Friends of Rock Island State Park Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391866033
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Washington Island, WI, USA
- Phone
- 6084953473
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parks and Playgrounds
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $136,392
- Expenses
- $136,624
- Assets
- $264,249
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISTINA JACOBY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KRISTINA JACOBY (PRESIDENT)
- LAURA BOND (SECRETARY)
- JEANELL DAILEY (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Operating and maintaining rock island state park
What it reported doing in 2025
Friends of rock island supports the Wisconsin department of natural resources to preserve rock island's rich history and wild spaces for future generations to come. We generate and facilitate many opportunities for over 50,000 visitors annually. All proceeds go directly to operating and maintaining rock island state park, including sustaining the environment of the park itself. One of the largest projects the friends of rock island supported was the restoration of the pottawatomie lighthouse. This light station was established in 1836, making it the oldest light station in all of Wisconsin.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $137K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.