeguarding its own interests, Woodland Park Zoo tries to make arranging a gift for the organization’s benefit as easy as possible, and we strive to honor the intentions of all our donors. Accordingly, we hope the following will prove helpful:

  • Read our suggested bequest wording.
  • For securities transfer instructions, information on our gift acceptance or endowment policies, or any other questions you may have, please contact our Planned Giving Officer, Alex Kerl, at 206.548.2437 or by sending an email to alex.kerl@zoo.org.

If one of your clients arranges an estate gift for the benefit of Woodland Park Zoo, we would very much appreciate knowing about the gift, both so we can express our sincere gratitude and – as noted above – so we can make sure we will be able to fulfill the donor’s wishes.

Of course, we respect the fact that in some cases donors prefer to remain anonymous. If you are willing to serve as an intermediary, a client of yours can share information about his or her plans without divulging his or her identity.

  • Learn more about LionHearts Society.
  • To notify Woodland Park Zoo that an estate gift has been arranged for its benefit, please fill out our online form or print and mail this form to:
    5500 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98103  

Finally, we want to be of assistance to you in any way we can, whether you are simply looking for general information about charitable giving, considering particular options on behalf of a particular client, or needing our cooperation in the administration of a bequest or other type of planned gift. 

  • Contact us to discuss a potential—or hypothetical—gift situation or to request a gift illustration.
  • Give our online calculator a try. 

Thank you for the work you do on behalf of our donors!