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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 9,618,129 | 55,869,632 | 12,230,966 | 8,577,663 | 10,895,783 | 97,192,173 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | 0 | |||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 9,618,129 | 55,869,632 | 12,230,966 | 8,577,663 | 10,895,783 | 97,192,173 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 50,997,069 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 46,195,104 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 9,618,129 | 55,869,632 | 12,230,966 | 8,577,663 | 10,895,783 | 97,192,173 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 1,780,367 | 1,978,339 | 2,190,146 | 2,713,932 | 2,736,992 | 11,399,776 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 108,591,949 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2018 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2018 |
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1
Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 |
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2018 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2018: | ||||
| a From 2013....... | ||||
| b From 2014....... | ||||
| c From 2015....... | ||||
| d From 2016....... | ||||
| e From 2017....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2013 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2018 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2018, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2018. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2019. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2014...... | ||||
| b Excess from 2015..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2016..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2018..... | ||||
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| FORM 990, PART I AND III, LINE 1 | DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS: Founded in 1986, Forest Park Forever is a private nonprofit conservancy that works in partnership with the City of St. Louis and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry to restore, maintain and sustain Forest Park as one of Americas greatest urban public parks. Forest Park Forever has led major fundraising efforts to restore many landmark destinations in Forest Park, including the Emerson Grand Basin, the Boathouse and the Jewel Box. In 2017, the organization completed a major fundraising campaign securing $139 million for Park restoration projects and an expanded endowment. Today, Forest Park Forever maintains Forest Park with the City of St. Louis; raises funds for and helps manage capital restoration projects called for in the Forest Park Master Plan; delivers experiential educational opportunities to teachers, students and adults; and provides information and guides for the Parks 13 million annual visitors. Not part of the Zoo- Museum Tax District, Forest Park Forever is supported by private donations from throughout the community, including its 8,000 members, 1,300 volunteers and many leading community and corporate partners. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4 | PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS: ACTIVITY #1 PARK OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE Forest Park Forever works in partnership with the City of St. Louis to maintain Forest Park, visited by more than 13 million visitors annually. Forest Park Forever has a crew of more than 20 full-time horticulturists, gardeners, nature reserve technicians and an ecological restoration specialist who maintain landscapes and natural areas in the park. In addition to regular maintenance, Forest Park Forever funded special projects within the park; such as repairing bridges and sidewalks, adding a new drinking fountain and repairing the iconic Cascades waterfall. ACTIVITY #2 CAPITAL PROJECTS Forest Park Forever, in partnership with the City of St. Louis, completed the major renovation of Emerson Central Fields, broke ground on restoring Boeing Aviation Fields, broke ground on a new 17-acre Nature Playscape and completed a new entry marker to the Park. Significant progress was made on the design for the completion of the Parks waterway system on the east side. ACTIVITY #3: EDUCATION, VOLUNTEER AND VISITOR SERVICES Forest Park Forever, Inc. operates the Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center in partnership with Explore St. Louis. The primary function of the Visitor and Education Center is to welcome and assist visitors and 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 meet-up location for runners, walkers, cyclists, birders, and various fitness clubs. Visitor Services are primarily delivered via trained and knowledgeable volunteers and supplemented by paid staff in the evening and weekends. The Center includes a caf, 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 air pump station. In 2018, an estimated 400,000 visitors and park users came through the Visitor and Education Center. Our Visitor Services volunteers and staff provided more than 20,600 direct visitor assists and our digital GPS map forestparkmap.org hosted 132,000 users, a 40% increase over 2017. More than 40,000 Forest Park Visitor Guides were distributed in the Park and at partnering organizations, such as Explore St. Louis, local hotels, museums and attractions and several Missouri Division of Tourism Welcome Centers located across the state. Forest Park Forever volunteer tour guides led both walking and driving tours for hundreds of individuals. 2018 was the eighth year of the Forest Park Trolley, a public transit program with Metro/Bi-State Development, transporting nearly 59,000 riders during the late spring and summer season. Forest Park Forevers education department served 4,500 participants with its array of programs, including youth from 62 unique schools and organizations ACTIVITY #4 COMMUNICATION/COMMUNITY AWARENESS Forest Park Forever provided the community with updated information about Park improvements, events, tours, classes and other offerings through its publications, social media and website and responds to visitors questions. The organization also publishes a free visitor guide with maps of Forest Park and a free interactive online map of the Park. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B | DOCUMENTATION OF MEETINGS: FOREST PARK FOREVER, INC. CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENTS THE MEETINGS HELD AND/OR THE WRITTEN ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN DURING THE YEAR BY FORMALLY KEEPING MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEETINGS, FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE MEETINGS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MARKETING COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETINGS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | REVIEW PROCESS: ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTANT PREPARES THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURES AND REVIEWS THEM WITH THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRIOR TO PROVIDING THE INFORMATION TO THE PREPARING CPA FIRM. UPON COMPLETION OF THE RETURN, A PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COPY IS PROVIDED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW, TO RESPECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S DONORS. MANAGEMENT THEN PROVIDES THE TREASURER AND BOARD CHAIRMAN COPIES OF THE FINAL RETURN. COPIES OF THE FILED 990 ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE FULL BOARD AND PUBLIC ON FOREST PARK FOREVER'S WEBSITE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | CONFLICT OF INTEREST: ONCE A YEAR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECEIVES A SUMMARY OF ALL REPORTED POTENTIAL CONFLICTS. AFTER DISCLOSURE OF ALL MATERIAL FACTS, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DECIDES IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS AND ANY MITIGATING ACTIONS NECESSARY. THE MINUTES REFLECT THE DISCUSSION AND ANY ACTIONS TAKEN. |
| FORM 990 PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A | COMPENSATION DETERMINATION: THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS ANNUALLY WITH THE PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO REVIEW PERFORMANCE AND DETERMINES COMPENSATION BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW, COMPARABILITY DATA PROVIDED BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY, AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION; THEN REPORTS ITS FINDINGS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD. |
| FORM 990 PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B | COMPENSATION DETERMINATION: The Compensation Committee meets annually with the Executive Director to discuss the performance of other officers and key employees of the organization, and makes compensation recommendations to the Executive Director based on comparability data provided by an independent third party, and other relevant information. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | COPIES OF DOCUMENTS PROVIDED: THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. |
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