Preservation Foundation of the Lakecounty Forest Preserves

Analysis

Preservation Foundation of the Lakecounty Forest Preserves is a registered charity in United States, based in Libertyville, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Preservation Foundation of the Lakecounty Forest Preserves reported income of $3.3m and spending of $4.6m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $3.3m (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 279%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Preservation Foundation of the Lakecounty Forest Preserves sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kindness Campaign ($3.3m), Skytruth ($3.3m) and Kestrel Land Trust Inc ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8.9m against liabilities of $224k, net assets of $8.7m.