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LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC

LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $855,033 to it, the largest being ORRIS C&B DEWEY HIRTZEL MEMORIAL FD ($855,033). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$345k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$855k
Net assets
$82k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 92%
01What it does

What Lake Erie Research Institute Inc does

Mission

Promote and advance medical research & medical product development, predominately for the medical and academic communities in pennsylvania

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Promote and advance medical research & medical product development, predominately for the medical and academic communities in pennsylvania

    $351,037 spentof which $320,000 as grants$24,997 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $351,037.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($764k) Expenses 100 ($684k) Net assets 100 ($98k)2018 Revenue 3 ($25k) Expenses 12 ($81k) Net assets 44 ($43k)2019 Revenue 59 ($447k) Expenses 66 ($452k) Net assets 39 ($39k)2020 Revenue 58 ($440k) Expenses 56 ($386k) Net assets 94 ($92k)2021 Revenue 41 ($310k) Expenses 44 ($304k) Net assets 100 ($98k)2022 Revenue 20 ($150k) Expenses 24 ($165k) Net assets 84 ($83k)2023 Revenue 20 ($150k) Expenses 16 ($112k) Net assets 123 ($121k)2024 Revenue 3 ($25k) Expenses 8 ($56k) Net assets 91 ($90k)2025 Revenue 45 ($345k) Expenses 52 ($353k) Net assets 83 ($82k)
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Revenue (45)Expenses (52)Net assets (83)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 2017 to 2018, from $98k to $43k (−56%).

$98k
$43k
$39k
$92k
$98k
$83k
$121k
$90k
$82k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

93% of LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 882 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$80k
’17
−$55k
’18
−$4k
’19
$54k
’20
$6k
’21
−$15k
’22
$38k
’23
−$31k
’24
−$8k
’25
2.8
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.

Board chair

Edward Goebel Esq

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

201720182019202020212025
Listed544454
Joined·+0+1+0+1·
No longer listed·1100·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $285k → $125k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE 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

LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 1 state in all.

PA

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

’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

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

LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC's revenue fell 55% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve2.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−9% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC

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In Florida

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

90%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC?
LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $855,033 to it, the largest being ORRIS C&B DEWEY HIRTZEL MEMORIAL FD ($855,033). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $855,033 in grants to LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC?
ORRIS C&B DEWEY HIRTZEL MEMORIAL FD is the largest funder on record, with $855,033 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 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