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PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC

PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,750 to it, the largest being Bee Vradenburg Foundation ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$60k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$173k
0/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What Palmer Lake Restoration Project Inc does

Mission

Restoration and maintenance of palmer lake

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Palmer lake grounds maintenance - the main purpose of the palmer lake restoration project is to keep the lake healthy and full of water, maintain the grounds and raise funds for improvements needed around the lake and park.

    $29,153 spent
    82% of program spending
  2. Funds used for town initiatives - in 2023, the board voted to use funds for town initiatives. 3,120 was spent on materials to build a fence in the town. The fence is not owned by this group. 2,249 was spent on duke electric to fund park lighting for the year.

    $5,369 spent
    15% of program spending
  3. Staff gauge expenses - the palmer lake restoration project has been working for the past few years on installing a staff gauge for the lake to test for staff.

    $966 spent
    3% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,488.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($75k) Expenses 100 ($36k) Net assets 100 ($212k)2024 Revenue 80 ($60k) Expenses 277 ($99k) Net assets 81 ($173k)
20232024
Revenue (80)Expenses (277)Net assets (81)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 $219k to $186k (−15%).

$219k
$186k
20232024
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.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

12% of PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$39k
’23
−$40k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $250 → $1k.

From the IRS filings of PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT 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

PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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

67%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.

“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

67% of PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

MN
CO
MO

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

’20
’21
Colorado 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

PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−66% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−20% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

99%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC?
PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC (Colorado) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,750 to it, the largest being Bee Vradenburg Foundation ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $3,750 in grants to PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC.
Who is the largest funder of PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC?
Bee Vradenburg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PALMER LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2023–2024), 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