Michigan · Nonprofit
BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION
BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $248,700 to it, the largest being BURT FOUNDATION ($119,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $152k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $249k
- Net assets
- $446k
What Burt Lake Preservation Association does
Mission
To preserve and improve burt lake and its watershed for quality use for future generations and preserve natural & scenic areas
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Environmental & land use - continued development and implementation of plans to preserve and restore the shoreline of burt lake. Addressed land uses to assure campatability with preservation of the watershed
$363 spent0% of program spendingWater safety & sturgeon club - continued monitoring efforts for the eradication of eurasion millfoil from the lake. Supported the county sheriff marine patrol for lake safety. Supported lake population of sturgeon by providing resources and awareness.
$22,382 spent29% of program spendingNewsletter - prepared and mailed newsletters to members and prospective members to educate them regarding the association's goals as well as provide updates on legislative and critical matters affecting burt lake.
$55,519 spent71% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $78,264.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $340k to $379k (+12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
88% of BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $36k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 49% · 2019 60% · 2020 50% · 2021 50% · 2022 50% · 2023 55% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $248,700 to it, the largest being BURT FOUNDATION ($119,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $248,700 in grants to BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION?
- BURT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $119,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BURT LAKE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing