MAINE LAKES SOCIETY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C32

Classification

1000

Street

162 MAIN ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• FAMILY LEADERSHIP CENTER

  EIN 81-4651246

Mission and programs · 2024

• LAKESMART IS MAINE LAKES FLAGSHIP PROGRAM THAT USES TEAMS OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO VISIT, EDUCATE AND REWARD LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS WHO MANAGE THEIR PROPERTIES IN WAYS THAT PROTECT WATER QUALITY, AQUATIC HABITAT, PROPERTY VALUES, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2024, THE LAKESMART PROGRAM CONTINUED TO GROW, WITH 134 PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS VISITING 303 PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STATE. LAKESMART STAFF LEAD AN ONLINE INTRODUCTION FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS 7 ON-SITE TRAININGS. LAKESMART STAFF CONTINUE TO BUILD MOMENTUM ON LAKES WITH ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO NEW LAKESMART TEAMS. LAKESMART CREATES A BEHAVIORAL NORM AMONG LAKEFRONT HOMEOWNERS THAT THE RIGHT THING, IN FACT THE ONLY THING TO DO, IS TO STOP EROSION AND PROTECT WATER QUALITY. LAKESMART IS A CRITICAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM AND IS THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM AT MAINE LAKES.

  Expenses $110,109 · Revenue $121,500

• EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ARE CORE TO MAINE LAKES MISSION. IN 2024, WE CONTINUED OUR LOOK OUT FOR LOONS PROGRAMING, ENGAGING 70 VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE PRESENTATIONS, HELD TABLING EVENTS, COLLECTED LEAD SINKERS, AND LEAD FIELD TRIPS HIGHLIGHTING WAYS TO REDUCE DISTURBANCE TO LOONS AND INCREASE THEIR SUCCESS. OUR FRESHWATER EDUCATION NETWORK PROJECT CONTINUED TO GROW, WITH TAMARA WHITMORE AS A PROGRAM MANAGER AND WITH SUCCESSFUL GRANT FUNDS IN HAND. WE OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT/GAVE AWAY ALL OF OUR LAKE BOOKS (A HANDBOOK FOR LAKESIDE LIVING THAT HIGHLIGHTS THINGS PEOPLE CAN DO TO PROTECT THEIR LAKE), AND WILL WORK TO UPDATE AND REVISE THE TEXT FOR AN UPDATED EDITION IN 2025. WE CONTINUED TO GROW OUR LAKE LIBRARY AND OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES, AND GAVE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT LAKE CONSERVATION AND LAKESMART AT 12 VENUES IN 2024, INCLUDING THE WATER AND SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE AND THE ANNUAL MAINE LAKES MONITORING MEETING. WE MET WITH LAKE ASSOCIATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND GAVE PRESENTATIONS AT ANNUAL MEETINGS AROUND A VARIETY OF LAKE TOPICS. WE PUBLISHED 8 ISSUES OF OUR MAINE LAKES E-NEWS PLUS TWO SPECIAL EDITIONS GEARED TO OUR LAKE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS.

  Expenses $66,693 · Revenue $5,050

• MAINE LAKES ONCE AGAIN PARTNERED WITH LAKE STEWARDS OF MAINE TO CO-HOST THE ANNUAL LAKES CONFERENCE, HELD ON JUNE 13TH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON. WE HAD RECORD ATTENDANCE, WITH OVER 345 REGISTRANTS, 12 SPEAKERS AND A PANEL OF LAKE ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS. OUR THEME WAS THE VALUE AND LEGACY OF MAINES LAKES AND OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (ADAM DAIGNEAULT AND MELISSA GENOTER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE) SHARED AN OVERVIEW OF A THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC STUDY THEY HAD COMPLETED VALUING THE LAKES OF MAINE. OTHER SPEAKERS ADDRESSED A BROAD RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING THE MYTHICAL CREATURES OF MAINES LAKES, A NEW SCORECARD FOR LAKES, AN UPDATES ON INVASIVE PLANTS, AND MUCH MORE. A SILENT AUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFERENCE ONCE AGAIN BROUGHT IN MUCH NEEDED FUNDS TO HELP DEFRAY CONFERENCE COSTS.

  Expenses $2,650

• THE MAINE LAKES ADVOCACY PROGRAM INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON SHARING INFORMATION WITH MEMBERS, COLLEAGUES, AGENCIES AND DECISION-MAKERS ABOUT PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATION. BECAUSE 2024 WAS THE SECOND SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, WE SPENT LESS TIME TRACKING LAKE BILLS THAN IN 2023. HOWEVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL VITAL BILLS THAT NEEDED EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO BOTH LEGISLATORS AND TO ACTIVISTS. WE SENT THREE LEGISLATIVE ALERTS TO OUR NETWORK OF 500 GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS FOR ACTION ON BILLS TO INCREASE FUNDS FOR INVASIVE SPECIES RISK REDUCTION, ENABLE MUNICIPALITIES TO PUT LIENS ON PROPERTIES IN GROSS VIOLATIONS OF SHORELAND ZONING LAWS, AND CREATE A SETBACK FROM SHORE FOR WAKESURFING. ACTIVISTS CAME THROUGH WITH TESTIMONY AND PHONE CALLS IN SUPPORT OF LAKE PROTECTION. MAINE LAKES HAD AN ON-LINE TRAINING FOR LAKE ADVOCATES IN JANUARY, AND WORKED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER BUILDING A LAKE PROTECTION COALITION THAT IT HOPES WILL HELP BUILD CAPACITY FOR MORE AND STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS AROUND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND LAKE ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN 2025. THIS COALITION BUILDING WORK RESULTED IN LARGER SPENDING IN THE ADVOCACY PROGRAM THAN IS TYPICAL FOR MAINE LAKES.

  Expenses $44,776

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

  $336,391

  Expenses

  $285,335

  Contributions

  $316,661

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $284,640

  Expenses

  $285,185

  Contributions

  $256,198

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $226,799

  Expenses

  $227,176

  Contributions

  $217,272

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $248,173

  Expenses

  $222,730

  Assets (EOY)

  $212,308

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $252,957

  Expenses

  $217,079

  Assets (EOY)

  $184,182

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $254,634

  Expenses

  $196,076

  Assets (EOY)

  $143,844

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $134,437

  Expenses

  $134,510

  Assets (EOY)

  $85,213

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $188,622

  Expenses

  $134,680

  Assets (EOY)

  $83,837

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $160,978

  Expenses

  $196,299

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,083

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $189,614

  Expenses

  $184,500

  Assets (EOY)

  $62,892

• 2012 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $59,359

  Expenses

  $72,226

  Assets (EOY)

  $59,042

• 2011 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $81,898

  Expenses

  $70,433

  Assets (EOY)

  $70,349

• 2010 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $54,171

  Expenses

  $76,112

  Assets (EOY)

  $59,017

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DAVIS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

  $18,500

  2024 · Helping Homeowners Restore and Enhance Climate-Resilient Natural Shoreline Buffers

• DAVIS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  2022 · Reducing Barriers and Increasing Action: Best Management Practices Video Series

• MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $10,000

  2024 · Water Resources, Wetlands Conservation & Management

• WOODARD & CURRAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · To protect precious freshwater resources and wildlife habitat

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $5,100

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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