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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF ACADIA.

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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,103,697

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,089,893

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,110,655

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,066,581

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,539,549 · excluded $1,539,549

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,164

  • 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

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $22,998,743

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

    securities $19,234,316

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,764,427

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,764,427 · excluded $3,764,427

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $100,150

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

    $1,089,893

  • 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.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,204,089 · program services $10,204,089

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $342,280 · program services $201,945 · management and general $47,919 · fundraising $92,416

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,997,849 · program services $1,178,731 · management and general $279,699 · fundraising $539,419

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $78,992 · program services $46,605 · management and general $11,059 · fundraising $21,328

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $323,481 · program services $190,854 · management and general $45,287 · fundraising $87,340

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $171,886 · program services $101,413 · management and general $24,064 · fundraising $46,409

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,368 · program services $1,368

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $49,220 · management and general $49,220

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $429,676 · management and general $429,676

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $773,133 · program services $343,505 · management and general $404,541 · fundraising $25,087

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $22,730 · program services $21,044 · fundraising $1,686

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $206,357 · program services $102,766 · management and general $52,545 · fundraising $51,046

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $264,804 · program services $70,024 · management and general $179,268 · fundraising $15,512

  • 17 · Travel

    total $93,263 · program services $54,958 · management and general $19,513 · fundraising $18,792

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $371,650 · program services $44,488 · management and general $694 · fundraising $326,468

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $43,605 · program services $43,605

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,409 · program services $1,323 · management and general $2,086

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other Expenses

    total $246,788 · program services $125,573 · management and general $102,574 · fundraising $18,641

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $37,969 · program services $21,027 · management and general $14,876 · fundraising $2,066

  • 24c · Other expenses: Overhead Distribution

    total -$1 · program services $715,281 · management and general -$903,359 · fundraising $188,077

  • 24d · Other expenses: Reclass-Auction Expense

    total -$412,976 · fundraising -$412,976

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $584,191 · end of year $39,960

  • 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

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $49,769 · end of year $126,203

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $7,046,813

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $62,625

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,971,445 · end of year $6,984,188

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $81,243,035 · end of year $83,771,161

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $81,507

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $258,678 · end of year $282,612

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $243,700 · end of year $949,432

  • 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

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,511,686 · end of year $18,524,701

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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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