Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$178,258

Total expenses

$161,512

Contributions and grants received

$174,167

Grants paid

$41,039

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$366

Other revenue

$3,725

Total assets, end of year

$405,030

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,362

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$403,668

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$92,477

Management and general expenses

$54,642

Fundraising expenses

$14,393

Program service expenses (Part III)

$92,477

Program services were 57.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• ACCESSIBILITY: THE MAIN FOCUS OF FRIENDS OF THE APOSTLE ISLANDS THIS YEAR WAS IN THE AREA OF ACCESSIBILITY. OUR EFFORTS INCLUDED A MAJOR OUTREACH CAMPAIGN RESULTING IN WIDE-RANGING MEDIA EXPOSURE IN MAGAZINE ARTICLES (LAKE SUPERIOR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC), RADIO (WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO), VIDEOS, WEBSITES, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES SUCH AS THE DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE, AND MORE. THE EFFORT RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT RAISING OF AWARENESS OF THE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES FACING NATIONAL PARKS INCLUDING THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE. TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, WE CONVENED AN ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRED BY GREG LAIS (FOUNDER AND FORMER E.D. OF WILDERNESS INQUIRY, THE NATION'S LEADING WILDERNESS OUTFITTER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS TRIPS) AND MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, NONPROFITS, ACCESSIBILITY ADVOCATES, AND MORE. A SERIES OF PROGRAMS WAS UNDERTAKEN TO RAISE FUNDS AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE CORE PRINCIPLE BEHIND THIS PILLAR OF OUR ORGANIZATION: THE IDEA THAT NATIONAL PARKS BELONG TO ALL OF US.EDUCATION: RAISING AWARENESS OF THE HUMAN AND NATURAL HISTORY, ISSUES, AND MORE ABOUT THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE REMAINS A PRIORITY FOR FRIENDS. THROUGH OUR REDESIGNED AND ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE, NEWSLETTERS, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS AT MAJOR USER GROUP GATHERINGS, FRIENDS CONTINUES TO OFFER THE PUBLIC OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ISLANDS. REPRESENTATION AT THINGS CANOECOPIA (THE NATION'S LARGEST PADDLING EXPO), THE WISCONSIN GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE ON TOURISM, AND THROUGH OUR SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SPEAKING IN CLASSROOMS AND MORE, FRIENDS FOCUSED STRONGLY ON HELPING THE PUBLIC LEARN ABOUT THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE.SERVICE: THE ABILITY TO HELP THOSE WHO LOVE THESE ISLANDS GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THEM IN THE FORM OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS IS AN IMPORTANT PILLAR OF FRIENDS. WE ORGANIZE BANDS OF VOLUNTEERS FOR EVERYTHING FROM EARTH DAY BEACH CLEAN UPS TO TENDING THE HISTORIC GARDENS AT THE MICHIGAN ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE. OUR VOLUNTEERS PLANT BEACH GRASS TO STABILIZE FRAGILE ISLAND SANDSCAPES AND HELP CLEAR TRAILS FOR HIKERS. WE LEAD NATURE HIKES AND PLANT TREES WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GIVING OUR MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND GIVE BACK TO THE PLACE THEY LOVE.STEWARDSHIP: TO HELP PROTECT THE FUTURE OF THESE ISLANDS, FRIENDS WORKED WITH YOUTH GROUPS SUCH AS THE LAKE SUPERIOR YOUTH FORUM AND OTHERS TO BUILD A STRONG CONNECTION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO CARE FOR THE PARK. ALTHOUGH ISLAND SCHOOL WAS ON A HIATUS FOLLOWING COVID, WE REMAINED IN TALKS WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO CONTINUE THAT IMPORTANT PROJECT INTO THE FUTURE. WE DISCUSSED ADDING A DARK SKY COMMITTEE WHOSE GOAL WILL BE TO SEEK PROTECTION FROM LIGHT POLLUTION AND SECURE AN INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY DESIGNATION FOR THE PARK.

  Expenses $92,477 · Grants $41,039 · Revenue $3,725

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

  $33,080

  SUPPORT FOR SAND ISLAND BOARDWALK PROJECT

• BAYFIELD SCHOOL

  $7,959

  TRANSPORTATION FOR FIELD TRIPS, SNOWSHOES, OUTDOOR EDUCATION EQUIPMENT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

31 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202343069349301609

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