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Schroon Lake Association

Schroon Lake Association (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,575 to it, the largest being CLOUDSPLITTER FOUNDATION ($17,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$37k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$154k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Schroon Lake Association does

Mission

The Schroon Lake Association a volunteer-based nonprofit has safeguarded the Schroon Lake watershed for a century. Our mission is to preserve the lakes beauty and health educate the public and collaborate with like-minded individuals to benefit residents visitors and the regions economic vitality.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Monitor and manage water quality in Schroon Lake: Survey for eurasian milfoil curly leaf pondweed and other invasive spoecies working with other lake associations. Support lake friendly activities. Support Center for Loon Conservation. Expenses are part of Lines 10 13 and 16.

    $3,222 spent
    72% of program spending
  2. Support Town of Schroon Lake Steward programs to inspect boats entering lake and the Town program to operate a boatwash station on NY Route 74. Expenses are part of Line 16. Town has not billed the Schroon Lake Association by the end of 2024 so current year expenses are low.

    $1,057 spent
    24% of program spending
  3. Educate boaters residents and visitors on how to keep the lake healthy. Expenses are part of Line 16.

    $200 spent
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $4,479.

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 ($57k) Expenses 100 ($22k) Net assets 100 ($71k)2022 Revenue 110 ($63k) Expenses 163 ($36k) Net assets 139 ($99k)2023 Revenue 66 ($38k) Expenses 149 ($33k) Net assets 147 ($105k)2024 Revenue 72 ($41k) Expenses 95 ($21k) Net assets 175 ($125k)2025 Revenue 65 ($37k) Expenses 36 ($8k) Net assets 217 ($154k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (65)Expenses (36)Net assets (217)

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 $125k to $154k (+24%).

$71k
$99k
$105k
$125k
$154k
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.

$36k
’21
$28k
’22
$6k
’23
$20k
’24
$29k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $200 → $450.

From the IRS filings of Schroon Lake Association’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

Schroon Lake Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

87%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 94% · 2020 100% · 2022 44% · 2023 56% — diversifying over time.

“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

87% of Schroon Lake Association's grant income comes from New York funders.

NH
NY
CT
CA

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’22
’23
New York 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Schroon Lake Association: 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 Schroon Lake Association?
Schroon Lake Association (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,575 to it, the largest being CLOUDSPLITTER FOUNDATION ($17,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Schroon Lake Association have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $19,575 in grants to Schroon Lake Association, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Schroon Lake Association?
CLOUDSPLITTER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Schroon Lake Association find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 4 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