EIN 43-1427062

Forest Park Forever

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
101
Year formed
1986
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
Forest Park Forever sustains and restores Forest Park in partnership with the city of St. Louis, providing education, volunteer services, and park maintenance.
Total revenues
$7,270,825
2022
Total expenses
$14,241,716
2022
Total assets
$199,509,020
2022
Num. employees
101
2022

Program areas at Forest Park Forever

Park operations and maintenance: Forest Park Forever partners with the city of st. louis to maintain the city's largest Park to accomodate 15.5 million visitors annually. Our nonprofit employs a team of horticulturists, gardeners, nature reserve technicians and an ecologist to maintain the Park's landscapes and natural areas, and engineering, maintenance and landscape architecture professionals who coordinate with the city and contractors to maintain and repair Park infrastructure, including sidewalks and roads, recreational facilities and fields, statues and monuments.
Education, volunteer, and visitor services - Forest Park Forever operates the dennis and judith jones visitor and education center in partnership with explore st. louis. This center welcomes and assist Park users by providing Forest Park maps, information and directions and access to visitor resources for the st. louis region. The center also serves as a gathering spot for runners, walkers and cyclists, birders, and various fitness groups. Visitor services are delivered via trained and knowledgeable paid staff and volunteers. The center includes a cafe, special event and meeting spaces, classrooms, exhibit space, public restrooms, secure locker facilities, a fully accessible playground, racquetball and handball courts, free public wifi and a bike repair station. In 2022 an estimated 146,000 visitors and Park users came through the visitor and education center, and our visitor services team provided over 20,000 direct visitor assists.
Forest Park Forever maintains funding to be able to flexibly address the Park's long-term and short-term needs while ensuring continued Park access for visitors. After record flash floods in july 2022, Forest Park Forever coordinated with the city to fund and address an estimated $1 million in damages to infrastructure, facilities, paths and trails, and fountain and water circulation pumps. Funds are also raised for multi-year capital projects that restore or improve major Park features, and which Forest Park Forever implements. In 2022 such projects included advancing multi-year restoration of three lakes on the east side of the Park, improvements to the boathouse restaurant infrastructure, and community engagement and design work for adding basketball courts and for redeveloping the historic steinberg skating rink, pavillion and its surroundings.
Communication/community awareness -
Forest Park Forever serves as a hub of
Information for the st. louis region
On amenities and events in Forest Park,
Park improvements and temporary traffic
Closures, and cultural offerings. These
Are communicated through three seasonal
Print newsletters, bi-weekly email
Newsletters,social media, public website
With 400,000 annual visits, and visitor
Center staff responding to in-person
Questions. The organization publishes a
Free visitor guide with maps of the Park
And its amenities, distributed in the
Park and at regional tourist
Destinations, and it manages a free
Interactive, gps enabled online map that
Engages 140,000 users annually.

Who funds Forest Park Forever

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The JSM Charitable TrustGeneral Support$1,865,000
Eric P and Evelyn E Newman Charitable Foundation DTD 8 / 1 / 2013Public Park Support, Basketball Courts$525,000
Schwab Charitable FundEnvironmental and Animals$262,241
...and 113 more grants received totalling $3,936,439

Personnel at Forest Park Forever

NameTitleCompensation
Tamara SheffieldSenior Vice President , Finance and Administrative Services$213,426
Frank KartmannSenior Vice President$206,694
Lisa LockettVice President Finance , Treasury Managemen$110,996
John O'GormanSenior Vice President , Development and Community Initiatives$200,332
Lesley S. HoffarthPresident and Executive Director$319,675
...and 10 more key personnel

Financials for Forest Park Forever

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$3,683,648
Program services$193,336
Investment income and dividends$2,109,365
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$1,336,886
Net income from fundraising events$-52,410
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$7,270,825

Form 990s for Forest Park Forever

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-13990View PDF
2021-122022-11-15990View PDF
2020-122021-11-15990View PDF
2019-122021-03-01990View PDF
2018-122020-02-07990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Data update history
August 3, 2024
Received grants
Identified 52 new grant, including a grant for $1,865,000 from The JSM Charitable Trust
May 17, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $25,000 from Michael and Quirsis Riney Family FNDN
February 4, 2024
Received grants
Identified 24 new grant, including a grant for $175,714 from St Louis Community Foundation
January 3, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 3, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 8 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Environmental organizationsMuseumsCharities
Issues
Environment
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsOperates internationallyEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
5595 Grand Dr
Saint Louis, MO 63112
Metro area
St. Louis, MO-IL
County
St. Louis city, MO
Website URL
forestparkforever.org/ 
Phone
(314) 367-7275
Facebook page
ForestParkForever 
Twitter profile
@forestpark4ever 
IRS details
EIN
43-1427062
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1986
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
C50: Environmental Beautification and Open Spaces
NAICS code, primary
7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Parent/child status
Independent
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