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LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION INC

LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400 to it, the largest being DONALD J AND BRENDA J DEBRUYN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST ($400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$126k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$400
Net assets
$1.1M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Lakeshore Wind Ensemble Association Inc does

Mission

The Mission of the Lakeshore Wind Ensemble Association is to support and enrich the musical arts in the lakeshore community through scholarship programs youth and community outreach and live performances by the Lakeshore Wind Ensemble and Lakeshore Big Band

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. 2023-24 concert season includes four wind ensemble concerts two big band concerts and one combined pops concert all performed at the Capitol Civic Centre in Manitowoc WI. Attendance total 1,964 for the season. Also includes one free concert performed in the summer in Two Rivers Central Park.

    $50,327 spent$25,432 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $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 FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $50,327.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($78k) Expenses 100 ($13k) Net assets 100 ($951k)2022 Revenue 137 ($107k) Expenses 474 ($63k) Net assets 87 ($832k)2023 Revenue 122 ($95k) Expenses 634 ($85k) Net assets 91 ($867k)2024 Revenue 116 ($91k) Expenses 665 ($89k) Net assets 99 ($939k)2025 Revenue 162 ($126k) Expenses 638 ($85k) Net assets 114 ($1.1M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (162)Expenses (638)Net assets (114)

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 $939k to $1.1M (+15%).

$951k
$832k
$867k
$939k
$1.1M
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$65k
’21
$44k
’22
$10k
’23
$2k
’24
$41k
’25
-0.5
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed77777
Joined·+0+0+2+1
No longer listed·0021
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION 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 LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI

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

Organizations like LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION INC

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In Wisconsin

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

51% of spending goes to programs.

Program 51%Management 49%Fundraising 0%

Governance

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

Public support

32%

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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION 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 LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION INC?
LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400 to it, the largest being DONALD J AND BRENDA J DEBRUYN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST ($400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $400 in grants to LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION INC?
DONALD J AND BRENDA J DEBRUYN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LAKESHORE WIND ENSEMBLE ASSOCIATION 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 2021–2025), 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