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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by IDA CASON CALLAWAY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,072,081
Total expenses
$1,215,990
Contributions and grants received
$132,816
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$957,099
Investment income
$303,015
Other revenue
$679,151
Total assets, end of year
$37,604,301
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,370,095
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$34,234,206
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,079,399
Management and general expenses
$136,591
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,079,399

Program services were 88.8% 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

    $132,816

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $957,099 · related or exempt $957,099

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $232,941 · excluded $232,941

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $70,416

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

    other assets $342

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $70,074

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $70,074 · excluded $70,074

  • 11a · Other revenue: EQUITY IN INCOME OF SUB

    total $679,151 · excluded $679,151

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $679,151

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $129,548 · management and general $129,548

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $84,852 · program services $84,852 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $345,340 · program services $345,340

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,024 · program services $36,981 · management and general $7,043

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,258 · program services $18,258

  • 17 · Travel

    total $239 · program services $239

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $589,861 · program services $589,861

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,868 · program services $3,868

  • 24e · All other expenses

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

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,443,253 · end of year $4,224,812

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $238,269 · end of year $212,694

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,093 · end of year $887

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

    $36,947,242

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

    $27,646,123

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,589,679 · end of year $9,301,119

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,397,116 · end of year $5,126,819

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $19,671,954 · end of year $18,737,970

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $84,254 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $381,776 · end of year $374,731

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,995,364 · end of year $2,995,364

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,825,701 · end of year $13,875,111

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,233,777 · end of year $20,359,095

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CONNECTING MAN AND NATURE IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS BOTH MAN AND NATURE.

  • THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO ENGAGE IN CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL & ELEEMOSYNARY WORK TO PROMOTE AND OPERATE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PHYSICAL, MORAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS BETTERMENT OF MANKIND. ADMISSIONS INCOME IS COLLECTED BY A THIRD PARTY COMPANY THAT PURCHASED SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE FOUNDATION IN 2022 AND REMITS A "LEASE" PAYMENT TO THE FOUNDATION BASED ON AN AGREED FORMULA RELATED TO ADMISSIONS TO THE GARDENS THAT THE FOUNDATION OWNS.

    Expenses $1,079,399 · Revenue $957,099

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brad Peterson

    TREASURER - BEG 9/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Chris Lutz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Douglas Rutledge

    TREASURER - END 9/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jane Cooper

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Wilson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Chris Herschend

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mason Lampton

    TRUSTEE

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CALLAWAY GARDENS RESORT INC

    C Corporation · LODGING AND RESTAURANT · GA · 100% owned · share of income $56,134 · share of assets $16,307,510 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by IDA CASON CALLAWAY FDN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202533219349315673

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