Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKECOUNTY FOREST PRESERVES.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,386,754
- Total expenses
- $679,186
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,762,348
- Grants paid
- $668,488
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $618,598
- Other revenue
- $5,808
- Total assets, end of year
- $11,619,353
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $196,743
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $11,422,610
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $668,488
- Management and general expenses
- $2,181
- Fundraising expenses
- $8,517
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $668,488
Program services were 98.4% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,762,348
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3 · Investment income
total $618,598 · excluded $618,598
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $5,808 · related or exempt $5,808
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11e · Other revenue, total
$5,808
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $668,488 · program services $668,488
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11g · Fees: other
total $3,012 · management and general $1,526 · fundraising $1,486
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24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES
total $7,686 · management and general $655 · fundraising $7,031
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
end of year $137,728
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,533,076 · end of year $1,732,099
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,003,545 · end of year $1,100,511
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $17,514
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $5,384,624 · end of year $8,649,015
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $222,875 · end of year $196,033
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $842 · end of year $710
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $8,451,934 · end of year $11,130,063
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $263,108 · end of year $292,547
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PERSERVERS, A NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, WAS FOUNDTED TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTNER IN THE MISSION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT. THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION'S PURPOSES ARE CHARITABLE, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3). MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION SHALL WITHIN THESE PURPOSES RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FUNDS, RAISE FUNDS, AND MAKE DISTRIBUTIONS TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT. THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION PROVIDES FUNDS THAT HELP THE DISTRICT ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION, HELPING TO ACQUIRE AND RESTORE ITS LANDS FOR THE 3.5 MILLION VISITORS IT SERVES.
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AMONG OTHER INITIATIVES, GRANTS TO THE DISTRICT HELP RESTORE FOREST PRESERVES TO THEIR NATURAL STATE; IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF PRESERVES; SUPPORT NEW EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS AT THE BESS BOWER DUNN MUSEUM, RYERSON WOODS WELCOME CENTER, AND INDEPENDENCE GROVE; CATALOGING AND CARE OF THE LAKE COUNTY HISTORY ARCHIVES; AND PROVIDE FREE OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE-COST EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT LAKE COUNTY, SUCH AS THE SCIENCE EXPLORERS IN NATURE PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.
Expenses $668,488 · Grants $668,488
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Charles BartelsCHARLES BARTELS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Andrea DanksANDREA DANKS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Chris HeierCHRIS HEIER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Elizabeth HoughELIZABETH HOUGH
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
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Karen HunterKAREN HUNTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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James KirbyJAMES KIRBY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Alex KovachALEX KOVACH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Angelo KyleANGELO KYLE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Nels LeutwilerNELS LEUTWILER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
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Billy McKinneyBILLY MCKINNEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Andrea MooreANDREA MOORE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
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Michael RummelMICHAEL RUMMEL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
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Pradip SahuPRADIP SAHU
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Robert ShearsROBERT SHEARS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Erika StergosERIKA STERGOS
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Mary VincentMARY VINCENT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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John WasikJOHN WASIK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Renee YoungRENEE YOUNG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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
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LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC
$325,613
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LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC
$222,875
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FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES
$95,000
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OPENLANDS
$25,000
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.
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LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC
501C3 · PRESERVATI · IL
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 10 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202511969349302601
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