New York · Nonprofit
EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION
EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,495 to it, the largest being ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION ($8,980). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $39k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $112k
What East Shore Schroon Lake Association does
Mission
To help maintain the health and cleanliness of Schroon Lake and River for recreational purposes and to educate the surrounding public about programs that support this cause.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Schroon Lake water tested. Managed a scouting program to discover areas of eurasian milfoil and curly leaf pond weed for removal. Tested Schroon Lake's water quality several times during the year in coordination with the CSLAP program.
$1,267 spent6% of program spendingSteward Program: East Shore Schroon Lake Association volunteers helped manage a summer watercraft inspection station at a State owned boat launch with the job of inspecting all watercraft entering and exiting the south end of Schroon Lake for invasive species such as eurasian milfoil, curly leaf pond weed, zebra mussels, water chestnut, and asian clams. Boats are cleaned as deemed necessary. The station is one of the busiest AIS inspection stations of all watercraft inspection stations in the Adirondack Park.
$0 spent0% of program spendingMember Education: A major component of the organization is education provided to property owners and visitors to the Greater Schroon Lake Area. Education comprises an annual newsletter (voted one of the best newsletters by the New York State Federation of Lake Associations), email blasts to members (Minipearls), educational maps of the lake, information booths at trade shows and local events, and volunteer and member attendance at conferences to provide information on current issues and to develop skills to preserve Schroon Lake as a recreational resource.
$3,367 spent17% of program spendingEast Shore Schroon Lake Association works with Schroon Lake Association to find and identify aquatic invasive plants such as Eurasian milfoil and curly leaf pond weed found in The Adirondack Park lakes. Upon identification, these are professionally removed in conjunction with a three town effort to keep the lake free of lake nuisances. ESSLA also educates its members to find and identify terrestrial invasives such as the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid found in The Adirondack Park
$12,700 spent64% of program spendingEast Shore Schroon Lake Association provides scholarships to graduating high school students from Schroon Lake and North Warren High Schools who are pursuing secondary education in environmental or science related degrees and interested in careers that preserve, protect and improve our natural resources. ESSLA also sponsors educational trips for students at local Schroon Lake and North Warren County schools.
$2,390 spent12% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,724.
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 $51k to $71k (+39%).
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.
92% of EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Carol Molino
Membership Chairwoman/Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $458 → $17.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE 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
EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 93% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
96% of EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $425 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k 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
EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION?
- EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,495 to it, the largest being ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION ($8,980). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $9,495 in grants to EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION?
- ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,980 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST SHORE SCHROON LAKE ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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