Totals
- Total revenue
- $14,311,559
- Total expenses
- $15,249,572
- Contributions and grants received
- $9,304,245
- Grants paid
- $10,204,089
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $5,303,976
- Other revenue
- -$296,662
- Total assets, end of year
- $97,289,675
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $951,982
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $96,337,693
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $13,468,599
- Management and general expenses
- $759,662
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,021,311
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $13,468,599
Program services were 88.3% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1b · Membership dues
$1,103,697
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1c · Fundraising events
$1,089,893
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$7,110,655
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$1,066,581
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3 · Investment income
total $1,539,549 · excluded $1,539,549
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6a · Gross rents
real property $16,164
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $16,164
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $16,164 · excluded $16,164
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $22,998,743
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $19,234,316
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $3,764,427
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $3,764,427 · excluded $3,764,427
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$100,150
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$1,089,893
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$412,976
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$312,826 · excluded -$312,826
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $10,204,089 · program services $10,204,089
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $342,280 · program services $201,945 · management and general $47,919 · fundraising $92,416
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,997,849 · program services $1,178,731 · management and general $279,699 · fundraising $539,419
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $78,992 · program services $46,605 · management and general $11,059 · fundraising $21,328
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $323,481 · program services $190,854 · management and general $45,287 · fundraising $87,340
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $171,886 · program services $101,413 · management and general $24,064 · fundraising $46,409
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,368 · program services $1,368
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $49,220 · management and general $49,220
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $429,676 · management and general $429,676
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11g · Fees: other
total $773,133 · program services $343,505 · management and general $404,541 · fundraising $25,087
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $22,730 · program services $21,044 · fundraising $1,686
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13 · Office expenses
total $206,357 · program services $102,766 · management and general $52,545 · fundraising $51,046
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16 · Occupancy
total $264,804 · program services $70,024 · management and general $179,268 · fundraising $15,512
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17 · Travel
total $93,263 · program services $54,958 · management and general $19,513 · fundraising $18,792
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $371,650 · program services $44,488 · management and general $694 · fundraising $326,468
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $43,605 · program services $43,605
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23 · Insurance
total $3,409 · program services $1,323 · management and general $2,086
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24a · Other expenses: Other Expenses
total $246,788 · program services $125,573 · management and general $102,574 · fundraising $18,641
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24b · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions
total $37,969 · program services $21,027 · management and general $14,876 · fundraising $2,066
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24c · Other expenses: Overhead Distribution
total -$1 · program services $715,281 · management and general -$903,359 · fundraising $188,077
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24d · Other expenses: Reclass-Auction Expense
total -$412,976 · fundraising -$412,976
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $584,191 · end of year $39,960
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $6,865,427 · end of year $3,168,786
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $2,732,691 · end of year $2,916,765
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $49,769 · end of year $126,203
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$7,046,813
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$62,625
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,971,445 · end of year $6,984,188
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $81,243,035 · end of year $83,771,161
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $81,507
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $258,678 · end of year $282,612
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $243,700 · end of year $949,432
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $81,507 · end of year $2,550
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $16,511,686 · end of year $18,524,701
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $75,949,850 · end of year $77,812,992
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Preservation and protection of Acadia National Park.
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Friends of Acadia makes grants from its Acadia Trails Forever project fund to the ANP trails program to maintain the park's 153 miles of trails. In 2024, the Trail crew reconstructed sections of the Ocean Path that were significantly damaged by winter storms. They also rehabilitated sections of the Bubbles Divide Trail and the Great Meadow Loop, and they repaired treads and drainage along the Beech Mountain Trail, Beech Cliffs Loop, Seaside Path, Duck Brook Connector, Kane Path, and Great Head Trail.
Expenses $510,832 · Grants $441,401
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The Carriage Road maintenance grants help to make possible the salaries of several Acadia National Park workers who perform regular maintenance of the park's 44 miles of historic carriage roads. In 2024, the carriage road crew patched washouts, graded 15 miles of carriage roads, and spread 300 tons of surface materials. They cleaned several miles of road ditches, flushed culverts, and performed overhead and ground-cutting along the Amphitheatre Loop.
Expenses $261,572 · Grants $226,020
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Additionally, Friends of Acadia contributes to a variety of community outreach events such as Take Pride in Acadia and Earth Day Roadside Clean-up. In partnership with Acadia National Park, Friends implements and contributes to other programs including the Summit Stewards, the Wild Garden of Acadia, the Acadia Winter Trails Association, invasive plant eradication, Acadia Quest, the peregrine falcon and hawk watch program, Acadia Teacher Fellows Program, water quality monitoring and a volunteer program that typically contributes over 5,000 hours of time per year to help maintain Acadia's trails and carriage roads. Friends of Acadia helped ANP address the ongoing seasonal employee housing shortage. In 2024 $7 million in funding was provided to ANP to assist in the building of 28 new one bedroom and studio apartments at Harden Farm. Friends of Acadia also funded the construction White Birches, a new campground to be used specifically by park employees consisting of 13 RV pads that each have a water source, electricity, and septic services. Friends of Acadia hosts an annual meeting each summer to brief the membership on the fiscal health of the organization and provide highlights of the successes of the prior year.
Expenses $12,696,195 · Grants $9,536,667
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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William C Eacho
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Edson
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rob Leary
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Story Litchfield
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark Amstutz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Julie Banzhaf-Stone
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Justin Bennett
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sam Coplon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Andrew Davis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lesley Draper
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elsie Flemings
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anne Green
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Todd Graham
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Margaret Jeffery
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Katona
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jack Kelley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cora Olgyay
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Laura Pierce
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Edward L Samek
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Curtis Simard
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hannah Sistare Clark
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christiaan van Heerden
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Liz Williams
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Fassak
Past Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joan Pew
Past Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eric Stiles
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $302,587
- From this org
- $250,449
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $52,138
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $218,949
- Bonus
- $1,500
- Other
- $30,000
- Deferred
- $13,182
- Nontaxable benefits
- $38,956
- Filer's total
- $302,587
-
Jason Irwin
Past Vice President/CFO
- Total calculated
- $39,693
- From this org
- $37,999
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,694
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Lisa Horsch Clark
VP of Development
- Total calculated
- $207,768
- From this org
- $160,807
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $46,961
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $153,307
- Bonus
- $7,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,005
- Nontaxable benefits
- $38,956
- Filer's total
- $207,768
-
Stephanie Clement
VP of Conservation
- Total calculated
- $147,784
- From this org
- $128,741
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,043
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Sarah Curts
Accounting Manager
- Total calculated
- $128,530
- From this org
- $110,708
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,822
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Devin Lueddeke
Development Officer for Major Gifts
- Total calculated
- $142,756
- From this org
- $124,118
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,638
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Lori Schaefer
Past VP of Communications & Marketing
- Total calculated
- $117,085
- From this org
- $104,735
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,350
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
Answered no
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 4a
- Jason Irwin, Past Vice President & CFO, received severance payment of $24,374 during 2024. Lori Schaefer, Past Vice President of Communications & Marketing, received severance payment of $25,000 during 2024.
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
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Acadia National Park
$9,056,616
Provide assistance to ensure the protection of the Acadia National Park region.
-
$364,721
Education and Conservation
-
$297,000
Provide support for the Island Explorer propane buses serving Acadia National Park.
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Maine Department of Transportation
$225,000
Provide support for Acadia Gateway Center
-
$86,301
Conservation
-
American Conservation Experience
$27,699
Conservation
-
Student Conservation Association
$19,075
Education
-
$15,058
Research
-
$13,000
Research
-
$7,500
Education
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 16 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202511759349300636
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