Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Friends of Governor Nelson State Park
Friends of Governor Nelson State Park (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $72k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $55k
What Friends of Governor Nelson State Park does
Mission
Support and assist the wisconsin department of natural resources to preserve protect and promote the ecological historical recreational and educational resources of governor nelson state park in dane county wisconsin
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Phase 1 of the renovation of the historical hogan house located in the park
$39,139 spent92% of program spendingAdministrative costs to operate the friends group
$2,688 spent6% of program spendingHosting public events in the park
$560 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $42,387.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 Nelson 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 Nelson State Park leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% 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
51% 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 Nelson State Park.
“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
51% of Friends of Governor Nelson 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 Nelson State Park runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Friends of Governor Nelson 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.
Public support
100%
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 Nelson 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 Nelson State Park?
- Friends of Governor Nelson State Park (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Friends of Governor Nelson State Park have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,250 in grants to Friends of Governor Nelson State Park.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of Governor Nelson State Park?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of Governor Nelson 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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