EIN 36-3888439

Liberty Prairie

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
4
Year formed
1994
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
The Liberty Prairie Foundation is a private foundation located in Grayslake, IL. The foundation's purpose is to support the operations of the farm business development center (fbdc). The fbdc is a business incubator where beginning farmers can lease certified organic land. Grantees of the foundation include Angelic Organics Learning Center and others. The foundation made 24 grants last year.
Also known as...
Liberty Prairie Foundation
Total revenues
$806,894
2022
Total expenses
$841,707
2022
Total assets
$2,602,689
2022
Num. employees
4
2022

Program areas at Liberty Prairie

Farm business development center (fbdc) - fbdc is a business incubator where beginning farmers can lease certified organic land with limited access to equipment and infrastructure for up to five years before making the long term investment in farms of their own.
Learning farm - the learning farm creates educational and planning activities that relate to land stewardship, sustainable agriculture, and lifelong learning
Grantmaking - services for the Prairie crossing homeowners association (pchoa) including routine landscape maintenance, common area waste removal, and environmental monitoring and management services.
Fee for service: these services advance the mission by subsidizing on-site educational programming, helping us to conserve or protect the environment through technical assistance, or through building the capacity of other 501(c)(3) charitable organizations.
Community garden and incubator land: fees or tuition received for sustainable food farming land access advance our mission by building the supply of health, local food and serving as a demonstration for a local, resilient food system.
Local food and farm sales: local food and farm sales support educational programming for the Prairie farm corps youth development and job training program.

Grants made by Liberty Prairie

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
OpenlandsThe Purpose of the Grant Is To Support the Operations of the Organization.$3,010

Who funds Liberty Prairie

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Chicago Community TrustIn Support of Northeast Illinois Farmlink: Ongoing Regional Work and Engagement in Statewide Land Access Initiative, From the Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust.$100,000
Angelic Organics Learning CenterFarming Training$45,605
Harold M and Adeline S Morrison Family FoundationGeneral Support$5,000

Personnel at Liberty Prairie

NameTitleCompensation
Jen MillerManaging Director$62,000
Eric CarlbergDirector , Education$52,000
Nathan AabergDirector , Conservation and Working Lands / Program Director$100,000
Kim DeroseBarn Manager$55,650
Karen WilkersPrecident$87,501
...and 1 more key personnel

Financials for Liberty Prairie

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$567,182
Investment income and dividends$297
Net rental income$34,011
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$14,700
Gross sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$41,865
Total revenues$806,894

Form 990s for Liberty Prairie

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-14990PFView PDF
2021-122022-11-02990PFView PDF
2020-122021-11-15990PFView PDF
2019-122021-06-14990PFView PDF
2018-122020-01-16990PFView PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s

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Data update history
January 18, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2022
January 17, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
December 28, 2023
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $100,000 from The Chicago Community Trust
July 27, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2021
July 6, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPrivate foundationsPrivate operating foundationsCharities
Issues
No issues found
Characteristics
Provides grantsPartially liquidatedState / local levelTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
550 Harris Rd
Grayslake, IL 60030
Metro area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
County
Lake County, IL
Website URL
libertyprairie.org/ 
Phone
(847) 548-5989
IRS details
EIN
36-3888439
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990-PF
Year formed
1994
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
T20: Private Foundations
NAICS code, primary
813211: Grantmaking Foundations
Parent/child status
Independent
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