Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 743226051
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Washington Island, WI, USA
- Phone
- 2626134680
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $69,051
- Expenses
- $53,673
- Assets
- $105,466
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mary Beth Volmer (President)
People named in this filing
- Sally Dery (Director)
- Mary Beth Volmer (President)
- Karen Ellery (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To partner with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to support the preservation, restoration, maintenance and contemporary use of the historical resources on Plum and Pilot Islands, and to conserve and protect wildlife resources, while providing opportunities for quality wildlife dependent recreation.
What it reported doing in 2025
Presented 3 new field day programs Native American Presence on Plum Island, Birding 101 and Niagara Escarpment. Joined Destination Door Countys Heritage Trail Pass Program. Participated in the search for the F.J. King shipwreck. Worked with the Wisconsin Historical Society to create a video of the sun rising over the Rear Range Light that will be used in their new history museum in Madison. Repaired the Pilot Island roof. Placed coverings on the crews quarters basement windows. Repaired the rear range light stoop. Attended the Wisconsin Historical Society Conference.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.3%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.3%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.96; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -25.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -24.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.3% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 11 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.