Michigan · Nonprofit
THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC
THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,525 to it, the largest being DOLE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($36,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $178k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $434k
What Three Lakes Association Inc does
Mission
Water Quality Preservation in the Elk River Chain of Lakes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Investigation into the proliferation of Golden Brown Algae on the floor of Torch and other lakes in the chain, including analysis of the organisms and testing of water samples with the goal of determining the reasons for proliferation and of developing remediation plans.
$6,085 spent15% of program spendingSupported environmental education activities, including providing funding for equipment and field trips to the four school districts in the Three Lakes area, and adult education programs related to water quality.
$12,423 spentof which $8,000 as grants31% of program spendingSupervision of interns from area high schools in a research project to survey aquatic plants on Clam Lake, emphasizing the presence of native and invasive species. The project serves to train the interns in scientific methods, communication skills and the value of environmental science.
$9,387 spentof which $2,750 as grants23% of program spendingIncludes lake and stream monitoring for chemical and biological contamination, treatment of invasive milfoil plants, and publishing of a quarterly newsletter containing articles on water quality.
$12,784 spent31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $40,679.
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.
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 $377k to $433k (+15%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Lois Maclean
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $775 → $12k.
From the IRS filings of THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION 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
THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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: 2017 32% · 2018 45% · 2019 63% · 2020 56% · 2021 91% · 2022 65% · 2023 84% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
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
THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC: 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 THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC?
- THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,525 to it, the largest being DOLE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($36,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $49,525 in grants to THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC?
- DOLE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $36,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THREE LAKES ASSOCIATION INC 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 2021–2025), 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