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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKECOUNTY FOREST PRESERVES.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,326,253
Total expenses
$4,634,633
Contributions and grants received
$2,843,672
Grants paid
$4,399,418
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$482,491
Other revenue
$90
Total assets, end of year
$8,938,759
Total liabilities, end of year
$223,717
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,715,042
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,622,292
Management and general expenses
$5,840
Fundraising expenses
$6,501
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,622,292

Program services were 99.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,843,672

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $482,491 · excluded $482,491

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $90 · related or exempt $90

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $90

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,399,418 · program services $4,399,418

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,513 · management and general $5,112 · fundraising $1,401

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSE

    total $222,874 · program services $222,874

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $5,828 · management and general $728 · fundraising $5,100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,887,802 · end of year $2,533,076

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $612,241 · end of year $1,003,545

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $17,514

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,523,379 · end of year $5,384,624

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $222,875

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $842

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,577,725 · end of year $8,451,934

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $445,697 · end of year $263,108

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PERSERVERS, A NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, WAS FOUNDTED TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTNER IN THE MISSION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT. THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION'S PURPOSES ARE CHARITABLE, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3). MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION SHALL WITHIN THESE PURPOSES RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FUNDS, RAISE FUNDS, AND MAKE DISTRIBUTIONS TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT. THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION PROVIDES FUNDS THAT HELP THE DISTRICT ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION, HELPING TO ACQUIRE AND RESTORE ITS LANDS FOR THE 3.5 MILLION VISITORS IT SERVES.

  • AMONG OTHER INITIATIVES, GRANTS TO THE DISTRICT HELP RESTORE FOREST PRESERVES TO THEIR NATURAL STATE; IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF PRESERVES; SUPPORT NEW EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS AT THE BESS BOWER DUNN MUSEUM, RYERSON WOODS WELCOME CENTER, AND INDEPENDENCE GROVE; CATALOGING AND CARE OF THE LAKE COUNTY HISTORY ARCHIVES; AND PROVIDE FREE OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE-COST EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT LAKE COUNTY, SUCH AS THE SCIENCE EXPLORERS IN NATURE PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $4,622,292 · Grants $4,399,418

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

Listed in Part VII

  • CHARLES BARTELS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WALTER DALITSCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDREA DANKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHRIS HEIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ELIZABETH HOUGH

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KAREN HUNTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMES KIRBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALEX KOVACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • ANGELO KYLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NELS LEUTWILER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • BILLY MCKINNEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDREA MOORE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MICHAEL RUMMEL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PRADIP SAHU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBERT SHEARS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ERIKA STERGOS

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • MARY VINCENT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHN WASIK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RENEE YOUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC

    $2,359,781

  • LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC

    $1,445,808

  • LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC

    $422,322

  • COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY FOUNDATION

    $96,507

  • FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES

    $75,000

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202412409349300406

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