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GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE

EIN 36-4200490 CHICAGO, IL

Largest nonprofits in Illinois

Revenue 2024
$3,935,930
Expenses 2024
$3,049,691

Program services were 61.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C600
Classification
1000
Street
300 N CENTRAL PARK AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY ALLIANCE INSPIRES, EDUCATES AND PROVOKES EXPLORATION THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND EXPERIENCES IN ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AND FINEST PLANT CONSERVATORIES. THE CONSERVATORY CHANGES LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF NATURE. THE ALLIANCE PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, VISITOR SERVICES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SERVICES TO THE GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY AND LOCAL COMMUNITY.

  • EDUCATION PROGRAMS: PROVIDE NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND DOCENT TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH.

    Expenses $874,168 · Revenue $131,583

  • VISITOR SERVICES: ALLIANCE CREATES SEASONAL EVENTS AND EDUCATIONAL FESTIVALS INCLUDING: HARVEST DAY, SWEET SATURDAYS, CREATURES OF THE NIGHT, MORNING GLORIES, FIDDLEHEADS AND WILD WEDNESDAYS FOR VISITORS AND FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. ALLIANCE PRESENTS EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS ON GARDENING INCLUDING WORM BIN CULTURE, RECYCLING, COMPOSTING AND OTHER SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES.

    Expenses $872,381

  • COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: ALLIANCE WORKS WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND PLANT MATERIALS FOR COMMUNITY HORTICULTURE AND GARDEN PROJECTS AND PROVIDES PLANT MATERIAL FOR COMMUNITY GARDENS. THE ALLIANCE GROWS AND CONTRIBUTES FRESH PRODUCE TO LOCAL FARMER'S MARKETS TO ENSURE ACCESS TO FRESH AND HIGH QUALITY FOOD. THE ALLIANCE SUPPORTS COMMUNITY ACCESS TO CONSERVATORY MEETING ROOMS AND FACILITIES FOR MEETINGS, ARTS AND CULTURE PERFORMANCES AND PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AND PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $116,400

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.

  • Jennifer Van Valkenburg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $183,599
    From this org
    $183,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,599
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $183,599
  • David Bacon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Cornell Barnett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Mary Clare Bonaccorsi

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Cristina Vera Bridges

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jason Campbell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Wilonda Cannon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Amy Carnahan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Elinor Escamilla

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • John Harris

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Megan Jeyifo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Paul Labonne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Gloria Materre

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Kristin McLaurin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Reggie Moore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Mary Nelson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Diana Palomar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Peter Schlossman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Andrew Spatafora

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Erika Summers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Kyle Welter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Amanda Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,935,930
    Expenses
    $3,049,691
    Contributions
    $2,803,642
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,136,758
    Expenses
    $2,662,403
    Contributions
    $3,590,818
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,476,155
    Expenses
    $2,334,941
    Contributions
    $3,003,634
    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
    $3,189,107
    Expenses
    $1,963,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,270,987
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,037,700
    Expenses
    $1,648,616
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,089,647
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,882,694
    Expenses
    $1,775,394
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,914,493
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,963,828
    Expenses
    $1,632,133
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,596,194
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,589,430
    Expenses
    $1,420,225
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,343,526
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,550,962
    Expenses
    $1,410,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,116,389
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,685,927
    Expenses
    $1,331,573
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,127,815
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,197,111
    Expenses
    $1,187,696
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,599,886
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,475,281
    Expenses
    $1,451,884
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,697,135
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,737,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,788,149

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

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.