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What has the City paid American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums?
$464K in City payments across 27 checks, from November 6, 2017 to August 10, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.
Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026
As published: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS
$464KTotal paid
27Payments
$17,197Average payment
FY2025-26Peak full year · $74K
By fiscal year
FY2017-18
$32K
FY2018-19
$35K
FY2019-20
$45K
FY2020-21
$49K
FY2021-22
$52K
FY2022-23
$53K
FY2023-24
$56K
FY2024-25
$62K
FY2025-26
$74K
FY2026-27 *
$7K
Who pays them
Zoo$299K
Recreation and Parks$165K
What for
Office and Administrative$299K
10 payments
Museum Programs$165K
17 payments
* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $7K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $0.
Most recent payments
The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.
| Date | Budget line | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10, 2026 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | FOR ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS & AQUARIUM - INVOICE # 9012026-FEE | $6,500 |
| December 22, 2025 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INVOICE 400876 FOR 2026 MEMBERSHIP | $28,694 |
| December 5, 2025 | Office and AdministrativeZoo | ANNUAL DUES - 2026 MEMBERSHIP DUES | $2,405 |
| November 3, 2025 | Office and AdministrativeZoo | ANNUAL INSTITUTION MEMBERSHIP DUES | $42,697 |
| December 6, 2024 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INVOICE 387051 - 2025 MEMBERSHIP | $23,639 |
| December 4, 2024 | Office and AdministrativeZoo | ANNUAL INSTITUTION MEMBERSHIP DUES - 2025 | $38,122 |
| April 2, 2024 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INSTITUTIONAL DUES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 INVOICE 369822 | $18,555 |
| November 3, 2023 | Office and AdministrativeZoo | ANNUAL INSTITUTION MEMBERSHIP DUES | $37,012 |
| February 13, 2023 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INSTITUTIONAL DUES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023. DATE OF SERVICE: 1/1/2023 TO 12/31/23 | $17,400 |
| November 28, 2022 | Office and AdministrativeZoo | ANNUAL INSTITUTION MEMBERSHIP DUES | $35,934 |
| March 2, 2022 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INSTITUTIONAL DUES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022. DATE OF SERVICE: 1/1/2022 TO 12/31/22 | $14,784 |
| January 10, 2022 | Office and AdministrativeZoo | ANNUAL INSTITUTION MEMBERSHIP DUES - 1/1/22 TO 12/31/22 | $37,213 |
| December 22, 2020 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INSTITUTIONAL DUES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2021. DATE OF SERVICE: 1/1/2021 TO 12/31/21 | $15,392 |
| December 4, 2020 | Office and AdministrativeZoo | ANNUAL INSTITUTION MEMBERSHIP DUES - 1/1/21 TO 12/31/21 | $33,872 |
| July 22, 2020 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INSTITUTIONAL DUES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020. DOS: 1/1/2020 TO 12/31/2020 | $14,076 |
| July 22, 2020 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INSTITUTIONAL DUES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020. DOS: 1/1/2020 TO 12/31/2020 | -$14,076 |
| March 17, 2020 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INSTITUTIONAL DUES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020. DOS: 1/1/2020 TO 12/31/2020 | $14,076 |
| November 4, 2019 | Office and AdministrativeZoo | ANNUAL INSTITUTION MEMBERSHIP DUES - FY 2020 | $30,610 |
| March 4, 2019 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | INSTITUTIONAL DUES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019 | $13,989 |
| February 8, 2019 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | PROFESSIONAL FELLOW MEMBERSHIP FOR CMA ACTING DIRECTOR, ED MASTRO | $195 |
| February 8, 2019 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP FOR CMA CURATOR, JULIANNE PASSARELLI | $95 |
| November 14, 2018 | Office and AdministrativeZoo | ANNUAL INSTITUTION MEMBERSHIP DUES (CUST #0042032000) - FY 2019 | $21,110 |
| January 10, 2018 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | 2018 PROFESSION AFFILIATE MEMBER DUES FOR ED MASTRO. DOS: 1/1/2018 TO 12/31/2018 | $195 |
| January 10, 2018 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | 2018 PROFESSION AFFILIATE MEMBER DUES FOR KIERSTEN DARROW. DOS: 1/1/2018 TO 12/31/2018 | $95 |
| January 9, 2018 | Museum ProgramsRecreation and Parks | ACCREDITED INSTITUTION ANNUAL DUES. DOS: 1/1/18 TO 12/31/18 | $11,138 |
Sources
LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.