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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$982,738
Total expenses
$482,217
Contributions and grants received
$936,754
Grants paid
$6,671
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$45,984
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,743,726
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,736,126
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$396,604
Management and general expenses
$56,699
Fundraising expenses
$28,914
Program service expenses (Part III)
$396,604

Program services were 82.2% 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

    $936,754

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $200,529

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $52,786 · excluded $52,786

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $193,727

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

    securities $200,529

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,802

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$6,802 · excluded -$6,802

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,671 · program services $6,671

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $90,000 · program services $54,000 · management and general $18,000 · fundraising $18,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,575 · management and general $14,575

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $52,132 · program services $23,728 · management and general $20,494 · fundraising $7,910

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,238 · program services $675 · management and general $339 · fundraising $224

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,983 · program services $1,191 · management and general $396 · fundraising $396

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,600 · program services $960 · management and general $320 · fundraising $320

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $511 · management and general $511

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $293,013 · program services $293,013

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING AND DEVELOPMEN

    total $10,321 · program services $6,193 · management and general $2,064 · fundraising $2,064

  • 24c · Other expenses: ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

    total $8,240 · program services $8,240

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRESIDENT'S DISCRETIONA

    total $1,933 · program services $1,933

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $991,858 · end of year $119,530

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $317,885 · end of year $1,620,671

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $1,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,938 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $807 · end of year $926

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

    $4,799

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

    $3,200

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,199 · end of year $1,599

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $78,644 · end of year $6,585

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $12,938 · end of year $1,015

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $405,524 · end of year $505,941

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $830,081 · end of year $1,230,185

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGHOUT DANE COUNTY BY SUSTAINING A PARK SYSTEM WHICH WILL IMPROVE RESIDENTS' PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, COMBAT FLOODING, CONSERVE OUR DWINDLING LAND AGAINST THE GROWING POPULATION, SUSTAIN OUR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM BY PRESERVING ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS, AND ENHANCE THE COUNTY'S ECONOMIC BASE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDING SUPPORT AND STEWARDSHIP TO ALL THE DANE COUNTY PARKS BY PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM, EDUCATION, INTERPRETATION, ASSCESSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

  • PROVIDE FUNDING, MATERIALS, AND EQUIPMENT FOR DANE COUNTY PARK PROGRAMS LIKE YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS LIKE INSTALLATION OF ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES AND UPDATED AMENITIES. PROVIDE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS LIKE "HEALTHY PARKS HEALTHY YOU," TO PROMOTE THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE OUTDOORS.

    Expenses $381,693

  • PROVIDE GRANTS TO FRIENDS GROUPS OF DANE COUNTY PARKS TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, OUTREACH AND VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.

    Expenses $6,671 · Grants $6,671

  • COLLECT FUNDS FOR THE FRIENDS OF DANE COUNTY PARKS ENDOWMENT HELD AT THE MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WHICH SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF THE DANE COUNTY PARKS.

    Expenses $8,240

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Tom Wilson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Dan Erdman

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Calrson

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Renee Lauber

    SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lon Sprecher

    THIRD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Randy Hackbarth

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matthew Dregne

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Natalie Eisner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Lunney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marta Weldon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judie Pfeifer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Shea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caryl Terrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Thoresen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Weber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joleen Stinson

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Hubing

    EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Mullins

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,000
    From this org
    $85,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,000
    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503189349303345

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