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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION.

Totals

Total revenue
$80,320,800
Total expenses
$69,955,382
Contributions and grants received
$68,333,358
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,260,116
Other revenue
$8,727,326
Total assets, end of year
$99,393,941
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,505,337
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$97,888,604
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$64,642,291
Management and general expenses
$5,313,091
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$64,642,291

Program services were 92.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $68,333,358

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $0

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,260,116 · related or exempt $3,260,116 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $8,727,326 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $8,727,326

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,727,326

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $262,373 · program services $0 · management and general $262,373 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,808,582 · program services $3,467,496 · management and general $1,341,086 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $564,403 · program services $387,830 · management and general $176,573 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $621,422 · program services $444,681 · management and general $176,741 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $275,591 · program services $193,843 · management and general $81,748 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $140,786 · program services $17,142 · management and general $123,644 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,446 · program services $1,722 · management and general $32,724 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $293,565 · program services $239,292 · management and general $54,273 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $583,651 · program services $545,646 · management and general $38,005 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $282,913 · program services $156,917 · management and general $125,996 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $107,910 · program services $54,090 · management and general $53,820 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $503,515 · program services $166,266 · management and general $337,249 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $723,462 · program services $531,581 · management and general $191,881 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $478,628 · program services $399,867 · management and general $78,761 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $60,290 · program services $34,539 · management and general $25,751 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: ProfDev/Memberships/Sponsorships

    total $130,618 · program services $64,742 · management and general $65,876 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Research Program

    total $17,003,815 · program services $16,146,253 · management and general $857,562 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Sea Lamprey Control Program

    total $22,850,631 · program services $21,700,729 · management and general $1,149,902 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Infrastructure Program

    total $9,189,157 · program services $9,050,031 · management and general $139,126 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,039,624 · program services $11,039,624 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $51,329,210 · end of year $59,602,190

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,033

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $38,284,786 · end of year $39,791,751

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,333,223 · end of year $1,505,337

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $66,777,873 · end of year $74,187,429

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,506,933 · end of year $23,701,175

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is an international treaty organization established in 1955 by the Canadian/U.S. Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries. The commission coordinates fisheries research, controls the invasive sea lamprey, and facilitates cooperative fishery management among the state, provincial, tribal, and federal agencies.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is an international treaty organization established to coordinate fisheries research, control invasive sea lampreys, and facilitate cooperative fishery management among the state, provincial, tribal, and federal agencies.

  • Research Program - Research contracts, workshops, and task forces were elements of a coordinated program of the Great Lakes Research Program designed to recommend to the U.S. and Canadian federal governments the measures needed to permit maximum sustained productivity of fish stocks.

    Expenses $16,146,253

  • Sea Lamprey Management Program - Great Lakes Fishery Commission contracts annually with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada to conduct a program that eradicates or minimizes sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes. This is a current and long-term goal. Lampricides are chemicals used as the major means of controlling sea lamprey in the commission's ongoing program of sea lamprey management in the Great Lakes. These chemicals are purchased annually.

    Expenses $21,700,728

  • Infrastructure - The Great Lakes Fishery Commission relies on physical infrastructure in its programs including 1) sea lamprey barriers, 2) sea lamprey traps, 3) biological stations, 4) workspace, and 5) researcher accommodations. Sea lamprey barriers are extremely cost-effective and provide an assumed 50-year life span. Barriers are used as a means of controlling sea lamprey by blocking streams and rivers in which they migrate to spawn. These are current and long-term projects.

    Expenses $9,050,031

  • Professional development, memberships, sponsorships, along with Lake Champlain and CARES Act II expenditures. Lake Champlain is explained on Schedule O. All other functional expenses related to running programs.

    Expenses $17,745,279

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marc Gaden

    Communications Program Director

    Total calculated
    $299,333
    From this org
    $251,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,578
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,570
    Bonus
    $11,995
    Other
    $190
    Deferred
    $36,365
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,213
    Filer's total
    $299,333

  • Stephen Domeracki

    Director of Corporate Services

    Total calculated
    $281,381
    From this org
    $246,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,733
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,326
    Bonus
    $10,022
    Other
    $12,300
    Deferred
    $33,920
    Nontaxable benefits
    $813
    Filer's total
    $281,381

  • John Dettmers

    Fishery Management Program Director

    Total calculated
    $280,874
    From this org
    $217,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,117
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,485
    Bonus
    $9,272
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,402
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,714
    Filer's total
    $280,873

  • Andrew Muir

    Science Program Director

    Total calculated
    $269,153
    From this org
    $213,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,484
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,567
    Bonus
    $10,302
    Other
    -$4,200
    Deferred
    $31,552
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,933
    Filer's total
    $269,154

  • Michael Siefkes

    Sea Lamprey Control Program Director

    Total calculated
    $235,879
    From this org
    $206,870
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,009
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,549
    Bonus
    $8,321
    Other
    $12,000
    Deferred
    $28,196
    Nontaxable benefits
    $813
    Filer's total
    $235,879

  • Jill Wingfield

    Communications Program Director

    Total calculated
    $220,082
    From this org
    $167,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,257
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,900
    Bonus
    $7,925
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,309
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,948
    Filer's total
    $220,082

  • Robert Lambe

    Executive Secretary

    Total calculated
    $151,605
    From this org
    $151,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $420
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr Robert Hecky

    Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ethan Baker

    Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Earl Provost

    Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kendra Wecker

    Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Karen Diver

    Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Niall Cronin

    Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jane Graham

    Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Shannon Estenoz

    Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kevin Brousseau

    Commissioner

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202632129349300348

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