New York · Nonprofit
BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC
BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,982 to it, the largest being LEON LEVY FOUNDATION ($39,800). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $432k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Bedford Audubon Society Inc does
Mission
To promote conservation and protection of birds and wildlife habitats in the northern westchester county and eastern putnam county regions of new york through birdwatching, education, nature study and advocacy.the vision and mission of bedford audubon, connecting people to nature,reflects the fundamental belief that all people deserve fairness, justice, and inclusivity, as well as a healthy environment. We welcome everyone to share our love of nature, to learn from each other and with each other, without discrimination. We celebrate the qualities that make each person unique and commit to aligning our membership, mission, policies and procedures with the principals of acceptance,belonging, and inclusion for all people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conservation education, outreach & research:participation in our experiential environmental education (lectures,workshops, nature walks, and field trips) by adults and families is solid and growing.monthly emailings are received by more than 1,700 individuals and theperiodic print newsletter is mailed to approximately 500 households with additional issues given away at local libraries and outreach events.community science remains integral to bedford audubon. We continue toparticpate in eaglewatch and the chestnut ridge hawkwatch and in themonitoring avian productivity & survivorship (maps) project, in its 15th season.
$201,768 spent$9,004 earned by the program100% of program spendingBedford audubon's programs and properties educate, empower, and engagevisitors in creating bird-friendly and people-friendly communities.the sanctuaries and native garden continue to be free and open to thepublic from dawn to dusk, 365 days a year.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $201,768.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $3.4M to $3.8M (+13%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $26k → $14k.
6 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
54% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 49% · 2021 40% · 2022 68% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
25% of BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,606 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,606 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC?
- BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,982 to it, the largest being LEON LEVY FOUNDATION ($39,800). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $199,982 in grants to BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC?
- LEON LEVY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $39,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEDFORD AUDUBON SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 21 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing