Nonprofit · EIN 01-0535846
FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK
Tax-exempt · BELFAST, ME 04915
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $506,876 | $480,497 | $26,379 | $810,484 | $33,155 | $777,329 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $396,313 | $390,780 | $5,533 | $691,225 | $15,590 | $675,635 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $408,301 | $365,165 | $43,136 | $650,093 | $15,511 | $634,582 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $469,384
- Membership dues
- $107,885
- Program service revenue
- $165
- Investment income
- $32,417
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $17,539
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $4,910
- Other revenue
- $4,910
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $4,596
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $95,980
- Other salaries and wages
- $181,109
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $337,993
- Professional fundraising fees
- $15,000
- Legal fees
- $50
- Accounting fees
- $10,035
- Occupancy
- $9,191
- Travel
- $6,812
- Depreciation
- $5,133
- Program services (functional)
- $274,346
- Management and general (functional)
- $71,747
- Fundraising (functional)
- $134,404
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $691,225
- Total assets, end of year
- $810,484
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $33,155
- Net assets, end of year
- $777,329
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $12,832
- Publicly traded securities
- $600,413
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $415,407
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $361,922
- Gross receipts
- $543,784
- Employees
- 17
- Volunteers
- 35
- Year formed
- 2000
- State of legal domicile
- ME
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Megquier | Executive Director Officer | 55 | $88,000 | $7,600 |
| Anna Bastidas | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jensen Bissell | Director Trustee or director | 2.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jerry Bley | Director Trustee or director | 2.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Liz Burroughs | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alec Giffen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bill Green | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Millard | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Josie Quintrell | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Carla Ritchie | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg Shute | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jym St Pierre | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Diana Furukawa | Director and Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James Page | Director and Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Hope Rowan | Director and President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steuart Thomsen | Director and Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Megquier | Executive Director Officer | 55 | $85,350 | $7,455 |
| Anna Bastidas | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ellen Baum | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jensen Bissell | Director Trustee or director | 2.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jerry Bley | Director Trustee or director | 2.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Liz Burroughs | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Diana Furukawa | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alec Giffen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bill Green | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ryan Linehan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James Page | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Carla Ritchie | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jym St Pierre | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Nathan Tefft | Director and Past Treasurer Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Millard | Director and Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Josie Quintrell | Director and President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Hope Rowan | Director and Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Steuart Thomsen | Director and Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Megquier | Executive Director Officer | 50 | $83,158 | $7,200 |
| Anna Bastidas | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jensen Bissell | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jerry Bley | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Liz Burroughs | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alec Giffen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bill Green | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Ryan Linehan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Millard | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Carla Ritchie | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ellen Baum | Director and Past President Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Josie Quintrell | Director and President Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Hope Rowan | Director and Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jym St Pierre | Director and Past Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Nathan Tefft | Director and Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Steuart Thomsen | Director and Vice-President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 322, BELFAST, ME 04915-0322
- Mailing address (990-N for 2007)
- PO Box 1442, Bangor ME 04402
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Hope Rowan, PO Box 322, Belfast, ME 04915
- Principal officer (990-N for 2007)
- Barbara Bentley, 546 Hatchet Mountain Rd, Hope ME 04847
- Signed the 990
- Steuart Thomsen, Treasurer
- Phone
- (207) 975-3787
- Website
- www.friendsofbaxter.org
- Return prepared by
- Mary Tolles
Mission
Friends of Baxter State Park strives to inspire passion for the Park's wild character in the spirit of Percival Baxter. We promote exemplary use, natural resource stewardship, and a healthy Katahdin region to ensure the Park forever remains a refuge.
Program accomplishments
- Support for Park Activities: Our Baxter Youth Conservation Corps (BYCC) completed six weeks of full-time trail work in Baxter State Park, for a total of 1,671 hours of donated services. Crews completed projects and maintenance work on the Sandy Stream Pond, Chimney Pond, Doubletop, Elbow Pond, Mount OJI, and other trails. Our BYCC Conservation Fellow completed 320 hours of independent study focused on the fisheries biology of Baxter State Park. We also made a direct contribution of $4,595.50 to Baxter State Park, which represents 50% of the net proceeds from our annual fundraising sign auction.Expenses $111,912
- Education and Outreach: We offered an expanded Maine Youth Wilderness Leadership Program which enabled twenty Maine high school students to experience a nine-day leadership training program in spectacular wilderness. Participants in this program learned from specialists in botany, photography, geology, environmental advocacy, watercolor painting, storytelling, history, and recreation. The goal of this program is to inspire and cultivate the next generation of Maine's environmental leaders. We sent ten issues of our email newsletter to a mailing list of approximately 2,700 people. We published the 2026 Baxter State Park calendar in partnership with Baxter State Park and a local company. We revised and printed 10,000 copies of our Know Before You Go brochure to be distributed statewide. We produced and distributed eleven podcast episodes containing over ten hours of audio content focused on Baxter State Park. We hosted two webinars, one focused on iNaturalist and the other focused on a new book called Loving the North Woods. We hosted three evening gatherings in Patten, Freeport, and Portland for our members and the general public.Expenses $138,378 · revenue $5,241
- Advocacy for the Park: We attended four meetings of the Baxter State Park Authority, three meetings of the Katahdin Collaborative and related groups, and two meetings of the BSP - AT Task Force. We delivered written and oral testimony at one legislative hearing. We also monitored several ongoing policy challenges and opportunities facing Baxter State Park.Expenses $24,056
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 01-0535846
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2000
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $810,484
- Income (IRS master file)
- $543,784
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $506,876 | $480,497 | $810,484 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $396,313 | $390,780 | $691,225 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $408,301 | $365,165 | $650,093 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $460,251 | $309,841 | $577,405 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2007 Officer: Barbara Bentley | January 31, 2008 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 01-0535846).
Questions about FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK
- What is the EIN of FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK is 01-0535846.
- Is FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2000.
- Are donations to FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Hope Rowan.
- Who are the officers and directors of FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $88,000 (Aaron Megquier, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $506,876, expenses of $480,497 and total assets of $810,484 at year end.
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