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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONNER PRAIRIE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,895,979
Total expenses
$8,037,239
Contributions and grants received
$2,955,072
Grants paid
$6,343,527
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,815,997
Other revenue
$124,910
Total assets, end of year
$211,992,464
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,270,735
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$192,721,729
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,754,507
Management and general expenses
$282,732
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,754,507

Program services were 96.5% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,779,959

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $175,113

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,804,350 · unrelated business $277,205 · excluded $1,527,145

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $124,910

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $124,910 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $124,910 · excluded $124,910

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $21,525,586

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $16,513,939

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,011,647 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,011,647 · excluded $5,011,647

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,343,527 · program services $6,343,527

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $282,732 · management and general $282,732

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,320 · program services $4,320

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,406,643 · program services $1,406,643

  • 24a · Other expenses: Taxes, Fees and Assessments

    total $17 · program services $17

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $22,862,648 · end of year $23,178,688

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,771,780 · end of year $4,780,330

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $65,291,818

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

    $25,889,089

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,278,636 · end of year $39,402,729

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $37,446,337 · end of year $41,795,174

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $88,791,341 · end of year $102,835,543

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $747,283 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,026,202

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    end of year $17,725,320

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $519,213

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $151,968,523 · end of year $179,298,036

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,929,502 · end of year $13,423,693

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Conner Prairie Foundation, Inc. shall serve as a supporting organization for Conner Prairie Museum, Inc., an Indiana Public Benefit, non-profit corporation. (see schedule O.)

Activities or mission (Part I)

Conner Prairie Foundation, Inc. serves as a supporting organization for Conner Prairie Museum, Inc. and owns the land, buildings, improvements and some equipment that make up the Conner Prairie Museum, Inc. experience.

  • CONNER PRAIRIE FOUNDATION, INC. ASSISTS IN THE FUNDING OF OPERATIONS FOR CONNER PRAIRIE MUSEUM, INC.

    Expenses $7,754,507 · Grants $6,343,527

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • J Christopher Cooke

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jay B Ricker

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Schmidt

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William G Batt

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard J Thrapp

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rita McCluskey

    Board Member

    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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202543219349302159

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