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FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC

FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being JOHN SAGE FOUNDATION ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$72k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$6k
Net assets
$79k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Friends of Lake Winnecook Inc does

Mission

To preserve, protect and enhance the beauty of Lake Winnecook

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Addressing Non-Point Source Pollution Sites: FOLW launched a program to address erosion sites around the lake. The entire public using the lake benefits from this work, estimated at 7500 people.

    $9,637 spent
    75% of program spending

  2. Public Engagement: FOLW invested in ongoing education and involvement for those who use the lake, featuring a regular newsletter, informational web site, merchandise sales, Ice Out Contest, Loon Count, membership meetings, and other organizational events. We have approximately 400 newsletter subscribers.

    $1,713 spent
    13% of program spending

  3. Water Quality Monitoring: We do bi-weekly testing for clarity, temperature and oxygen, periodic testing for other indicators and engage technical consultants to advise us on best practices to protect and improve water quality. The entire population that uses the lake benefits, estimated at 7500.

    $1,440 spent
    11% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $12,790.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC's grant income comes from Maine funders.

ME

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin78% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC

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 Maine

Worromontogus Lake Association77%7 Lakes Alliance Inc75%China Lake Association74%Megunticook Watershed Association74%Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park74%Maine Wilderness Watershed Trust Inc Dba Pierce Pond Watershed Trust73%Saco River Recreation Council73%Androscoggin River Watershedcouncil73%

Nationally

Friends of Lake Wingra Inc80%Lake Winnipesaukee Association78%Friends of Lake Kegonsa Society Inc78%Friends of the Lake78%Worromontogus Lake Association77%Northwood Lake Watershed Association Inc77%Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy77%Friends of the Shawangunks Inc76%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC?
FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being JOHN SAGE FOUNDATION ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC?
JOHN SAGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF LAKE WINNECOOK INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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