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← ILLINOIS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ILLINOIS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,154,056
Total expenses
$1,282,159
Contributions and grants received
$1,081,694
Grants paid
$20,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$36,092
Other revenue
$36,270
Total assets, end of year
$7,297,510
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,476
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,238,034
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$789,615
Management and general expenses
$492,544
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$789,615

Program services were 61.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,081,694

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $81,895 · excluded $81,895

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $45,803

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$45,803

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$45,803 · excluded -$45,803

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $34,439

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $34,439 · excluded $34,439

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $1,831 · excluded $1,831

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,831

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $130,000 · management and general $130,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $232,226 · program services $93,292 · management and general $138,934

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,077 · management and general $8,077

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,305 · management and general $12,305

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,579 · program services $7,137 · management and general $20,442

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11 · program services $11

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $105,614 · program services $1,185 · management and general $104,429

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $15,457 · management and general $15,457

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,000 · program services $32,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,945 · management and general $10,945

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,665 · program services $13,665

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,362 · program services $16,362

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,620 · management and general $5,620

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,910 · program services $118 · management and general $19,792

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,092 · program services $37,092

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $43,482 · program services $43,482

  • 24a · Other expenses: Education Project

    total $107,800 · program services $107,800

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment

    total $79,350 · program services $79,350

  • 24c · Other expenses: ICF Events

    total $44,135 · program services $33,843 · management and general $10,292

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance

    total $41,135 · program services $41,135

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $279,394 · program services $263,143 · management and general $16,251

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $496,864 · end of year $352,399

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,164 · end of year $7,663

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $11,449 · end of year $19,201

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $19,497 · end of year $23,283

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $5,422,043

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $929,367

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,439,936 · end of year $4,492,676

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,091,446 · end of year $2,393,638

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $34,858 · end of year $8,650

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,778 · end of year $30,677

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $31,867 · end of year $21,575

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,480 · end of year $7,224

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,856,385 · end of year $1,850,003

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,190,704 · end of year $5,388,031

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The role of the Illinois Conservation Foundation and its partners is to preserve and enhance our natural resources by supporting and fostering ecological, educational and recreational program for the benefit of all people now and for generations to come.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To solicit and generate private funding and donations that assist in enhancing and preserving Illinois' natural habitats, historic sites, rivers and stream corridors, state parks, forest and fish wildlife areas.

  • The Illinois Conservation Foundation enhances and preserves Illinois' natural habitats, historic sites, river and stream corridors, state parks, forests and fish and wildlife areas. The Foundation manages 750 acres in northern Illinois being utilized as a youth conservation center. The property includes a lodge, learning center, hunting, and camping areas.

    Expenses $789,615 · Grants $20,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ryan Anderson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalie Finnie

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Cullerton Jr

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Ruffolo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Hillstrom

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Robert Russell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Trip Banks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mick Wanless

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Bennett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Yilk

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Ettinger

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $130,000
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources

    State Agency · IL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520799349300742

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