Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by FOREST PRESERVE FOUNDATION INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $520,535
- Total expenses
- $520,026
- Contributions and grants received
- $509,628
- Grants paid
- $81,250
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $10,907
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $381,541
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,300
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $377,241
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $263,496
- Management and general expenses
- $74,817
- Fundraising expenses
- $181,713
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $263,496
Program services were 50.7% 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.
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1d · Related organizations
$24,400
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$485,228
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$24,400
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3 · Investment income
total $10,907 · related or exempt $10,907
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $81,250 · program services $81,250
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $154,212 · program services $77,106 · management and general $38,553 · fundraising $38,553
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $146,878 · program services $62,441 · management and general $4,678 · fundraising $79,759
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $26,857 · program services $13,429 · management and general $6,714 · fundraising $6,714
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $19,678 · program services $16,618 · fundraising $3,060
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,739 · management and general $5,132 · fundraising $607
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13 · Office expenses
total $7,489 · management and general $7,201 · fundraising $288
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $24,400 · program services $12,200 · management and general $6,100 · fundraising $6,100
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17 · Travel
total $3,297 · program services $452 · management and general $1,709 · fundraising $1,136
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $4,730 · management and general $4,730
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24a · Other expenses: Special Events
total $45,496 · fundraising $45,496
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
end of year $0
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $359,438 · end of year $329,528
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $4,304
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $37,000
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,276 · end of year $10,709
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$651
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$651
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $7,982 · end of year $4,300
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $365,232 · end of year $371,241
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $11,500 · end of year $6,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE FOREST PRESERVE FOUNDATION IS TO ENGAGE IN PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE TREASURED NATURAL HABITATS WITHIN THE FOREST PRESERVE OF COOK COUNTY AND TO ENHANCE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES OF ALL COMMUNITIES.WE WILL DO THIS BY ENCOURAGING AND ADMINISTERING PRIVATE GIFTS TO FURTHER THE FOREST PRESERVES' MISSION AND GOALS.
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DIRECT SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN WITH THE MISSION OF THE FOREST PRESERVE FOUNDATION.REPRESENTATIVE GRANTS TO FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY FOR THE INCLUDE:CHICAGO CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP CORPS PROGRAM (CCLC)-A CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM OF THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY FOR HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS. FPDCC WILL ENGAGE 40 YOUTH, AGES 14-19 YEARS OLD, IN PAID EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT HANDS-ON CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES AND LEARN BASIC JOB SKILLS IN THE FIVE-WEEK SUMMER JOBS PROGRAMS. YOUTH WILL CONTRIBUTE A MINIMUM OF 3,000 HOURS OF ON-THE-GROUND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, TRAIL IMPROVEMENT OR GARDENING WORK AND RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF 30 HOURS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND NATURE-BASED RECREATION EXPERIENCES. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE RECRUITED FROM THROUGHOUT COOK COUNTY. THE PROGRAM IS MANAGED BY THE FOREST PRESERVES OF COOK COUNTY, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. ($50,000THE FOREST PRESERVE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM (FPE) -A CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM OF THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY THIS IS A FIVE-WEEK SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES PAID EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE FAMILIES UTILIZE THE SERVICES OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COOK COUNTY. FPDCC WILL ENGAGE 72 YOUTH IN THE FOREST PRESERVE EXPERIENCE WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE A MINIMUM OF 2,000 UP TO 2,800 HOURS OF ON-THE-GROUND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION WORK, WHICH INCLUDES MANAGING INVASIVE SPECIES, COLLECTING AND DISPERSING NATIVE SEED, AND RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF 30 HOURS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND NATURE-BASED RECREATION EXPERIENCES. ($20,000)CLIMATE AND POLLINATOR RESILIENCE THROUGH NATIVE SEED AMPLIFICATION PROGRAM - TO INSTALL NATIVE SEED BEDS AND A WILD SEED GARDEN THAT WILL GROW REGION-SPECIFIC PLANTS TO INCREASE SEED STOCK THAT ARE CRITICAL TO SUCCESSFUL RESTORATION PROJECTS. VOLUNTEERS WILL HELP TO CARE FOR AND MAINTAIN THE SEED BEDS. THE PROGRAM WILL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES:* INSTALL REGION-SPECIFIC NATIVE SEED BEDS AT SALT CREEK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FACILITY IN WESTERN SPRINGS* INSTALL SEEDLINGS IN A WILD SEED GARDEN NEAR SKOKIE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BUILDING ALONG THE NORTH BRANCH TRAIL.* INSTALL TEMPORARY SIGNAGE AT BOTH SITES PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIVE PLANTS AND LINKING TO THE FOREST PRESERVES CONSERVATION@HOME PROGRAM. * PARTNER WITH THE CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, VOLUNTEERS, AND CONSERVATION CORPS MEMBERS TO HELP CARE FOR BOTH THE WILD SEED GARDEN AND THE NATIVE SEED BEDS.* PLANT AND GROW COMMON SEEDS, MOSTLY NATIVE GRASSES, AS WELL AS RARER FORBS WHOSE SEEDS ARE DIFFICULT TO COLLECT AND OBTAIN. (9,000)VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION PROGRAM - A GRANT TO THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY TO SUPPORT FOR THE VOLUNTEER RESOURCES DEPARTMENTS 2024 VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES FOR MOTOROLA AND PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATIONS. ($2,250)
Expenses $263,496 · Grants $81,250
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Debra Walker Johnson
President
- Total calculated
- $154,212
- From this org
- $154,212
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $154,212
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $154,212
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Stuart A Cohn
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jim Beck
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Arnold Randall
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ankur Udani Treasurer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Howard Learner
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Theresa Salus Chair
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark Lester
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tom Lanctot
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tom Livingston
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Claudette Grant
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeffrey Gray
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rana Lee
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Eric Rockhold
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LeeAnn Tomas-Foster Vice Chr
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. 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
None.
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
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Forest Preserve Dist of CC
$70,000
Social and Educational
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543159349302444
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