Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,428,246

Total expenses

$26,613,502

Contributions and grants received

$0

Grants paid

$24,935,644

Program service revenue

$502,361

Investment income

$1,925,885

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$75,831,384

Total liabilities, end of year

$115,059

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$75,716,325

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$26,202,512

Management and general expenses

$410,990

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$26,202,512

Program services were 98.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• NATURAL AREAS - THE NATURAL AREAS PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE NATURAL HABITATS AND WILDLIFE AREAS IN ILLINOIS BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. FOUNDATION GRANTS SUPPORT LAND ACQUISITION, PLANNING EFFORTS LEADING TO LAND ACQUISITION, NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING AND HABITAT RESTORATION. During the year, we awarded 42 grants providing over $17 Million to Illinois nonprofit organizations, schools, municipalities and other local and state government agencies.

  Expenses $22,426,953 · Grants $20,843,837 · Revenue $502,361

• ENERGY EFFICIENCY -THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE THE GOAL OF MAKING ENERGY EFFICIENCY THE NORM IN PUBLIC FACILITIES OPERATED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE FOUNDATION HAS DEVELOPED A SET OF "GREEN BUILDING" PROGRAMS AND GRANT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING UPGRADES, ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING DESIGN AND COMMISSIONING, LEADING-EDGE ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUILDING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES AND BUILDING PUBLIC DEMAND FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY. During the year, we awarded 3 grants providing over $2 Million to Illinois nonprofit organizations, schools, municipalities and other local and state government agencies.

  Expenses $3,482,878 · Grants $3,311,192

• RENEWABLE ENERGY - THE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION IN ILLINOIS BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. BY FUNDING A VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGIES OPERATING IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS, AND INCREASINGLY REQUIRING THE REPORTING AND PUBLIC SHARING OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, THE FOUNDATION IS PROVIDING A VALUABLE SERVICE TO THIS EMERGING AND RAPIDLY EXPANDING TECHNOLOGY FIELD. GRANT PROGRAMS SUPPORT WIND ENERGY AT BOTH THE FEASIBILITY AND INSTALLATION STAGES, SOLAR ENERGY AT BOTH THE GENERATION AND EDUCATIONAL SCALES AS WELL AS ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES. During the year, we awarded 15 grants providing over $270,000 to Illinois nonprofit organizations, schools, municipalities and other local and state government agencies.

  Expenses $292,681 · Grants $278,254

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• Citizens For Conservation Inc

  $4,795,500

  Acquisition of Hill 'N Dale Preserve - Advancing Wetlands Conservation (232.56 acres)

• Macon County Conservation District

  $2,917,378

  Fort Daniel Conservation Area Acquisition (236.93 acres)

• Forest Preserve District of Will County

  $1,530,000

  Hadley Valley Bruce Rd (47.5 acres)

• Nature Conservancy

  $1,240,000

  Acquisition of Cox (668.25 acres) at Chauncey Marsh

• The Conservation Foundation

  $1,110,000

  Acquisition of Belrose Farm, 183 acres along the Lower Fox River

• Rock Island County Forest Preserve District

  $982,800

  Pollinator Bluff Acquisition (179 acres)

• Land Conservancy Of Mchenry County

  $966,040

  Acquisition of Thompson Road Wetland and Oak Woods (197 acres)

• Northbrook Park District

  $751,143

  Site Net Zero Energy Activities Center at Techny Prairie Park

• Illinois Audubon Society

  $670,000

  Acquisition of the Gowin-Boldrey Tract; Expansion of Robert Ridgway Nature Preserve (75 acres)

• Oak Park Residence Corporation

  $600,000

  7 Van Buren Net Zero Energy Multifamily Residence

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

2 May 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202311229349300531

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