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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,066,681
Total expenses
$3,416,383
Contributions and grants received
$1,377,109
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,602,248
Investment income
$194
Other revenue
$87,130
Total assets, end of year
$2,326,330
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,028,961
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,297,369
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,893,150
Management and general expenses
$241,623
Fundraising expenses
$281,610
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,893,150

Program services were 84.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $228,052

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,149,057

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTS

    total $1,602,248 · related or exempt $1,602,248

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $194 · excluded $194

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $112,750

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $39,689

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $73,061 · excluded $73,061

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $14,069 · related or exempt $14,069

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,069

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $291,358 · program services $246,082 · management and general $23,227 · fundraising $22,049

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,739,710 · program services $1,469,366 · management and general $138,689 · fundraising $131,655

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $410,907 · program services $352,679 · management and general $31,622 · fundraising $26,606

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,516 · management and general $14,516

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $447,060 · program services $412,348 · management and general $13,953 · fundraising $20,759

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,412 · program services $5,412

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $124,291 · program services $103,437 · management and general $9,727 · fundraising $11,127

  • 17 · Travel

    total $92,080 · program services $89,840 · management and general $1,373 · fundraising $867

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $28,147 · program services $27,504 · management and general $273 · fundraising $370

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $45,231 · program services $45,231

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $56,440 · program services $50,758 · management and general $4,815 · fundraising $867

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

    total $87,060 · program services $83,119 · management and general $2,186 · fundraising $1,755

  • 24b · Other expenses: NEWSLETTER, PRINTING, A

    total $50,226 · program services $4,827 · fundraising $45,399

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $18,867 · program services $2,547 · management and general $29 · fundraising $16,291

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,078 · management and general $1,213 · fundraising $3,865

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $206,145 · end of year $549,575

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $471,263 · end of year $471,219

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,535,053 · end of year $800,723

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,261 · end of year $24,889

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

    $265,993

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

    $228,032

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $83,192 · end of year $37,961

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,794 · end of year $441,963

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $169,014 · end of year $35,735

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $523,623 · end of year $993,226

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,122,314 · end of year $1,115,697

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $524,757 · end of year $181,672

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CONSERVATION OF THE FOREST PRESERVES IN COOK COUNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONSERVATION OF THE FOREST PRESERVES IN COOK COUNTY

  • CONSERVATION CORPS, VOLUNTEER ORGANIZING, AND SUMMER PROGRAMSFRIENDS CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAMS ARE AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK WE DO. WE RECRUIT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, YOUNG ADULTS, AND ADULTS, OFTEN FROM LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF CHICAGO, TO LEARN ABOUT CONSERVATION WHILE GAINING VITAL LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK SKILLS THAT CAN BE USED IN FUTURE CAREERS. ALL CORPS MEMBERS ARE PAID FOR THEIR WORK RESTORING WOODS AND PRAIRIES, CREATING MEANINGFUL JOBS IN UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES. FRIENDS' CORPS MEMBERS REMOVE THE INVASIVE SPECIES THAT ARE THE CANCER OF OUR ECOSYSTEMS AS WELL AS PLANT SEEDS AND PREPARE THE EARTH FOR REJUVENATION. THEY ALSO GAIN ESSENTIAL SKILLS LIKE JOB READINESS AND FINANCIAL LITERACY. AND, MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION OF FRONT LINE ADVOCATES FOR THE FOREST PRESERVES AND NATURE. THE HEALTH AND FUTURE OF OUR NATURAL AREAS DEPEND UPON A DIVERSITY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTRIBUTE THEIR HARD WORK, TALENTS, AND LOVE FOR NATURE THROUGH VOLUNTEERING. ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION VOLUNTEERS HELP CARE FOR NATURE BY GETTING OUTSIDE AND DOING THE PHYSICAL WORK OF REMOVING INVASIVE TREES, WEEDING, PLANTING, SEED COLLECTING, TRAIL FIXING, AND MORE. ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES HELP NATURE THRIVE AND PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS WITH NUMEROUS BENEFITS SUCH AS QUALITY TIME OUTDOORS, A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, AND NEW DISCOVERIES INTO THE LIVES OF THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS IN THE FOREST PRESERVES IN COOK COUNTY.

    Expenses $2,408,782

  • ENGAGEMENT - THE FRIENDS COMMUNITY CONNECTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, EVENTS, AND INFORMAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES. FRIENDS ENGAGES NEARLY 20,000 PEOPLE THROUGH EMAIL AND A VARIETY OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO PROMOTE THE WONDERS OF THE PRESERVES, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM. FRIENDS OFFERS A VARIETY OF INFORMAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES IN THE PRESERVES TO HELP PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM THE WONDERFUL NATURE AND RANGE OF OFFERINGS THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE PRESERVES. FRIENDS ALSO HOLDS FUNDRAISING EVENTS THAT GET PEOPLE OUTSIDE AND IN THE WOODS, WHILE HELPING TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $484,368

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ED WOODBURY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JUSTIN MARTIN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARGARET A FRISBIE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CORRYN ANTONIZIO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN BRUCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WALTER BURLACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSE H COLON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR CHARLES D DILLON MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS GREENHAW JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA C HILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR AKILAH R MARTIN PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR RONALD M MILNARIK DDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DERK OSENBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY O'BRIEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN WILSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CORY CHAPLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONYISHA HARRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BENJAMIN COX

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $187,431
    From this org
    $182,169
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,262
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,169
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,262
    Filer's total
    $187,431

  • RADHIKA MIRAGLIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $103,927
    From this org
    $100,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,332
    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. 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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 June 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202331599349301278

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