Pine Lake Fund

Analysis

Pine Lake Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Plainwell, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2025. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Pine Lake Fund reported income of $861k and spending of $954k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $2.2m to $861k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pine Lake Fund sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dream Big Foundation ($860k), Boysville Foundation ($861k) and Aaron Nutritional Services Inc ($860k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 41% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $63k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $285k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $504k, net assets of $1.3m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.