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BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION

BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,410 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($55,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$325k
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$144k
Net assets
$769k
8/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Bedford Riding Lanes Association does

Mission

To preserve and protect the historic riding trails throughout the greater bedford ny area while furthering its equstrian and pastoral traditions for the benefit and enjoyment of our entire community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Membership: the association provide access to 90+ miles of historic, private trails throughout the 3 hamlets of bedford ny to our members. We maintain our 100+ yr old trail system and engage with our members in meaningful ways, fulfilling their enjoyment and recreational use of the trails all year round.

    $193,259 spent
    71% of program spending
  2. The association offers community engagement with the brla trail system through year-round events on and off the trails. Through partnerships with local organizations like the library and other nfps, we collaborate on events that celebrate the trails and incorporate multiple ways to use and enjoy them, including everything from snowshoeing and running to yoga and horseback riding. Our events bring publicity and awareness to the organization which in turn drives more membership.

    $77,538 spent$24,842 earned by the program
    29% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $270,797.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($75k) Expenses 100 ($103k) Net assets 100 ($414k)2018 Revenue 138 ($104k) Expenses 98 ($101k) Net assets 101 ($417k)2019 Revenue 187 ($141k) Expenses 160 ($165k) Net assets 95 ($393k)2020 Revenue 212 ($160k) Expenses 123 ($126k) Net assets 103 ($427k)2021 Revenue 307 ($232k) Expenses 150 ($155k) Net assets 122 ($503k)2022 Revenue 281 ($212k) Expenses 201 ($207k) Net assets 107 ($445k)2023 Revenue 575 ($434k) Expenses 270 ($278k) Net assets 165 ($682k)2024 Revenue 430 ($325k) Expenses 309 ($319k) Net assets 186 ($769k)
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Revenue (430)Expenses (309)Net assets (186)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $520k to $770k (+48%).

$423k
$421k
$394k
$428k
$503k
$520k
$770k
$895k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

85% of BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 16,168 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$28k
’17
$3k
’18
−$24k
’19
$34k
’20
$77k
’21
$5k
’22
$156k
’23
$6k
’24
3.6
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed1313111212121010
Joined·+5+5+4+2+1+1+3
No longer listed·5732133
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $2k → $19k.

1 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION’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 RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

38% 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 RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION.

38%
largest funder
66%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 100% · 2019 42% · 2020 49% · 2021 53% · 2022 61% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.

“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

33% of BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 8 states in all.

MI
NY
NJ
CT
DE
NC
SC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve3.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)23% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 4%Fundraising 11%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION?
BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $144,410 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($55,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $144,410 in grants to BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing