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← THE ARTS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND PARK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE ARTS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND PARK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,973,005
Total expenses
$3,046,634
Contributions and grants received
$1,441,720
Grants paid
$1,817,785
Program service revenue
$1,241,929
Investment income
$184,301
Other revenue
$105,055
Total assets, end of year
$5,049,399
Total liabilities, end of year
$241,683
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,807,716
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,585,265
Management and general expenses
$196,516
Fundraising expenses
$264,853
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,585,265

Program services were 84.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $442,540

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $188,344

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $810,836

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $51,050

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARK PROGRAMS

    total $1,241,929 · related or exempt $1,241,929

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $183,819 · excluded $183,819

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $62,697

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

    securities $62,215

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $482

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $482 · excluded $482

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $85,200

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $188,344

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $62,671

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $22,529 · excluded $22,529

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $8,349

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,015

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $7,334 · excluded $7,334

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $130,872

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $55,680

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $75,192 · related or exempt $75,192

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,817,785 · program services $1,817,785

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $116,480 · program services $22,549 · management and general $32,349 · fundraising $61,582

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $133,118 · program services $25,770 · management and general $36,970 · fundraising $70,378

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,684 · program services $3,689 · management and general $7,910 · fundraising $10,085

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $49,815 · management and general $49,815

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $215 · fundraising $215

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,386 · management and general $4,386

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,061 · program services $839 · management and general $16,730 · fundraising $17,492

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,591 · program services $56 · fundraising $10,535

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $109,273 · program services $719 · management and general $14,070 · fundraising $94,484

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,720 · management and general $15,720

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,648 · management and general $18,566 · fundraising $82

  • 24a · Other expenses: PARK PROGRAMS

    total $713,858 · program services $713,858

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $115,026 · end of year $120,774

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,170,983 · end of year $4,197,883

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $284,616 · end of year $163,579

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,771 · end of year $5,771

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $501,101 · end of year $561,392

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $40,502 · end of year $34,975

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $163,814 · end of year $206,708

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,112,894 · end of year $3,300,481

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,760,287 · end of year $1,507,235

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND PARK IS DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF RECREATIONAL, AESTHETIC, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL POTENTIAL OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS. FUNDING INITIATIVES INCLUDE SUPPORT OF THE OVERLAND PARK ARBORETUM & BOTANICAL GARDENS, DEANNA ROSE CHILDREN'S FARMSTEAD AND OVERLAND PARK ARTS PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDATION MANAGES THREE MEMBERSHIP GROUPS - FRIENDS OF THE ARBORETUM, FRIENDS OF THE FARMSTEAD AND FRIENDS OF OVERLAND PARK ARTS - EACH LED BY AN ADVISORY BOARD COMPRISED OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO ASSIST THE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FOUNDATION STAFF WITH THE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, FUNDRAISING AND PROMOTION OF THE CULTURAL AMENITIES OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE ART, RECREATION, NATURE, EDUCATION AND CULTURE THAT COULD BUILD COMMUNITY AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS.

  • ARBORETUM & BOTANICAL GARDENS -THE OVERLAND PARK ARBORETUM & BOTANICAL GARDENS EXISTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND THE APPRECIATION OF NATURE. IT PROVIDES BOTH A CULTURAL CENTER AND A NATURE PRESERVE FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE ARTS & RECREATIONFOUNDATION, BY SUPPORTING THE OPABG, IS INVESTING IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS BY DEVELOPING PROGRAMS, CONDUCTING SPECIAL EVENTS, AND RAISING FUNDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE OPABG. THE ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION IS ASSISTED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE ARBORETUM (FOTA) ADVISORY BOARD TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE AESTHETIC, EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF THE OPABG SO AS TO REALIZE ITS LONG TERM FULL POTENTIAL.

    Expenses $250,574 · Grants $176,118 · Revenue $893,966

  • DEANNA ROSE CHILDREN'S FARMSTEAD -DEANNA ROSE CHILDREN'S FARMSTEAD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1978 TO DEPICT A TURN OF THE CENTURY FARM. FAMILY-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES, ATTRACTIONS AND PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED APRIL 1 THROUGH OCTOBER 31 IN A 12-ACRE EDUCATIONAL FARM ENVIRONMENT THAT CULTIVATES AN APPRECIATION OF FARMLIFE, WILDLIFE AND KANSAS HERITAGE. THE ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION, BY SUPPORTING DEANNA ROSE CHILDREN'S FARMSTEAD, IS INVESTING IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS BY DEVELOPING PROGRAMS, CONDUCTING SPECIAL EVENTS, AND RAISING FUNDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTSAT THE DRCF. THE ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION IS ASSISTED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE FARMSTEAD (FOF) ADVISORY BOARD TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF THE OPABG SO AS TO REALIZE ITS LONG TERM FULL POTENTIAL.

    Expenses $1,550,273 · Grants $1,090,048 · Revenue $303,151

  • CITY OF OVERLAND PARK ARTS PROGRAM -THE ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION, BY SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN OVERLAND PARK, IS INVESTING IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS BY DEVELOPING PROGRAMS, CONDUCTING SPECIAL EVENTS, AND RAISING FUNDS FOR INSTALLATIONS OF PUBLIC ART AND PRESENTATION OF ARTS PROGRAMMING. THEARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION IS ASSISTED BY THE FRIENDS OF OVERLAND PARK (FOA) ADVISORY BOARD TO EDUCATE AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE RESIDENTS OF OVERLAND PARK BY FOSTERING, PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC ACTIVITIES AND INSTALLATIONS OF ART IN OVERLANDPARK.

    Expenses $784,418 · Grants $551,619 · Revenue $175,684

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • EMMA BLAND

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHIL BRESSLER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFFREY BYERS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER GERLACH

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ABIGAIL CZINEGE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA HARSCH

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE HOPSON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS NEWLIN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA RYAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DOUG RICHARDS

    VP-STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KENNETH SELZER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARGA SPANGLER

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELAINE STOLZE

    VP-COMMUNITY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HOLLY STREETER-SCHAEFER

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TERRI THOMPSON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF VONSELDENECK

    VP-DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TANYA WILSON

    PAST-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELISSA WINDON SEILER

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRED SPEARS

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JERMEL STEVENSON

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICKI LILLY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $116,480
    From this org
    $116,480
    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

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.

  • CITY OF OVERLAND PARK

    501(C)(3) · GOVERNMENT ENTITY · KS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513009349301031

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