Minnesota · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK
FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,769 to it, the largest being Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $537k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $411k
What Friends of Lake Elmo's Sunfish Lake Park does
Mission
To build and operate the sally manzara interpretive nature center in the city of lake elmo.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Maintained and upgraded exhibits for basis of classes, camps, and group and individual learning experiences. Over 7000 visitors and over 4600 volunteer hours.
$12,590 spent$11,294 earned by the program3% of program spendingAdult, child, and family programming including educational presentations, annual nature education events, and camp experiences. 520 children participated in camps. Over 460 came for family nature education events. 336 adults attended presentations.
$16,627 spent4% of program spendingEducation and removal of invasive species. Monthly clearing 10-12 participants. Fall events for both education and clearing 60-70 participants. Tree planting 50-60 participants.
$365,482 spent$3,842 earned by the program93% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $394,699.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $417k to $492k (+18%).
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 68% · 2022 23% · 2023 32% · 2024 24% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $875 → $90.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 funders by total. 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 LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 93% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $299 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 LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE 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 LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK?
- FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK (Minnesota) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,769 to it, the largest being Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $22,769 in grants to FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK?
- Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF LAKE ELMO'S SUNFISH LAKE PARK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 4 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