Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,237,186
- Total expenses
- $926,157
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,981,820
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $42,616
- Investment income
- $1,148,788
- Other revenue
- $63,962
- Total assets, end of year
- $26,091,074
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $136,634
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $25,954,440
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $831,397
- Management and general expenses
- $76,847
- Fundraising expenses
- $17,913
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $831,397
Program services were 89.8% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$263,665
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$20,544
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,697,611
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$1,279,800
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2a · Program service revenue: LAND HOLDING & MANAGEMENT
total $40,981 · related or exempt $40,981
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2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES
total $1,635 · related or exempt $1,635
-
3 · Investment income
total $203,882 · excluded $203,882
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6a · Gross rents
real property $39,541
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $39,541
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $39,541 · related or exempt $39,541
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $5,383,125
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $4,438,219
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $944,906
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $944,906 · excluded $944,906
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$56,378
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$36,536
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $19,842
-
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $4,579 · related or exempt $4,579
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$4,579
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $117,965 · program services $98,417 · management and general $15,724 · fundraising $3,824
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $315,120 · program services $262,898 · management and general $42,005 · fundraising $10,217
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $34,119 · program services $28,466 · management and general $4,547 · fundraising $1,106
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $32,026 · program services $26,721 · management and general $4,267 · fundraising $1,038
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11g · Fees: other
total $95,393 · program services $95,393
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,072 · program services $16,072
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13 · Office expenses
total $50,022 · program services $43,255 · management and general $5,039 · fundraising $1,728
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17 · Travel
total $10,893 · program services $10,893
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,980 · program services $1,980
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $49,774 · program services $49,774
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23 · Insurance
total $49,616 · program services $48,107 · management and general $1,509
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24a · Other expenses: LAND TRANSACTIONS
total $41,843 · program services $41,843
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24b · Other expenses: PLANTS AND SEEDS
total $40,107 · program services $40,107
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24c · Other expenses: FIELD SUPPLIES
total $39,809 · program services $39,809
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24d · Other expenses: VEHICLE & EQUIP. REPAIR
total $20,958 · program services $20,958
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24e · All other expenses
total $10,460 · program services $6,704 · management and general $3,756
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $569,460 · end of year $507,241
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $423,804 · end of year $622,532
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $25,700
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $41,031 · end of year $43,383
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,913,792
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$454,056
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,480,982 · end of year $1,459,736
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $8,116,264 · end of year $9,847,182
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $349,831 · end of year $381,216
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $11,533,684 · end of year $13,229,784
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $137,763 · end of year $126,625
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $8,364 · end of year $10,009
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $15,952,209 · end of year $17,955,168
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,442,420 · end of year $7,999,272
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO CREATE AN ENDURING LEGACY OF NATURAL LAND IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOR PEOPLE, PLANTS AND ANIMALS
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LAND PRESERVATION - PROTECT NATURAL AREAS THROUGH ACQUISITION OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS (SEE SCHEDULE O)
Expenses $115,402 · Revenue $4,449
-
NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE - RESTORATION OF 721-ACRE PRESERVE AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ROCK AND PECATONICA RIVERS (SEE SCHEDULE O)
Expenses $199,251 · Revenue $1,480
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RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRESERVES (SEE SCHEDULE O)
Expenses $292,810 · Revenue $11,786
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SEE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION FOR 4D
Expenses $223,934 · Revenue $24,901
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
MARK LUTHIN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JUDY BARNARD
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOHN COOK
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ASHLEY SARVER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NANCY HOLM
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TREY AMBROSE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
APRIL BIESCHKE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT CLARK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARK CORMIER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RAY FERGUSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ADAM GUARINO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMIE JOHANNSEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RUSS JOHANSSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HOWARD KNODLE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LISA NORMOYLE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID SCHROEPHER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TODD TUCKER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NANCY WILLIAMSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
PATRICK YARBROUGH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ALAN BRANHAGEN
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $117,965
- From this org
- $106,705
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,260
- 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 7 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202611359349302681
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