Michigan · Nonprofit
PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION
PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,591 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($228,250). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $813k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $342k
- Net assets
- $269k
What Paw Paw Lake Foundation does
Mission
Water quality testing, waterfowl and undesired fish and weed control
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Purchase of property for preservation of lake
$672,507 spent$600,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $672,507.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $3k → $3k.
6 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION’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
PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 66% · 2022 66% · 2023 95% — 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
85% of PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION'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. Of the $52k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $289k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states 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
PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION?
- PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,591 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($228,250). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $341,591 in grants to PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $228,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PAW PAW LAKE FOUNDATION 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 9 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