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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PRESERVATION PARTNERS OF THE FOX VALLEY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$322,214
Total expenses
$235,652
Contributions and grants received
$276,650
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$43,142
Investment income
$2,422
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$357,693
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,556
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$353,137
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$159,574
Management and general expenses
$61,348
Fundraising expenses
$14,730
Program service expenses (Part III)
$159,574

Program services were 67.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $26,764

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $179,989

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $69,897

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAMS

    total $43,142 · related or exempt $43,142

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,422 · excluded $2,422

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $47,086 · program services $18,834 · management and general $23,543 · fundraising $4,709

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $99,559 · program services $91,150 · management and general $5,786 · fundraising $2,623

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,539 · management and general $13,539

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,124 · management and general $2,124

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $585 · program services $585

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,275 · program services $8,409 · management and general $3,389 · fundraising $1,477

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,334 · program services $1,012 · management and general $322

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,755 · management and general $6,755

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,107 · management and general $4,107

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,934 · program services $1,467 · management and general $1,467

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $28,245 · program services $28,245

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES EXPENSE

    total $7,910 · program services $3,049 · fundraising $4,861

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSES

    total $7,883 · program services $6,823 · fundraising $1,060

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT

    total $316 · management and general $316

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $100 · end of year $100

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $195,326 · end of year $255,027

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

    $79,226

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

    $4,631

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $160,000 · end of year $74,595

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $22,383 · end of year $27,971

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,107 · end of year $4,556

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $374,702 · end of year $353,137

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO OFFER HERITAGE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE FOX VALLEY'S RICH ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPERATES FOUR HISTORIC SITES IN KANE COUNTY AND PROVIDES EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO ASSIST WITH THE PRESERVATION OF STRUCTURES AND LANDSCAPES IN THE FOX VALLEY AREA.

  • FABYAN VILLA MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDEN: APPROXIMATELY 11,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY. THE FABYAN VILLA MUSEUM SHARES THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORIC RIVERBANK ESTATE FOUNDED BY COLONEL GEORGE FABYAN AND HIS WIFE, NELLE. THE FABYANS AND THE STAFF OF OVER 100 INDIVIDUALS SPEARHEADED ADVANCEMENTS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, ACOUSTICS, PLANT CULTIVATION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN CODE-BREAKING, WHICH CHANGED THE COURSE OF BOTH WORLD WARS AND LED TO THE CREATION OF THE NSA. THE JAPANESE GARDEN SHARES THE TRADITION OF GARDENING IN JAPANESE CULTURE WITH VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

    Expenses $83,776 · Revenue $28,469

  • DURANT-PETERSON HOUSE AND SHOLES SCHOOL MUSEUMS: APPROXIMATELY 4,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY. THE DURANT-PETERSON HOUSE AND SHOLES SCHOOL MUSEUM SHARE WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE FOR PIONEERS IN THE MID-TO-LATE 19TH CENTURY IN ILLINOIS, WITH A FOCUS ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AT THE TIME. COSTUMED DOCENTS BRING VISITORS BACK IN TIME TO EXPERIENCE THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS, TASTES, AND SMELLS OF THE TIME. OVER 1,500 STUDENTS VISIT THE MUSEUMS ON SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $63,829 · Revenue $8,110

  • BEITH HOUSE: APPROXIMATELY 1,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY. THE BEITH HOUSE IS HOME TO PRESERVATION PARTNERS, INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO APPRECIATE THE SHARED HISTORY OF THE TRI-CITY COMMUNITIES OF BATAVIA, GENEVA, AND ST. CHARLES, ILLINOIS. FROM THE BEITH HOUSE, WE ENGAGE WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, SHARING THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY WITH VISITORS, HOMEOWNERS, BUILDING OWNERS, AND MORE. VISITORS LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY, RESTORE, AND REHABILITATE LOCAL HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

    Expenses $11,969 · Revenue $6,563

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Kautz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John McNeely

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tracy Aris

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • William Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Alan Leahigh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kristie Sandoval

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kelsey Shipton

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $47,086
    From this org
    $47,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

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
19 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640209349300734

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