Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK
FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK (Wisconsin) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,851 to it, the largest being NATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION OF ($22,380). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $87k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $136k
What Friends of Governor Dodge State Park does
Mission
The Friends of Governor Dodge State Park, Inc. was formed to support, promote and develop educational opportunities at Governor Dodge State Park Wisconsin, to encourage and enhance park use by multiple user groups, to protect and enhance park resources, to evaulate park use, and to suggest improvements to the Department of Natural Resources of Wisconsin.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Programs
The friends have been fundraising to build a new equestrian campground for the park. Phase ii, which is the major portion of the campground, was completed in 2021 and occupancy occured in 2022. These expenses include architect and engineering fees as well as construction expenses. Fundraising continues to occur for phase iii to build an open air shelter.
$61,586 spentof which $35,960 as grants60% of program spendingLte addtional hours for mainenance, equestrian campground maintenance, bat & bird houses, candlelight hike, flower planting.
$40,718 spent40% of program spendingThe friends initiated a new rogram for park visitors called storywalk. This encompasses a walk-along story along a pathway for visitors to follow, geared toward children.
$380 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $102,684.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $480k to $207k (−57%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 21% · 2022 25% · 2023 37% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $314.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK’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
FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 78% · 2022 51% · 2023 64% — 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 FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
56% of FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK'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 $27k that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK: 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 FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK?
- FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK (Wisconsin) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,851 to it, the largest being NATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION OF ($22,380). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $60,851 in grants to FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK?
- NATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION OF is the largest funder on record, with $22,380 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF GOVERNOR DODGE STATE PARK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 9 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