Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE
FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,409 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY ($24,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $45k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $126k
What Friends of Raystown Lake does
Mission
To promote the responsible stewardship of the natural and recreational resources of the raystown lake project through the support of members and constituents in sponsoring and developing programs in education, resource protection and enhancement, and recreational improvement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Other program service fees
$21,616 spent82% of program spendingThe volunteer organization provides and sponsors education relevant to events at the lake, wildlife habitat information, and good stewardship of the facilities on the federal reservation. The organization further supports the mission of the us army corps of engineers who operate the lake, by obtaining grant funds and other manpower programs to improve and maintain the facility. To that end, a quarterly newsletter is printed and mailed to all members to keep them informed as to the events and other items of interest in promoting and informing what is availabe at raystown lake by the public. Raystown lake serves over one million people annually. The organization has the opportunity to obtain grants and other funding not available to the army corps of engineers for resource enhancements at the lake. Such projects as installation and maintenance of solar navigational lights to direct boater at night or in the fog, providing funding for improvement of the fish habitat, assisting with the re-introduction of wildlife such as the bald eagle and osprey and operate a 32 mile mountain bike trail throughout the reservation.
$4,726 spent18% of program spendingThe organization has established a cooperative agreement with the us army corp of engineers to maintain and manage the 33 mile bicycle trail which runs throughout the park.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,342.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $109k to $126k (+16%).
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: 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE’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. 0 of the last 2 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $24k.
1 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 RAYSTOWN LAKE’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 RAYSTOWN LAKE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 RAYSTOWN LAKE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 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
87% of FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $293 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 RAYSTOWN LAKE 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
Government funding FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.
- Department of the Interior$75k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 RAYSTOWN LAKE: 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 RAYSTOWN LAKE?
- FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,409 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY ($24,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $31,409 in grants to FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE?
- PENNSYLVANIA LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $24,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF RAYSTOWN LAKE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2024–2025), 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