Support Our Zoo

Empower Conservation: Support Our Zoo's Vital Mission

Connect. Inspire. Conserve. Connect people with nature. Inspire them to conserve.

Your generous donation not only supports Binder Park Zoo conservation efforts but also extends a nurturing hand to endangered species and wildlife worldwide. With your invaluable support, we can continue to uphold our commitment to excellence, ensuring every creature thrives and every conservation initiative flourishes. Join us in making a profound difference in the animal kingdom and beyond.

Summer Appeal

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A gift to the Summer Appeal helps us continue turning experiences into memories, today and for generations to come!

Animal ADOPT

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When you A.D.O.P.T. a Binder Park Zoo animal, you support expert animal care, and you get a wildly unique gift for yourself or the animal lover in your life!

Give a Gift

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Binder Park Zoo is more than a fun place for families to build memories, it is also a place that protects and safeguards species that are critically threatened or endangered. When you share your resources with the zoo, you invest in this regional community in a way that has a lasting effect.

Memorial Fund

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Pay tribute to a loved one. Your gift to the zoo in their honor supports animal exhibits, educational programs, and conservation efforts.

Care and Commitment for Our Future

There are so many ways to make charitable donations that will impact Binder Park Zoo. Consider making immediate donations to the zoo or select a plan to provide strength and sustainability for the zoo’s ongoing mission in the future.

How Else Can I Support the Zoo?

Come See Us! Bring friends, family, and guests to see one of the world's greatest zoos.

Become a Member Your membership helps fund our efforts and encourages community support.

Give a Gift Make a tax deductible contribution to the zoo and support our mission to connect, inspire, and conserve.

Volunteer with Us We have fun, rewarding opportunities in many areas to volunteer. The adventure never ends!

Host a Party Our pavilions are available for rent and are great places for any occasion: kids' birthdays, corporate outings, family reunions, and much more.

Make a Gift to our Endowment Fund Help build our future by making a gift to our endowment funds held at the Battle Creek Community Foundation and Zhang Financial.

ADOPT an Animal You get the satisfaction of caring for an endangered animal, but we do all of the work! Your contribution helps fund care and food for our animals.

Explore Corporate Sponsorships Consider marketing your business amongst the wildlife! Whether it be exhibit, education program, special event or ad campaign sponsorships, you are sure to increase brand exposure in an exciting way.

Remember Binder Park Zoo in Your Will Consider making a lifetime gift to the zoo. 

Cash donations · Charitable Gift Annuities with funds or securities that are set aside for the zoo · Trust Funds naming the zoo as a beneficiary · Retirement sharing with the zoo · Life Insurance: naming the zoo as a beneficiary · Other estate gifting with cash, securities, real estate, or other property (tax advantage) · IRAs · Setting up endowments through local community foundations

For more information, please contact Diane Thompson at (269) 979-1351 or email dthompson@binderparkzoo.org.