Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 23 April 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$14,887,520 →changed to $1,792,425

Total expenses

$10,969,591 →changed to $70,407,185

Grants paid

$9,204,293 →changed to $67,564,520

Investment income

$14,887,520 →changed to $1,792,425

Total assets, end of year

$68,476,795 →changed to $0

Total liabilities, end of year

$94,820 →changed to $0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$68,381,975 →changed to $0

Program services expenses

$10,524,116 →changed to $69,630,835

Management and general expenses

$445,475 →changed to $776,350

Program service expenses (Part III)

$10,524,116 →changed to $69,630,835

Totals

Total revenue

$1,792,425

Total expenses

$70,407,185

Contributions and grants received

$0

Grants paid

$67,564,520

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,792,425

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$0

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$0

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$69,630,835

Management and general expenses

$776,350

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$69,630,835

Program services were 98.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• NATURAL AREAS - THE NATURAL AREAS PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE NATURAL HABITATS AND WILDLIFE AREAS IN ILLINOIS BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. FOUNDATION GRANTS SUPPORT LAND ACQUISITION, PLANNING EFFORTS LEADING TO LAND ACQUISITION, NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING AND HABITAT RESTORATION. During the year, we paid out 46 grants providing over $53.9 Million to Illinois nonprofit organizations, schools, municipalities and other local and state government agencies.

  Expenses $55,560,997 · Grants $53,915,046

• ENERGY EFFICIENCY -THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE THE GOAL OF MAKING ENERGY EFFICIENCY THE NORM IN PUBLIC FACILITIES OPERATED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE FOUNDATION HAS DEVELOPED A SET OF "GREEN BUILDING" PROGRAMS AND GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING UPGRADES, ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING DESIGN AND COMMISSIONING, LEADING-EDGE ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUILDING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES AND BUILDING PUBLIC DEMAND FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY. During the year, we paid out 11 grants providing over $12.2 Million to Illinois nonprofit organizations, schools, municipalities and other local and state government agencies.

  Expenses $12,600,803 · Grants $12,234,329

• RENEWABLE ENERGY - THE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION IN ILLINOIS BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. BY FUNDING A VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES OPERATING IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS, AND INCREASINGLY REQUIRING THE REPORTING AND PUBLIC SHARING OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, THE FOUNDATION IS PROVIDING A VALUABLE SERVICE TO THIS EMERGING AND RAPIDLY EXPANDING TECHNOLOGY FIELD. GRANT PROGRAMS SUPPORT WIND ENERGY AT BOTH THE FEASIBILITY AND INSTALLATION STAGES, SOLAR ENERGY AT BOTH THE GENERATION AND EDUCATIONAL SCALES AS WELL AS ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES. During the year, we paid out 18 grants providing over $1.4 million to Illinois nonprofit organizations, schools, municipalities and other local and state government agencies.

  Expenses $1,469,035 · Grants $1,425,145

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• Prairie State Conservation Coalition

  $47,147,561

  PSCC Final Grant

• County of Lake

  $2,000,000

  Net Zero 911/Regional Operations & Communications Facility

• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

  $2,000,000

  Net Zero Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic/Visitor Center

• Heartland Community College

  $2,000,000

  Heartland Community College Net Zero Energy Agriculture Complex

• Homewood-Flossmoor CHSD #233

  $2,000,000

  Net Zero Energy Science Addition

• Openlands

  $1,529,452

  Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge - Phase II (375 acres)

• The Conservation Fund

  $1,510,000

  Tamarack Farms Acquisition for Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (614 Acres)

• Oak Park Residence Corporation

  $1,400,000

  7 Van Buren Net Zero Energy Multifamily Residence

• Academy For Global Citizenship

  $1,200,000

  Academy for Global Citizenship Net Positive Energy School

• Forest Preserve District of Kane County

  $1,074,150

  Acquisition of Donahue Farm (294.83 acres)

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

1 distribution to a recipient named as a person, $47,147,561. Counted where the filer named the recipient as a person, as filed. Who received them, and what, are not published.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

10 December 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202413459349300736

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