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LAKE GENEVA HERITAGE CENTER

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2023 · Form 990 · revenue $211K · expenses $25K · assets $433K

EIN
45-1995192
Address
W3170 S LAKESHORE DR, LAKE GENEVA, WI 53147-4367
NTEE code
A54
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2013
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Mission

PRESERVE, ADVANCE AND DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HERITAGE, ESPECIALLY THE MARITIME HERITAGE, OF LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 5 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

5 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Karl Otzen DIRECTOR2017-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Susan Clare DIRECTOR2023 1 $0 reported 1
Larry Larkin PRESIDENT2017-2023 5 $0 reported 1
Charles Colman SECRETARY\TREASURER2023 1 $0 reported 1
Charles Coleman (former) TREASURER2017 Not reported $0 reported 1

People by year

2023 · 4 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KARL OTZEN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SUSAN CLARE DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
LARRY LARKIN PRESIDENT5 $0$0$0 $01
CHARLES COLMAN SECRETARY\TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LARRY LARKIN PRESIDENT5 $0$0$0 $01
KARL OTZEN VICE PRESIDE- $0$0$0 $01
CHARLES COLEMAN TREASURER- $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$210,967$25,450 $433,366$433,366 $24,300$0 $000
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$250,000$6,240 $243,760$243,760 $250,000$0 -03

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $273,800 in all, tax years 2017 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST DAF sponsor Exact 2017 1$250,000 2017$250,000
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JOHN & LINDA ANDERSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LAKE GENEVA HERITAGE CENTER” 2023-2024 2$23,800 2024$2,500
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Who funds organizations like this

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2023 · Form 990 · $25,450 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Advertising and promotion $10,950$10,950-- 43.0%
Fees: other services $7,780-$7,780- 30.6%
Fees: legal $6,720-$6,720- 26.4%
Total$25,450100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $6,240 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: legal $6,240-$6,240- 100.0%
Total$6,240100%

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