Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC
FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,434 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $33k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $278k
- Net assets
- $84k
What Friends of the Door County Park System Inc does
Mission
To protect and preserve the beauty of Door County Parks provide educational materials for park users and support park acquisition development and recreational activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Pavilion provides shelter for events at the John Miles Park to ensure safety to event attendees and to the venue
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants62% of program spendingThe water station provides safe water for all events at the John Miles Park. Events include Bike rallies soccer games horse shows and County Fair events
$6,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants37% of program spendingThis fund provided tree saplings to be planted at the Murphy Park cave area
$165 spentof which $165 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,165.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2018 to 2019, from $148k to $119k (−20%).
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.
100% of FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $45k → $16k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM 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.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% 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
100% 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 THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 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
54% of FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC'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 $128k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k 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 THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM 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 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,434 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $278,434 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC?
- DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC 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.
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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 2017–2025), 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