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THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC

THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,138 to it, the largest being EDITH REITER TRUST ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$102k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$370k
1/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What Three Lakes Historical Society Inc does

Mission

To preserve and share the history of the three lakee lakes area for educational purposes.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. To provide stewardship of historical artifacts and records from the community and seasonally open the museum serving approximately 700 visitors each year.

    $48,190 spent
    95% of program spending
  2. Organize free concerts in the park in june and july and periodically have speakers who provide historical education and discussions.

    $2,350 spent
    5% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $50,540.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($79k) Expenses 100 ($119k) Net assets 100 ($199k)2024 Revenue 130 ($103k) Expenses 51 ($61k) Net assets 155 ($308k)2025 Revenue 129 ($102k) Expenses 46 ($55k) Net assets 186 ($370k)
201820242025
Revenue (129)Expenses (46)Net assets (186)

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 $308k to $370k (+20%).

$199k
$308k
$370k
201820242025
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.

2018
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$40k
’18
$42k
’24
$46k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $35.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY 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 HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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

90%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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

100% of THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

92%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,138 to it, the largest being EDITH REITER TRUST ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $11,138 in grants to THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC?
EDITH REITER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THREE LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC 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 2018–2025), 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