Illinois · Nonprofit
CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY
CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,112 to it, the largest being THE MORTON ARBORETUM ($13,144). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $189k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $0
What Conserve Lake County does
Mission
Conserve Lake County is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and stewarding natural lands and farmland throughout lake county, illinois. Since 2004, we have preserved over 450 acres of open land in partnerships with private landowners. The organization also fosters land stewardship on public and private lands and offers a variety of education activities that inspire and teach people to care for the county's open land. The support of volunteers, members, businesses, and foundations is vital to our success.our work benefits the people of lake county by supporting the health and quality of life of their communities. Our work also benefits our county's rich diversity of plants and animals. Lake county is, in fact, of special state-wide significance. It provides sanctuary to more than 130 threatened and endangered species, the most of any county in the state.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Land preservation: in partnership with landowners, Conserve Lake County preserves natural areas and farmland in lake county through a variety of methods.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $13k → $4k.
From the IRS filings of CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 80% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY?
- CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,112 to it, the largest being THE MORTON ARBORETUM ($13,144). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $17,112 in grants to CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY?
- THE MORTON ARBORETUM is the largest funder on record, with $13,144 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSERVE LAKE COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing