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JOHN R AND ELEANOR R MITCHELL FOUNDATION

EIN 37-6053100 MT VERNON, IL

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Revenue 2024
$2,260,604
Expenses 2024
$2,321,548

Program services were 41.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
2600 E RICHVIEW ROAD

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 · 2024

Mission

TO GENERATE AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, PARTICIPATION, ENJOYMENT, AND SUPPORT FOR HTE ARTS IN MT. VERNON, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE SURROUNDING REGION, THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF DIVERSE EXHIBITIONS AND ARTS-RICH PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE JOHN R AND ELEANOR R MITCHELL FOUNDATION OWNS AND OPERATES CEDARHURST CENTER FOR HTE ARTS IN MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS. CEDARHURST IS A MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER THAT PRESENTS EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AND ARTS- RICH PROGRAMS TO ENRICH THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY.

  • PRESENTATION OF VISUAL ARTS - AT ITS CORE, THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION CENTERS AROUND LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY PAINTINGS BY NOTABLE ASHCAN SCHOOL ARTISTS THAT WERE COLLECTED AND DONATED BY MUSEUM FOUNDERS JOHN AND ELEANOR MITCHELL. FOUR ADDITIONAL GALLERIES SHOWCASE TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS BY REGIONAL ARTISTS, INCLUDING SEVERAL COMPETITION EXHIBITIONS INTENDED FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SEMI-, AND PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS LIVING AND WORKING IN THE MIDWEST. THE MUSEUM ALSO BOASTS A CONTEMPORARY OUTDOOR SCULPTURE PARK WITH 60 LARGE-SCALE ARTWORKS SPREAD OVER AN 80-ACRE CAMPUS.

    Expenses $198,860 · Revenue $81,661

  • ARTS EDUCATION- A SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS SERIES PRESENTS LIVE PERFORMANCES, AND VOLUNTEER DOCENTS PROVIDED TOURS AND FACILITATE HANDS-ON ART ACTIVITIES FOR AREA SCHOOLCHILDREN. STAFF ALSO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO DELIVER ART REACH LESSONS DIRECTLY TO THE CLASSROOM. THE BECK FAMILY CENTER AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING STATIONS MAKE THE MUSEUM A FIELD TRIP AND FAMILY DESTINATION YEAR-ROUND. ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, CEDARHURST'S ON-SITE SHRODE ART CENTER OFFERS HANDS-ON CLASSES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT SERVE AGES 1.5 TO 100. OPEN STUDIO SPACE ENCOURAGES ONGOING PRACTICE AND INSTRUCTION IN THE CREATIVE ARTS.

    Expenses $206,861 · Revenue $183,340

  • PRESENTATION OF PERFORMING ARTS- THE CEDARHURST CONCERT SERIES IS ONE OF THE MUSEUMS LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAMS AND PRESENTS CLASSICAL AND WORLD MUSIC BY PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED AND TOURING ARTISTS. THE MORE CASUAL, THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE SERIES FEATURES OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES BY REGIONAL MUSICIANS EACH WEEK DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

    Expenses $56,086 · Revenue $101,680

  • STRENGTHENING COMMUNITITES THROUGH THE ARTS - THE MUSEUM PRESENTS DIVERSE SPECIAL EVENTS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE ARTS. EXAMPLES ARE PLENTIFUL: THE TRENDY, UPCYCLED FASHION SHOW CHALLENGED PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE WEARABLE GARMENTS OUT OF NONTRADITIONAL MATERIALS, WHILE THE HIGH-END EDIBLE EXHIBITION SHOWCASED THE CULINARY ARTS, USING FOOD TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE MUSEUM'S ART COLLECTION. THE WELL-KNOWN CEDARHURST ART AND CRAFT FAIR FEAUTRED NEARLY 100 VENDORS WHO SOLD THEIR HANDMADE WARES DURING THE CASUAL, FESTIVAL WEEKEND. THE LIGHTS: AN EXIBITION OF HOLIDAY MAGIC IS THE MUSEUM'S LARGEST SPECIAL EVENT, PRESENTING AN ARTFUL DISPLAY OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ALONG A 1-MILE WALKING PATH THROUGH THE SCULPTURE PARK. THE PROGRAM SPANS SIX WEEKENDS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND SEVERS AS THE BACKDROP FOR OTHER SPEICAL EVENTS LIKE THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS VENDOR MARKET.

    Expenses $500,253

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Hillary Esser

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $124,611
    From this org
    $123,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,057
    Hours/week
    40
  • Heather Owens

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $88,370
    From this org
    $88,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $120
    Hours/week
    40
  • Karen Bayer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Bevis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hunt Bonan

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Hughey

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Kroeschen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Stewart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roger Tedrick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,260,604
    Expenses
    $2,321,548
    Contributions
    $1,240,760
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,785,336
    Expenses
    $2,301,539
    Contributions
    $790,148
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,595,568
    Expenses
    $1,689,370
    Contributions
    $825,706
    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
    $1,898,205
    Expenses
    $1,919,284
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,366,763
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,147,670
    Expenses
    $1,787,061
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,345,472
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,872,187
    Expenses
    $1,777,283
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,844,726
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,381,447
    Expenses
    $1,970,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,638,302
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,733,810
    Expenses
    $1,956,454
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,378,018
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,466,229
    Expenses
    $1,926,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,525,796
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,373,771
    Expenses
    $1,958,721
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,630,908
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,773,310
    Expenses
    $2,132,610
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,722,886
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,643,324
    Expenses
    $1,931,890
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,737,302
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,820,592
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,212,507

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.