Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1971.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
59 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
14 people listed on the 990.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Protects, restores, and stewards land and natural resources, educating people to save living space.
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Preserve and restore land to pre-settlement condition in the barrington, illinois area. The organization manages 732 acres of its own land and helps manage preserves owned by governmental units in the area involving over 10,385 volunteer hours by more than 296 volunteers for the benefit of 36,000 barrington area residents.
Educate barrington area residents about the natural world through publication of four newsletters and programs for approximately 1,300 youth and 400 adults, preserve tours for approximately 725 adults and children, and an annual meeting attended by over 175 members, volunteers, and community members.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.1M | $6.8M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $7.7M | $6.2M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $14.8M | $15.0M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $24.6M | $28.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $24.6M | $28.1M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management feesLn 11a | $365K | $164K | $200K | $700 |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $11K | $7K | $3K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $8K | $8K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $100 | $100 | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $716 | $716 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $91K | $41K | $27K | $22K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $36K | $32K | $4K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $21K | $6K | $16K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $34K | $33K | $661 | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $13K | −$123 | $13K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $143K | $143K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $722K | $427K | $272K | $24K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $4.0M | $722K | $3.3M | $28.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $1.1M | $576K | $485K | $24.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $1.8M | $790K | $1.0M | $24.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $10.7M | $489K | $10.2M | $23.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $890K | $398K | $492K | $13.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $805K | $322K | $483K | $12.6M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
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Part I · Summary $4,036,262 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,036,262 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $722,421 across 11 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $28,145,657 assets, 10 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $28,145,657 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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