Wisconsin · Nonprofit
NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC
NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,470 to it, the largest being THE WATERWHEEL FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $676k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $775k
What North American Lake Management Society Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to forge partnerships among citizens, scientists, and professionals to foster the management and protection of lakes and reservoirs for today and tomorrow.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conferences - the society coordinates various conferences to provide an opportunity for members and others to meet and exchange views on topics related to the management and protection of lakes and reservoirs. In 2024, approximately 650 people attended the society's international symposium.
$383,056 spent$585,740 earned by the program77% of program spendingPublications - the society produces a quarterly magazine, a scientific journal, and a quarterly newsletter as well as other publications for distribution and sale to members and others with an interest in lake, reservoir, and watershed quality issues. Approximately 9,000 publications are distributed annually.
$77,151 spent$14,149 earned by the program16% of program spendingOther - the society sponsors, cosponsors, and/or organizes a number of scientific, management, education, outreach, and advocacy programs, including lakes appreciation month and the secchi dip-in.
$34,901 spentof which $14,244 as grants$5,589 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $495,108.
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 $230k to $489k (+112%).
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: 2020 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Philip Forsberg
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $102.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY 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
NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $470 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
NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- VT$12k
- MA$7k
- OK$2k
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 NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY 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.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC?
- NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,470 to it, the largest being THE WATERWHEEL FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,470 in grants to NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY INC?
- THE WATERWHEEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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