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OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS

OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $261,107 to it, the largest being FOREST PRESERVE FRIENDS FOUNDATION ($122,687). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$95k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$261k
Net assets
$3.2M
2/5 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Outdoor Heritage Foundation of Vermilion County Illinois does

Mission

To support the efforts of the Vermilion County Conservation District through the conservation of lands for public use for the residents of Vermilion County, IL.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Purchased and donated playground equipment to Vermilion County Conservation District (VCCD). Hosted website for conservation and recreation information. Hosted fundraiser for additional playground equipment for the VCCD.

    $208,420 spent$14,557 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $208,420.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($178k) Expenses 100 ($46k) Net assets 100 ($3.3M)2018 Revenue 71 ($127k) Expenses 117 ($53k) Net assets 102 ($3.4M)2019 Revenue 140 ($248k) Expenses 626 ($286k) Net assets 101 ($3.3M)2020 Revenue 77 ($137k) Expenses 136 ($62k) Net assets 103 ($3.4M)2021 Revenue 52 ($92k) Expenses 157 ($72k) Net assets 104 ($3.4M)2022 Revenue 43 ($77k) Expenses 372 ($170k) Net assets 101 ($3.3M)2023 Revenue 72 ($128k) Expenses 134 ($61k) Net assets 103 ($3.4M)2024 Revenue 178 ($317k) Expenses 648 ($296k) Net assets 104 ($3.4M)2025 Revenue 54 ($95k) Expenses 498 ($227k) Net assets 99 ($3.2M)
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Revenue (54)Expenses (498)Net assets (99)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $3.4M to $3.2M (−5%).

$3.4M
$3.5M
$3.3M
$3.4M
$3.4M
$3.3M
$3.4M
$3.4M
$3.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 36% · 2021 54% · 2022 65% · 2023 39% · 2024 16% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$132k
’17
$74k
’18
−$37k
’19
$75k
’20
$20k
’21
−$92k
’22
$67k
’23
$21k
’24
−$132k
’25
18
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Rick Strebing

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed141716141515141514
Joined·+4+3+2+4+0+2+1+2
No longer listed·14430303
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $26k → $30k.

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS’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

OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

61% 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 OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS.

47%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 83% · 2019 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.

“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 OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

66%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS?
OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $261,107 to it, the largest being FOREST PRESERVE FRIENDS FOUNDATION ($122,687). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $261,107 in grants to OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS?
FOREST PRESERVE FRIENDS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $122,687 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OUTDOOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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