Friends of Hauberg Civic Center

What Friends of Hauberg Civic Center does

Friends of Hauberg Civic Center Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2016 to preserve, maintain, and operate the Hauberg Estate, a Prairie-style mansion and Jens Jensen-designed garden complex in Rock Island, Illinois, originally built between 1909-1911. The foundation runs a diversified portfolio of activities on the 10-acre property: weekly docent-led mansion tours at $10 per person, private venue rentals for weddings and corporate events with capacity up to 150 guests, a six-tier Friendship membership program ($25-$5,000), a gift shop in the renovated Carriage House, a bar service during Friday events, the Andrew's Place vacation rental on Airbnb/VRBO, and educational programs including Curious By Nature children's classes and a Historical Lecture Series. The foundation serves a heterogeneous regional audience in the Quad Cities, including wedding couples, corporate clients, heritage tourists, families, local educators, and a volunteer base that has contributed over 3,000 hours of restoration work.

The organization's revenue model combines transactional fees (venue rentals, gift shop sales, tour admissions, special event tickets), recurring subscriptions (membership tiers), and charitable contributions (tax-deductible donations and grants from sources including the Doris & Victor Day Foundation, Moline Foundation, and Landmarks Illinois). Go-to-market is event-driven and community-led, executed through a website with downloadable brochures, an active Facebook presence, quarterly email newsletters, the Humanitix ticketing platform, and a 3D Matterport virtual tour for remote engagement. The Carriage Haus Bar operates Fridays from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM during the seasonal program (April through August).

Notable technical and historical components include the Jens Jensen landscape — one of approximately 35 complete designs remaining worldwide — the Robert Spencer-designed Prairie-style mansion with Arts and Crafts interiors, and educator resources covering Sauk and Meskwaki Native American history developed with Augustana College Special Collections. Membership reciprocity through the American Horticultural Society provides access to 320+ gardens across North America, and the foundation holds National Register of Historic Places status (1972) and Local Rock Island Landmark designation (2016). The organization operates with 1-10 employees under Executive Director Deb Kuntzi and a Board of Directors chaired by Todd Linscott, and does not deploy any AI/ML capabilities in its operations.

Name

Friends of Hauberg Civic Center

Legal name

Friends of Hauberg Civic Center Foundation

Website

https://haubergestate.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Historic Event Venue Services

NAICS

Historical Sites (712120), Museums (712110)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Historic & Heritage Homes (THAMAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Resort-Style Extended-Stay Properties (THAGAEAL), Resort/Second-Home Community Association Management (BPAJAHAI)

Keywords

• Historic preservation venue
• Wedding event venue
• Corporate event rental
• Heritage tourism tours
• Nonprofit cultural foundation

Headquarters

HQ city

Rock Island

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Venue Rentals: Rental income from private events including weddings, receptions, corporate meetings, birthday parties, and other celebrations. The 20-room mansion on 10 acres accommodates groups up to 150 people on the main floor with unlimited outdoor capacity.
2. Membership Program: Friendship membership program with six tiers ranging from $25 individual to $5,000 Standing Bear Society household membership. Members receive tour admissions, lecture access, gift shop discounts, and reciprocal garden admissions.
3. Gift Shop Sales: The Hauberg Stables Gift Shop, located in the renovated Carriage House ground floor, sells gifts and souvenirs. All proceeds benefit restoration, maintenance, and program efforts.
4. Tour Admissions: Weekly docent-led mansion tours on Fridays at 3:00 PM for $10 per person; students free. Group rates and customized tours available.
5. Donations and Grants: Tax-deductible donations to the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supporting preservation and sustainability efforts. The foundation also pursues grants for specific restoration projects.
6. Carriage Haus Bar: Beverage service operating during Friday events and private rentals, contributing to operational revenue.
7. Special Event Tickets: Ticket sales for fundraising events such as Passport to Preservation ($40 for Spirits & Bites paranormal investigation), Oktoberfest ($10 advance/$15 door), and other community events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Friends of Hauberg Civic Center Foundation operates the historic Hauberg Estate, a 20-room Prairie-style mansion on 10 acres in Rock Island, Illinois. It offers venue rentals for weddings, corporate events, and private celebrations; docent-led historic mansion tours; a tiered Friendship Membership Program; a gift shop; a vacation rental (Andrew's Place); and educational programs including Curious By Nature children's nature classes and a Historical Lecture Series.

