The Point Defiance Zoological Society provides funding and support to conservation and education initiatives around world. Five percent of The Zoo Society's membership sales go directly to conservation efforts spanning the globe.

In conjunction with the senior staff of PDZA, The Zoo Society works to carefully select projects that support conservation initiatives most pressing to the global community and that relate to PDZA's animal collection. The Zoo Society is committed to supporting these worldwide efforts in conservation and education:

Barrow Arctic Science Consortium Partnership
Biological Surveys in Pierce County
Clouded Leopard DNA analysis
Clouded Leopard Thailand Consortium
Coral Farm at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Diel activity patterns of sixgill sharks in the Puget Sound
Gibbon Conservation in Thailand Zoos
Keeper Exchange - Australia
Marshall Islands Conservation Partnership
Molecular reconstruction of the wild Red Wolf pedigree
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium green team
Project Seahorse
Raising Red Wolf Awareness through Education
Southeast Asia Wild Cat Education Initiative
Sumatran Tiger Conservation Program (Bukit Tigapuluh National Park)
Sumatran Tiger Species Survival Plan
Use of non-invasive endocrinology at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium for animal management