PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKECOUNTY FOREST PRESERVES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C193

Classification

1000

Street

1899 W WINCHESTER RD

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Other organizations at this address

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

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• CONSERVATION AND FOREST PRESERVE

  EIN 36-3902974

Mission and programs · 2025

• AMONG OTHER INITIATIVES, GRANTS TO THE DISTRICT HELP RESTORE FOREST PRESERVES TO THEIR NATURAL STATE; IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF PRESERVES; SUPPORT NEW EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS AT THE BESS BOWER DUNN MUSEUM, RYERSON WOODS WELCOME CENTER, AND INDEPENDENCE GROVE; CATALOGING AND CARE OF THE LAKE COUNTY HISTORY ARCHIVES; AND PROVIDE FREE OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE-COST EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT LAKE COUNTY, SUCH AS THE SCIENCE EXPLORERS IN NATURE PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $663,274 · Grants $663,274

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $4,421,804

  Expenses

  $671,265

  Contributions

  $4,355,237

  Grants paid

  $663,274

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,386,754

  Expenses

  $679,186

  Contributions

  $2,762,348

  Grants paid

  $668,488

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,326,253

  Expenses

  $4,634,633

  Contributions

  $2,843,672

  Grants paid

  $4,399,418

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,207,316

  Expenses

  $437,749

  Contributions

  $4,336,868

  Grants paid

  $411,435

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

  $3,156,274

  Expenses

  $539,158

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,253,855

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $831,983

  Expenses

  $960,684

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,547,965

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,562,619

  Expenses

  $393,687

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,638,284

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $761,223

  Expenses

  $747,296

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,892,009

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $782,324

  Expenses

  $633,172

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,870,819

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $715,099

  Expenses

  $1,141,252

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,721,667

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,202,140

  Expenses

  $223,604

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,147,820

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $952,221

  Expenses

  $304,288

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,169,284

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $125,905

  Assets (EOY)

  $522,974

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $95,985

  Assets (EOY)

  $520,705

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

• LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC

  $2,359,781

  2023

• LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC

  $1,445,808

  2023

• LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC

  $663,274

  2025 · PROJECTS & PROGRAMS

• LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC

  $422,322

  2023

• THE LAKE COUNTRY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT

  $385,435

  2022 · THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVES, A NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, WAS FOUNDED TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTNER IN THE MISSION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT. THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION'S PURPOSES ARE CHARITABLE, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3). MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION SHALL WITHIN THESE PURPOSES RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FUNDS, RAISE FUNDS, AND MAKE DISTRIBUTIONS TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT. THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION PROVIDES FUNDS THAT HELP THE DISTRICT ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION, HELPING TO ACQUIRE AND RESTORE ITS LANDS FOR THE 3.5 MILLION VISITORS IT SERVES.

• LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC

  $325,613

  2024

• LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRIC

  $222,875

  2024

• COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY FOUNDATION

  $96,507

  2023

• FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES

  $95,000

  2024

• FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES

  $75,000

  2023

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $150,500

  2022 · support for Preservation Campaign, General Operating Support

• WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

  $148,000

  2022 · Conservation

• GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC

  $112,500

  2023 · EXPANDING CAPACITY & INCREASING COLLABORATIVE ACTION ON THE LAKE PLAIN

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $110,750

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

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $107,000

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $52,150

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $30,550

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $28,500

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation

  $25,000

  2023 · Community Stewardship of Heron Creek

• Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation

  $25,000

  2022 · Stewardship of Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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