Product overview

Friends of Hauberg Civic Center Foundation operates the Hauberg Estate as a historic preservation venue and community cultural center. The organization offers venue rental services for weddings, corporate events, and private celebrations in the historic mansion and grounds; mansion tours led by docents; a gift shop (Hauberg Stables Gift Shop) in the renovated Carriage House; bar services (Carriage Haus Bar); vacation rental (Andrew's Place); and educational programming including Curious By Nature children's nature classes, Historical Lecture Series, and educator resources. A tiered Friendship Membership Program provides benefits including tour admissions and reciprocal garden admissions. The estate also offers a self-guided 3D virtual tour via Matterport.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Friends of Hauberg Membership Program: Friendship tiers including Individual ($25), Carriage House Society ($100), Hauberg Society ($250), Orchid Society ($500), Tulip Society ($1,000), and Standing Bear Society ($5,000) with various benefits including free tours, newsletter, event invitations, and discounts.

Products and services

• Venue Rentals

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 volunteer hours contributed to property restoration
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Horticultural SocietycoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2020The Hauberg Estate Gardens were accepted into the American Horticultural Society's Reciprocal Admissions Program, providing Friendship members with free admission to over 320 public gardens and arboreta throughout North America. This partnership enhances membership value and promotes the estate to a national audience of gardening enthusiasts.
• United Way of the Quad CitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 September 2019United Way's Day of Caring program brings volunteers to the Hauberg Estate for preservation and restoration work. Approximately 160 volunteers participated in a single event, working on Terraced Garden restoration, forest clearing, pond areas, and pathway restoration. The partnership demonstrates successful public-private collaboration between the nonprofit foundation, city government, and community organization.
• Sprouting MindscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership to develop the Terraced Garden for teaching local students about organic farming, gardening, ecology, nutrition, and food development through hands-on instruction. Food grown through the program goes to school cafeterias with excess donated to homeless shelters and food pantries. Continues the Hauberg family's tradition of community food security.
• Rock Island Parks & Recreation DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Friends of Hauberg works closely with the Rock Island Parks & Recreation Department and the City of Rock Island on mechanical and general maintenance of the estate. This public-private partnership enables the nonprofit to operate and preserve the city-owned historic landmark.
• Augustana College Special CollectionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJohn Henry Hauberg's photography collection and glass slides are housed at Augustana College Special Collections in Rock Island. The college also provides educational resources and connections for the estate's historical programming.
• Wild Ones Quad CitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Wild Ones Quad Cities for native plant sales and educational programming. Collaborates on events like Plants, Paths & Pizza! and native plant sales at the estate.
• Landmarks IllinoisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide membership-based nonprofit that inspired and supported the preservation efforts, culminating in the 2019 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for Advocacy.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens: Historic estate in Miami featuring a preserved mansion and formal gardens. Operates tours, venue rentals for weddings and corporate events, and membership programs. Comparable historic house museum with event and garden dual-mission.
• Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens: Historic estate in Akron, Ohio featuring a 65-room manor house, gardens, and grounds. Operates venue rentals, tours, educational programs, and memberships—directly comparable operating model to Hauberg Estate as a historic house museum with event and garden operations.
• Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: Historic home of Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, Illinois operating as a museum with public tours and educational programming. Comparable as a Prairie-style architectural landmark with tour and education operations.
• Longwood Gardens: Major public garden in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania with venue rentals, membership tiers, and reciprocal admissions through the American Horticultural Society. Directly comparable to Hauberg's garden-based programming and AHS reciprocal membership model.
• Dumbarton Oaks: Historic estate in Washington, D.C. with gardens, museum, and event programming. Operates as a research institution with public gardens and house museum—comparable operating model combining historic preservation with public engagement.
• Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright historic house museum in Mill Run, Pennsylvania operating tours, educational programming, and preservation. Comparable as an architecturally significant historic site with public tours and preservation mission.
• Meadow Brook Hall: Historic Tudor-revival estate in Rochester Hills, Michigan offering tours, educational programs, and venue rentals for weddings and corporate events. Comparable scale and operating model for a regional historic estate with venue and tour revenue.

Others

• National Trust for Historic Preservation: National nonprofit focused on historic preservation advocacy and education. Comparable as a preservation organization providing guidance and recognition to local sites like the Hauberg Estate.
• Landmarks Illinois: Statewide nonprofit that awarded the Hauberg Estate its 2019 Preservation Award. Comparable as a regional preservation advocacy organization serving as ecosystem partner and peer in the Illinois preservation community.

Broad incumbents

• Biltmore Estate: Largest historic house in the U.S. operating as a museum, hotel, winery, and event venue. Comparable in the historic estate space but operates at vastly larger scale with lodging and commercial hospitality operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FriendsOfHauberg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hauberg-estate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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