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FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS

FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,697 to it, the largest being DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($41,221). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$31k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$68k
Net assets
$212k
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 30%
01What it does

What Friends of the North Pikes Creek Wetlands does

Mission

The FNPCW is dedicated to the long-term protection and scientific management of the North Pikes Creek wetlands, and to the responsible use of this unique resource for nature-based recreation and education by people of all ages and physical abilities; to increase public awareness of the ecological importance of wetlands for water quality and wildlife; and to nurture the next generation of environmental stewards.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Expenses for direct educational and recreational services and outreach to the public.

    $23,978 spent$30,994 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. -

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. -

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,978.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($37k) Expenses 100 ($28k) Net assets 100 ($180k)2021 Revenue 124 ($46k) Expenses 142 ($40k) Net assets 103 ($185k)2022 Revenue 165 ($60k) Expenses 222 ($63k) Net assets 102 ($182k)2023 Revenue 95 ($35k) Expenses 82 ($23k) Net assets 108 ($194k)2024 Revenue 103 ($38k) Expenses 90 ($25k) Net assets 115 ($206k)2025 Revenue 85 ($31k) Expenses 86 ($24k) Net assets 118 ($212k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (85)Expenses (86)Net assets (118)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $194k to $206k (+6%).

$180k
$185k
$182k
$194k
$206k
$212k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,989 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’20
$5k
’21
−$3k
’22
$11k
’23
$12k
’24
$7k
’25
28
months of
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed555777
Joined·+0+0+2+1+0
No longer listed·00010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $19k → $5k.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS’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 NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

61% 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 NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS.

61%
largest funder
85%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 81% · 2019 53% · 2020 98% · 2021 96% · 2022 55% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

61% of FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS'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 $26k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin21% · above the median
Months of reserve27.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · above the median

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

Government funding FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11k on record.

Federal$11k
grants $11kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$11k

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 THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 0%Fundraising 2%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS?
FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,697 to it, the largest being DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($41,221). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $67,697 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS?
DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $41,221 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE NORTH PIKES CREEK WETLANDS 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 7 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