Lake Forest Garden Club
To advance gardening, promote horticulatural knowledge and stimulate the community's interest in conservation and civic beautification.
Lake Forest Garden Club at a glance
In short: Lake Forest Garden Club reported $4K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $4,100 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- Total assets
- $726,477
- +81.9% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $365,951
- +708.4% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $10,833
- Expenses (2025)
- $39,946
- -53.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Lake Forest Garden Club
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Lake Forest Garden Club
Who Lake Forest Garden Club funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Lake Forest Garden Club gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (−9%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4K (2025) to $110K (2020). In 2025 it reported $4K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest Open Lands Lake Forest, IL | General Use - Unrestricted | $13,500 |
| Lake Bluff Open Lands Lake Bluff, IL | General Use - Unrestricted | $7,600 |
| Elawa Farm Foundation Lake Forest, IL | General Use - Unrestricted | $7,600 |
| Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves Libertyville, IL | General Use - Unrestricted | $7,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $726,477 | $365,951 | $39,946 | $4,100 | Total only | $10,833 |
| 2024 | $399,280 | $45,270 | $85,850 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $439,860 | $29,613 | $220,763 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $631,010 | $232,524 | $73,538 | $36,200 | 4 | $926 |
| 2021 | $472,024 | $45,805 | $126,916 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $553,135 | $289,715 | $140,650 | $110,000 | 1 | $21 |
| 2019 | $404,070 | $64,549 | $97,813 | $40,000 | 2 | $14 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Lake Forest Garden Club
Based on IRS filings
Lake Forest Garden Club is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Lake Forest, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $726K in total assets. In 2025, it reported $4K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $11K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Lake Forest Garden Club is led by Marni Wilson, President since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 21 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Marni Wilson
President
Committe Chair → Committee Chair, 2020
Committee Chair → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
30 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jane Hodges
Committee Chair
Committe Chair → Committee Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kate Kelliher
Committee Chair
Committe Chair → Committee Chair, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Carney
Committee Chair
Treasurer → Committee Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meredith Lytle
Committee Chair
Committe Chair → Committee Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Fletcher
Committee Chair
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ann Walters
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Catherine Denckla
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chrissy Davis
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emily Grace
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jen Buettner
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Neighbours
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marion Christoph
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ro Thompson
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Weninger
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tricia Wood
Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Avery Keller
Second Vice President
Corresponding Secretary → Committee Chair, 2022
Committee Chair → Second Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie Donovan
1st Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Meredith Back
Recording Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pim Alley
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Coburn
Corresponding Secretary
New on the 2025 filing
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (38)
- Former: Betsy Hough (2019–2024) — Committee Chair
- Former: Jamee Kane (2019–2024) — Committee Chair
- Former: Robin Stuart (2019–2024) — President
- Former: Charenton Drake (2021–2024) — First Vice President
- Former: Susan Goodman (2022–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Jenny McKinney (2023–2024) — Recording Secretary
- Former: Katy Collins (2023–2024) — Corresponding Secretary
- Former: Maggie Coleman (2024) — Committee Chair
- Former: Brooke Kuehnle (2019–2023) — Committee Chair
- Former: Kitty Lansing (2020–2023) — Committee Chair
- Former: Margaret Benjamin (2020–2023) — Committee Chair
- Former: Joan Depree (2023) — Committee Chair
- Former: Karen Stensurd (2023) — Committee Chair
- Former: Martha Borie Wood (2019–2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Sophie Twichell (2019–2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Susan Merlin (2019–2022) — Recording Secretary
- Former: Alicia Crawford (2020–2022) — President
- Former: Charlotte Ahern (2020–2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Corlene Rhoades (2020–2022) — Corresponding Secretary
- Former: Erika Vernon (2020–2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Marina Puryear (2020–2022) — First Vice President
- Former: Phoebe Depree (2020–2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Preston Cain (2020–2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Karen Stensrud (2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Mia Armour (2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Prue Beidler (2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Wentworth McGovern (2022) — Committee Chair
- Former: Ann Bartram (2019–2020) — Committee Chair
- Former: Cathie Denckla (2019–2020) — Committee Chair
- Former: Elizabeth Jenkins (2019–2020) — Committee Chair
- Former: Kate Fitzgerald (2019–2020) — Second Vice President
- Former: Louellen Murray (2019–2020) — Committee Chair
- Former: Maureen Seamen (2019–2020) — Committee Chair
- Former: Sarah Georgi (2019–2020) — Committee Chair
- Former: Riley O'Neil (2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Caroline Masterson (2019) — Committe Chair
- Former: Cissy Bunn (2019) — Committe Chair
- Former: Loren Dixon (2019) — President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Lake Forest Garden Club
How much does Lake Forest Garden Club give each year?
Lake Forest Garden Club reported $4K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants.
How large is Lake Forest Garden Club?
Lake Forest Garden Club reported $726K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $366K.
What is Lake Forest Garden Club?
Lake Forest Garden Club is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Lake Forest, IL. It holds $726K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Lake Forest Garden Club operate?
Lake Forest Garden Club has awarded grants in Illinois, New York.
What is Lake Forest Garden Club's EIN?
Lake Forest Garden Club's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-6071433. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 31, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 28, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS November 10, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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