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THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON

THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON (Wisconsin) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $635,050 to it, the largest being FRANK G & FRIEDA K BROTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($303,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$142k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$635k
Net assets
$410k
7/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 52%
01What it does

What The Friends of the Broughton does

Mission

The purpose of the corporation shall be to promote the increased use and appreciation of the unique beauty of the broughton sheboygan marsh through education and recreation

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Tower was built for public use to view broughton marsh property and habitat

  2. Funding to build education center

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($283k) Expenses 100 ($9k) Net assets 100 ($598k)2018 Revenue 133 ($375k) Expenses 59 ($5k) Net assets 162 ($968k)2019 Revenue 156 ($440k) Expenses 98 ($9k) Net assets 234 ($1.4M)2020 Revenue 150 ($424k) Expenses 5085 ($462k) Net assets 228 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 106 ($299k) Expenses 14828 ($1.3M) Net assets 53 ($314k)2022 Revenue 16 ($44k) Expenses 1425 ($129k) Net assets 33 ($197k)2023 Revenue 12 ($34k) Expenses 469 ($43k) Net assets 32 ($192k)2024 Revenue 13 ($36k) Expenses 66 ($6k) Net assets 41 ($244k)2025 Revenue 50 ($142k) Expenses 9 ($779) Net assets 68 ($410k)
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Revenue (50)Expenses (9)Net assets (68)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 2020 to 2021, from $1.4M to $314k (−77%).

$598k
$968k
$1.4M
$1.4M
$314k
$197k
$192k
$244k
$410k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$274k
’17
$369k
’18
$432k
’19
−$38k
’20
−$1.0M
’21
−$85k
’22
−$8k
’23
$30k
’24
$141k
’25
493
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.

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Listed101012111111888
Joined·+0+2+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·00100300
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $103k → $6k.

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON’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

THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

48%
largest funder
75%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 72% · 2019 83% · 2020 54% · 2021 55% · 2022 43% · 2023 83% — 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.

How long its funders stay

44% of THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

100% of THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI

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

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’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $148k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON's revenue fell 50% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin99% · outside the comparable range
Months of reserve493.2mo · outside the comparable range
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

0% of spending goes to programs.

Program 0%Management 100%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

90%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON?
THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON (Wisconsin) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $635,050 to it, the largest being FRANK G & FRIEDA K BROTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($303,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $635,050 in grants to THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON?
FRANK G & FRIEDA K BROTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $303,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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