Friends of Mirror Lake State Park

Analysis

Friends of Mirror Lake State Park is a registered charity in United States, based in Baraboo, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Friends of Mirror Lake State Park reported income of $63k and spending of $105k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $81k to $63k (-22%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Mirror Lake State Park sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Fork Environmental Council Inc ($63k), Center for Ecological Living and Learning ($63k) and Upper Deschutes River Coalition ($63k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% of the total. At year end it held assets of $121k against liabilities of $289, net assets of $120k.