FRIENDS OF THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A20

Classification

2000

Street

86465 MEYER-OLSON RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• - SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE LARGEST CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IN OUR ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE RAMP TO MEYER'S BEACH AND THE APOSTLE ISLANDS SEA CAVES.- REACHED THE LANDMARK OF HAVING DONATED OVER $1 MILLION SUPPORTING THE APOSTLE ISLAND NATIONAL LAKESHORE.- COMPLETED THE SECOND SEASON INCREASING SAFETY FOR THOSE ON THE WATER VIA THE WAVE WATCH PROGRAM WITH OVER 30,000 VISITS TO THE WAVE DATA PAGE. THE BUOYS IN THE LAKE PROVIDE REALTIME INFORMATION ON WAVE HEIGHT, WIND, AND TEMPERATURE FOR BOATERS AND KAYAKERS AND OTHER WHO ARE ON THE WATER,- RECEIVED THE "BRIGHT IDEA" AWARD FROM THE WISCONSIN GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE ON TOURISM.- PROMOTED THE STARRY SKIES PROGRAM TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE BEAUTY OF THE NIGHT SKY OVER THE APOSTLE ISLANDS AND THE NEED FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE CHEQUAMEGON BAY AREA TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT THAT RESOURCE.- ESTABLISHED THE ACCESS OPPORTUNITY FUND TO SUPPORT OUTDOOR ADVENTURES IN THE APOSTLE ISLANDS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

  Expenses $465,694 · Grants $394,531

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $771,657

  Expenses

  $525,471

  Contributions

  $748,842

  Grants paid

  $394,531

• 2023

  Revenue

  $411,004

  Expenses

  $170,106

  Contributions

  $403,352

  Grants paid

  $47,095

• 2022

  Revenue

  $178,258

  Expenses

  $161,512

  Contributions

  $174,167

  Grants paid

  $41,039

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $169,722

  Expenses

  $171,363

  Assets (EOY)

  $383,970

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $280,648

  Expenses

  $100,334

  Assets (EOY)

  $375,874

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $46,497

  Expenses

  $36,635

  Assets (EOY)

  $76,981

• 2012 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $30,704

  Expenses

  $21,143

  Assets (EOY)

  $75,597

• 2011 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $34,878

  Expenses

  $21,749

  Assets (EOY)

  $65,883

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period

1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016

Principal officer

Erica Peterson

Mailing address

PO Box 1574Bayfield WI 54814

Website

friendsoftheapostleislands.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE

  $370,000

  2024 · CONNECTOR TRAIL DONATION. DONATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESSIBLE RAMP TO THE MEYER'S BEACH ACCESS TO LAKE SUPERIOR SEA CAVES.

• NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

  $33,080

  2022 · SUPPORT FOR SAND ISLAND BOARDWALK PROJECT

• APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE

  $20,000

  2023 · CONNECTOR TRAIL DONATION

• BAYFIELD SCHOOL

  $7,959

  2022 · TRANSPORTATION FOR FIELD TRIPS, SNOWSHOES, OUTDOOR EDUCATION EQUIPMENT

• APOSTLE ISLANDS CRUISES INC

  $7,000

  2023 · TRANSPORTATION FOR TWO GROUPS TO ISLAND SCHOOL

• APOSTLE ISLANDS CRUISES INC

  $7,000

  2024 · TRANSPORTATION FOR TWO GROUPS TO ISLAND SCHOOL

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $350,000

  2023 · Protect

• NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $75,000

  2024 · CONNECT

• WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC

  $35,000

  2023 · FUNDING TO BUILD A CONNECTING TRAIL FROM APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO WILDERNESS INQUIRY'S LITTLE SAND BAY BASE CAMP TO.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $29,900

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $27,400

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2023 · DONOR-ADVISED, GENERAL

• WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC

  $20,000

  2024 · FUNDING TO BUILD A CONNECTING TRAIL FROM APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO WILDERNESS INQUIRY'S LITTLE SAND BAY BASE CAMP TO.

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $12,600

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $11,750

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $10,500

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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