Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC
WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,254 to it, the largest being THE RIVER ALLIANCE OF WISCONSIN INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $215k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $204k
What Wisconsin Association of Lakes Inc does
Mission
The mission of the wisconsin association of lakes is to conserve, enhance, and restore wisconsin's 15,000 lakes to ensure their sustainability for the benefit and collective use and enjoyment for this and future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Technical assistance to lake organizations: the wisconsin association of lakes provides direct technical assistance to lake organizations in wisconsin on a variety of issues through one on one consultations and meetings. In 2024 this work focused on a number of topics, including how to hold effective meetings, how to comply with state open meetings laws, the requirements and responsibilities of being a nonprofit lake association or special purpose unit of government lake protection and rehabilitation district, as well as the impacts of wake boats and other recreational impacts to lakes, aquatic invasive species prevention and control, and problems with shoreline development and polluted runoff.
$66,664 spent37% of program spendingEvents and educational communications: the wisconsin association of lakes educates the public and the lakes community in particular throughout the year about basic lake ecology, shoreline management and restoration, and various threats to healthy lake ecosystems. Wisconsin lakes offers different electronic communications tools to promote this information, including the "lake connection"", an e-newsletter of general information, the "lake policy report" which covers state level policy that impacts water, and a blog and other informational posts on our website, wisconsinlakes.org.in addition, we participate in the planning and implementation of and present at several statewide conferences and conventions as part of the wisconsin lakes & rivers partnership, a collaboration with the extension lakes program at uw-stevens point, the wi dept. Of natural resources, and other stakeholders. Events included the wisconsin lakes & rivers convention, the northwest wisconsin lakes conference, and the six-county north central wisconsin lakes conference.
$57,140 spent$148,339 earned by the program32% of program spendingLakekit: the wisconsin association of lakes provides access to a website platform for lake organizations through our lakekit program. Using a "multi-site network" platform on wordpress, we are able to offer low cost websites to lake organizations where the lakekit program handles back end management, maintenance, backups, upgrades, and troubleshooting, which leaves the individual organizations to focus on content. Management of the program is handled by a team of volunteers, wi lakes staff, and a professional web services provider. The lakekit program also provides an opportunity to educate lake organizations about utilizing a robust electronic communication strategy as well as building tools to provide channels to communicate "lake news" statewide.
$34,652 spent$5,611 earned by the program19% of program spendingGeneral advocacy: the wisconsin association of lakes works with the state legislature to move forward proactive policy initiatives, increase funding for lake related programs, and ensure lake interests are taken into account by our representatives. The association also works with state agencies to advocate for increased protections for lakes in administrative rules and helps its members understand statewide lake issues and participate in the policy-making process.
$19,440 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $177,896.
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.
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 $86k to $213k (+147%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 23% · 2022 20% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Michael Engleson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $4k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES 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
WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% 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 WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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 WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES 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 WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC?
- WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,254 to it, the largest being THE RIVER ALLIANCE OF WISCONSIN INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $40,254 in grants to WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES INC?
- THE RIVER ALLIANCE OF WISCONSIN INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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