Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,541,114
- Total expenses
- $4,033,119
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,889,940
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $937,992
- Investment income
- $307,600
- Other revenue
- $405,582
- Total assets, end of year
- $21,166,151
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,931,895
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $14,234,256
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,393,265
- Management and general expenses
- $213,709
- Fundraising expenses
- $426,145
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,393,265
Program services were 84.1% 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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1b · Membership dues
$499,285
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1c · Fundraising events
$234,793
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$5,155,862
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$72,299
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2a · Program service revenue: CONSERVATION SERVICES
total $841,290 · related or exempt $841,290
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2b · Program service revenue: SPECIAL TRIP REVENUE
total $67,757 · related or exempt $67,757
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2c · Program service revenue: EVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
total $28,945 · related or exempt $28,945
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3 · Investment income
total $131,046 · excluded $131,046
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6a · Gross rents
real property $37,200
-
6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $37,200
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $37,200 · excluded $37,200
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $127,254 · other assets $100,726
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $51,426 · other assets $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $75,828 · other assets $100,726
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $176,554 · excluded $176,554
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$31,084
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$234,793
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$118,374
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$87,290 · excluded -$87,290
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$567,987
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$115,535
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $452,452 · related or exempt $452,452
-
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $3,220 · related or exempt $3,220
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$3,220
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $255,595 · program services $178,917 · management and general $25,559 · fundraising $51,119
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,061,308 · program services $1,790,988 · management and general $108,104 · fundraising $162,216
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $51,305 · program services $44,817 · management and general $2,624 · fundraising $3,864
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $136,270 · program services $119,158 · management and general $6,933 · fundraising $10,179
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $160,989 · program services $137,167 · management and general $9,206 · fundraising $14,616
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11b · Fees: legal
total $50,849 · program services $50,795 · management and general $54
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $19,200 · program services $15,796 · management and general $1,415 · fundraising $1,989
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $21,309 · management and general $21,309
-
11g · Fees: other
total $61,082 · program services $39,557 · fundraising $21,525
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $382,122 · program services $316,231 · management and general $1,959 · fundraising $63,932
-
13 · Office expenses
total $101,383 · program services $73,711 · management and general $9,359 · fundraising $18,313
-
14 · Information technology
total $52,672 · program services $37,983 · management and general $4,729 · fundraising $9,960
-
16 · Occupancy
total $25,216 · program services $18,333 · management and general $2,328 · fundraising $4,555
-
17 · Travel
total $26,748 · program services $23,587 · management and general $1,958 · fundraising $1,203
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $12,658 · program services $11,162 · management and general $927 · fundraising $569
-
20 · Interest
total $80,410 · program services $80,410
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $89,146 · program services $88,142 · management and general $1,004
-
23 · Insurance
total $39,714 · program services $33,647 · management and general $2,608 · fundraising $3,459
-
24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE
total $291,923 · program services $291,923
-
24b · Other expenses: TRIPS AND EVENTS
total $81,572 · program services $17,930 · management and general $10,712 · fundraising $52,930
-
24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE
total $31,648 · program services $23,011 · management and general $2,921 · fundraising $5,716
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $156,815 · end of year $107,107
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,696,964 · end of year $2,362,852
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $5,189
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $162,188 · end of year $335,932
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $25,935 · end of year $26,246
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$16,878,474
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$995,276
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $9,449,221 · end of year $15,883,198
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,527,086 · end of year $2,450,816
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $775,314 · end of year $847,205
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $3,382 · end of year $3,382
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $433,113 · end of year $448,334
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $1,132,974 · end of year $5,632,974
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $9,132,117 · end of year $11,377,063
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,546,498 · end of year $2,857,193
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
WE IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES BY PRESERVING AND RESTORING NATURAL AREAS, PROTECTING RIVERS AND WATERSHEDS, AND PROMOTING STEWARDSHIP OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION PRESERVES, RESTORES, AND PROTECTS NATURAL AREAS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.
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FACILITATED THE DONATION OF 102 ACRES OF LAND TO THE KANE CTY FPD. PURCHASED 122 ACRES OF LAND IN KANE CTY FOR EVENTUAL NEW FOREST PRESERVE. RESTORED AND MANAGED MORE THAN 1,137 ACRES OF NATURAL AREA. SERVED MORE THAN 1900 FAMILIES FROM OUR ORGANIC VEGETABLE FARM, INCLUDING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, PROVIDED MORE THAN 26,000 POUNDS OF FOOD TO LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES. PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL STAFFING TO 4 LOCAL WATERSHED GROUPS THAT PROTECT THE STREAM RESOURCE QUALITY FOR 7.4 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE SALT CREEK, DUPAGE, DES PLAINES RIVER, AND CHICAGO AREA WATERSHEDS. PROVIDED SALT SMART WINTER BEST PRACTICES TRAINING FOR OVER 1,300 PARTICIPANTS. PROVIDED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH TO NEARLY 18,000 PEOPLE. ORGANIZED THE DUPAGE RIVER AND FOX RIVER CLEANUP EVENTS, ENGAGING MORE THAN 1160 VOLUNTEERS AND CLEANING 47 MILES OF RIVERS. EXPANDED NATURE RX PROGRAM INTO KANE COUNTY; INVOLVED MORE THAN 1,400 PEOPLE IN THE TAKE-A-HIKE CHALLENGE. ENGAGED OVER 2,500 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH CONSERVATION@ HOME AND CONSERVATION@ WORK, DISTRIBUTED OVER 900 RAIN BARRELS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES, INSTALLED 3 NEW POLLINATOR AND NATIVE PLANT DEMONSTRATION GARDENS, AND DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF NATIVE PLANTS, TREES AND SHRUBS TO HOMEOWNERS. ENGAGED OVER 50 PARTNERS THROUGH NATURE RX INITIATIVE, REACHING OVER 3,600 PARTICIPANTS. SERVED MORE THAN 3,200 CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
Expenses $3,393,265 · Revenue $1,393,664
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Christopher B BurkeCHRISTOPHER B BURKE
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tom BenningtonTOM BENNINGTON
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carole KochCAROLE KOCH
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Erik GullicksonERIK GULLICKSON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John BinneboeseJOHN BINNEBOESE
TRUSTEE (7/1/24-12/31/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Pete ConnollyPETE CONNOLLY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mimi CowanMIMI COWAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jane DavisJANE DAVIS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alvin GatesALVIN GATES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dave GormanDAVE GORMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John GormleyJOHN GORMLEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tom SchneiderTOM SCHNEIDER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David HulsebergDAVID HULSEBERG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert HutchinsonROBERT HUTCHINSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Patty KingPATTY KING
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Julie LongJULIE LONG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tony MartinezTONY MARTINEZ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe MikanJOE MIKAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Curt PascoeCURT PASCOE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeanette PressJEANETTE PRESS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ellen Von OhlenELLEN VON OHLEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dan WagnerDAN WAGNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John RognerJOHN ROGNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brook McDonaldBROOK MCDONALD
PRESIDENT/CEO
- Total calculated
- $255,595
- From this org
- $228,252
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,343
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $203,252
- Bonus
- $25,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,263
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,080
- Filer's total
- $255,595
-
John McCrackenJOHN MCCRACKEN
DIRECTOR OF DRSCW
- Total calculated
- $120,883
- From this org
- $117,362
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,521
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- PRESIDENT / CEO BONUS $25,000
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 2 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202610419349300211
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