FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C30

Classification

1000

Street

411 S WELLS ST STE 800

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• CONSERVATION CORPS: FRIENDS DIRECTLY WORKS TO INCREASE EQUITABLE ACCESSAND ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE FOREST PRESERVES AND BROADEN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN HABITAT RESTORATION THROUGH ITS AWARD-WINNINGCONSERVATION CORPS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THE CONSERVATIONCORPS PROGRAM BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS TO ACCESSING TECHNICAL TRAINING ANDEMPLOYMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR AND SINCE 2007 HAS EMPLOYED,TRAINED, AND MENTORED MORE THAN 2,350 ADULTS AND YOUTH. SINCE 2020ALONE, YOUTH AND ADULT CREWS HAVE HELPED RESTORE 1,790 ACRES.

  Expenses $1,793,857 · Revenue $699,255

• ENGAGEMENT: FRIENDS ENGAGES PEOPLE DIRECTLY IN NATURE PROGRAMMINGTHROUGH ITS ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDES HOSTING FREE, PUBLICEVENTS FOR RESIDENTS LOCAL TO A FOREST PRESERVE, SUCH AS MORNING YOGAOR BIRD WALKS. THESE EVENTS ARE INFORMED BY THE RESULTS OF OUTREACHFRIENDS CONDUCTS IN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ARE OFTEN DEVELOPEDIN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, WHO ARE PAID A STIPEND TOSUPPORT EVENT PLANNING AND NETWORK BUILDING. IN THE PAST TWO YEARSALONE, FRIENDS HAS HOSTED MORE THAN 200 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS ANDMORE THAN 2,500 PARTICIPANTS IN POSITIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE PRESERVES.THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK AND OTHER PROGRAMMING, THEFRIENDS PROGRAM TEAM MADE UP OF STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HAS DEVELOPEDEXPERTISE IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, ECOLOGY,

  Expenses $858,972 · Revenue $2,500

• SUMMER PROGRAMS: EVERY SUMMER, FRIENDS FACILITATES TWO SUMMERINTERNSHIP PROGRAMS: FOREST PRESERVE EXPERIENCE (FPE) AND BEAUBIENWOODS YOUTH AMBASSADORS (BYOA). BEGINNING IN 2016, THE FPE YOUTHCONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM HAS ENGAGED APPROXIMATELY 70-150 TEENS PERYEAR, OFFERING TEENS PAID SUMMER POSITIONS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THEPRESERVES THROUGH CONSERVATION PROJECTS. THE BYOA PROGRAM, WHICH ISSPECIFIC TO BEAUBIEN WOODS, EMPLOYED 9 HIGH SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS TOENGAGE IN SEVERAL ACTIVITIES WHILE GAINING EXPOSURE TO THE FORESTPRESERVES AND JOBS IN CONSERVATION.

  Expenses $747,175 · Revenue $792,558

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,822,926

  Expenses

  $4,330,197

  Contributions

  $2,264,030

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,148,586

  Expenses

  $3,498,610

  Contributions

  $1,645,449

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,057,833

  Expenses

  $3,331,854

  Contributions

  $2,475,597

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,066,681

  Expenses

  $3,416,383

  Contributions

  $1,377,109

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,844,293

  Expenses

  $3,100,740

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,339,708

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,700,315

  Expenses

  $2,984,005

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,538,845

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,409,471

  Expenses

  $3,244,348

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,595,933

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,810,878

  Expenses

  $1,659,583

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,049,971

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,106,404

  Expenses

  $1,078,377

  Assets (EOY)

  $397,478

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,588,519

  Expenses

  $1,492,086

  Assets (EOY)

  $420,656

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $279,082

  2022 · CONSERVATION PROJECTS

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $260,568

  2023 · RESTORING WETLAND ON LAKE MICHIGAN IL

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $122,053

  2024 · RESTORE 66 ACRES ALONG LITTLE CALUMET RIVER

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2022 · Environment

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $68,623

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• T ROWE PRICE PROGRAM FOR CHARITABLE GIVING INC

  $60,000

  2022 · SPECIAL PROJECT

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $60,000

  2023 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• T ROWE PRICE PROGRAM FOR CHARITABLE GIVING INC

  $55,000

  2023 · MULTIPLE

• T ROWE PRICE PROGRAM FOR CHARITABLE GIVING INC

  $41,000

  2024 · MULTIPLE

• NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $30,578

  2023 · CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

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

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