Michigan · Nonprofit
Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc
Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $27 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($27). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $68k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $27
- Net assets
- $652k
What Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc does
Mission
Exploring opportunities for acquisition of environmentally sensitive land continuing to promote the health of lake superior and its watershed by developing and implementing educational programs, interpretive guided tours and indigenous partnerships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exploring opportunities for acquisition of environmentally sensitive land continuing to promote the health of Lake Superior and its watershed by developing and implementing educational programs, interpretive guided tours and Indigenous Partnerships.
$43,310 spentof which $66,752 as grants68% of program spendingThe transfer of ownership of the twenty Gargantua Islands off the shore from Lake Superior Provincial Park to the Conservancy's control was completed in 2017. The conservency is now maintaining the islands and providing Canoe excursions to the islands to promote the understanding surrounding the heritage of the islands.
$20,634 spent$1,077 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $63,944.
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 2019 to 2020, from $614k to $747k (+22%).
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: 2017 9% · 2018 37% · 2019 43% · 2020 16% · 2021 36% · 2022 6% · 2023 50% · 2024 59% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Joanie Mcguffin
executive director
Board chair
Patrick McLean
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy 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 Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27 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
Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc's revenue fell 88% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc: 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 Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc?
- Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $27 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($27). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $27 in grants to Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $27 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 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