Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2007.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
78 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
4 people listed on the 990.
Tabitha L Ayres’s $22K as Executive Director is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1990 $100K–1M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
See Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Area INC executive salaries →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
Leads local efforts to conserve and wisely use area resources.
Questions for Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Area INC
Your first name shows with your question. Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Area INC answers here, for everyone.
Cross Boundary Fuels
Development of a statewide fire plan that includes the Shawnee NF, the Midewin NGL, all state lands. This plan shows how agencies can work together to help each other with a unified plan for fire preparedness,setting standards, identifying staff and process for program decisions.
Oak Ecosystem Restoration
Provides implementation of conservation effors on estimated 4,000 acres of private forest land identified as high-quality by conservation interest in Southern Illinois. These conservation practices reverse the loss of oak dominance while contributing to the conservation of plant and animal species dependent on a healthy oak ecosystem.
Oak Forest Eco Restoration
To provide restoration work in the lower counties of Illinois by replacing traditionally soft-wood forets with long-term oak and hardwood habitat.
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $80K | $119K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $172K | $176K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $30K | $29K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $142K | $147K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $47K | $47K | ||
| Management feesLn 11a | $249K | $249K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $2K | $2K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $9K | $1K | $8K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $2K | $551 | $2K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $9K | $9K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $3K | $415 | $2K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $323K | $252K | $71K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 18, 2026 | $615K | $494K | $121K | $228K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 23, 2025 | $241K | $282K | −$41K | $107K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 28, 2024 | $328K | $323K | $5K | $147K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 7, 2023 | $284K | $293K | −$10K | $142K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 17, 2022 | $602K | $557K | $44K | $152K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 16, 2022 | $898K | $848K | $50K | $108K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $327,880 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $327,880 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $322,553 across 7 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $176,474 assets, 10 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $147,400 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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