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Columbus Zoo & Aquarium: Ohio Government Payments

as recorded by Ohio: COLUMBUS ZOO & AQUARIUM

Columbus Zoo & Aquarium is the 2,199th-largest recipient of Ohio state government payments tracked by SpendLedger, and ranks 563rd in Grant paid to govt or NFP enti spending. Its payments amount to 0.1% of everything the Department of Natural Resources has paid vendors in that span. Payments to it rose 4300% year over year.

Primary spending category: Grant paid to govt or NFP enti

$1,664,997total received
12payments
3agencies
Jul 22, 2022 – May 7, 2025first / last payment
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Payments by fiscal year

The payment history

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3 fiscal years on record. The incoming flows below combine all recorded years.

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Jul 22, 2022 to May 7, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years

Showing 3 of 3 positive agencies in these records.

Flow widths compare the relationships shown. Percentages use the full recorded supplier total for this period: $1,664,996.63. Zero and net-negative relationships are excluded from positive flows.

The relationships at a glance

Total shown
$1,664,996.63
Payments represented
12
Paying agencies shown
3
Largest share of supplier total
95.1%

Largest displayed relationship: Department of Natural Resources. Select a flow to explore its details.

Jul 22, 2022 to May 7, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years. Amount and payment count cover the relationships shown; shares use the full supplier total.

Receiving supplier

Columbus Zoo & Aquarium

$1,664,997from the agencies shown

Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
$1,664,997 from the agencies shown

  1. $1,583,17995.1% of supplier total
  2. $60,6003.6% of supplier total
  3. $21,2181.3% of supplier total

This is a selection, not a full spending breakdown. Other agencies are not included in the flow. Some recorded agencies have no public profile link. Coverage may be partial. Review the agency table.

Payments by fiscal year and agency

Fiscal yearAgencyPaymentsTotal
FY 2025Department of Natural Resources5$1,058,179
FY 2025Department of Higher Education1$21,218
FY 2025Department Of Higher Education1$20,600
FY 2024Department of Natural Resources2$25,000
FY 2023Department of Natural Resources1$500,000
FY 2023Department Of Higher Education2$40,000
Total12$1,664,997

What the payments were for

Spending categories exactly as Ohio state government codes them in its own accounting; we do not reclassify.

CategoryPaymentsTotalFirst / last
ADVERT PROMOTIONAL SERVICE4$81,818Jul 22, 2022 – Feb 21, 2025
Grant paid to govt or NFP enti8$1,583,179Dec 27, 2022 – May 7, 2025

Largest payments by fiscal year

The biggest individual payments in each fiscal year, up to 20 per year. Where the source publishes a purchase order behind a payment, the PO description appears; older payments may carry a bare PO reference because the government's published PO files do not reach back that far.

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FY 2025top 7 of 7 payments$1,099,997
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Jan 15, 2025Department of Natural Resources$826,962.44Grant paid to govt or NFP enti–
Jul 24, 2024Department of Natural Resources$139,581.98Grant paid to govt or NFP enti–
Oct 10, 2024Department of Natural Resources$31,634.21Grant paid to govt or NFP enti–
May 6, 2025Department of Natural Resources$30,000.00Grant paid to govt or NFP enti–
May 7, 2025Department of Natural Resources$30,000.00Grant paid to govt or NFP enti–
Feb 21, 2025Department of Higher Education$21,218.00ADVERT PROMOTIONAL SERVICE–
Jul 23, 2024Department Of Higher Education$20,600.00ADVERT PROMOTIONAL SERVICE–
FY 2024top 2 of 2 payments$25,000
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Jun 5, 2024Department of Natural Resources$23,714.26Grant paid to govt or NFP enti–
Feb 29, 2024Department of Natural Resources$1,285.74Grant paid to govt or NFP enti–
FY 2023top 3 of 3 payments$540,000
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Dec 27, 2022Department of Natural Resources$500,000.00Grant paid to govt or NFP enti–
Jul 22, 2022Department Of Higher Education$20,000.00ADVERT PROMOTIONAL SERVICE–
Jun 8, 2023Department Of Higher Education$20,000.00ADVERT PROMOTIONAL SERVICE–

Recent payments

DateAgencyAmountCategoryMethod
May 7, 2025Department of Natural Resources$30,000.00Grant paid to govt or NFP entiEFT
May 6, 2025Department of Natural Resources$30,000.00Grant paid to govt or NFP entiEFT
Feb 21, 2025Department of Higher Education$21,218.00ADVERT PROMOTIONAL SERVICEEFT
Jan 15, 2025Department of Natural Resources$826,962.44Grant paid to govt or NFP entiEFT
Oct 10, 2024Department of Natural Resources$31,634.21Grant paid to govt or NFP entiEFT
Jul 24, 2024Department of Natural Resources$139,581.98Grant paid to govt or NFP entiEFT
Jul 23, 2024Department Of Higher Education$20,600.00ADVERT PROMOTIONAL SERVICEEFT
Jun 5, 2024Department of Natural Resources$23,714.26Grant paid to govt or NFP entiEFT
Feb 29, 2024Department of Natural Resources$1,285.74Grant paid to govt or NFP entiEFT
Jun 8, 2023Department Of Higher Education$20,000.00ADVERT PROMOTIONAL SERVICEEFT
Dec 27, 2022Department of Natural Resources$500,000.00Grant paid to govt or NFP entiEFT
Jul 22, 2022Department Of Higher Education$20,000.00ADVERT PROMOTIONAL SERVICEEFT

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VerifiedData refreshed Sep 24, 2026 from Ohio Checkbook (checkbook.ohio.gov): 24,768,843 payments on record, Jan 3, 2022 to Jun 26, 2025. How we verify this data