Leave a Legacy

Remembering Cleveland Metroparks Zoo during your estate planning leaves a lasting legacy and ensures that the Zoo and the community it serves will continue to thrive for generations to come.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and its non-profit partner, the Cleveland Zoological Society, are working together to expand the Zoo’s national leadership in community engagement, science education and conservation impact. The partnership has led to a campus plan, new education and conservation programming and many impactful capital projects to support the mission of the world-class Zoo.

Continuing the Mission

You are invited to create your own legacy through ZooFutures. ZooFutures is open to anyone who invests in the future of the Zoo Society through a planned gift. You leave a lasting legacy and ensure that the Zoo and the community it serves will continue to thrive for generations to come. 

Planned Giving Options

Many special friends of the Zoo have joined ZooFutures after expressing their commitment to the Cleveland Zoo Society through their estate plans. There are many ways to make such a gift:

• Employee Matching Gifts
• Donor Advised Funds
• Cash, Credit Card, or Check
• Monthly Giving
• Stocks or Mutual Funds
• Real Estate/Art/Property
• IRA Distribution
• Planned Gifts

Contact Information

For more information on how you can become part of ZooFutures, please contact
Leta Obertacz, Director of Advancement, at (216) 635-3346 or email Obertacz@ClevelandZooSociety.org.