Vermont · Nonprofit
BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC
BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC (Vermont) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $452,630 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($160,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $458k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $453k
- Net assets
- $684k
What Black River Good Neighbor Services Inc does
Mission
As a community organization we provide confidential, temporary food, clothing, and financial assistance to help economically and nutritionally insecure individuals and families return to self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024 we distributed free food to nutritionally insecure individuals and families in our service area. We purchase food from the Vermont Foodbank and local vendors. Local residents and organizations donated additional food to us. We also distributed USDA foods and supplemented these distributions with donated and purchased food from our food shelves since these recipients are among the poorest of our clients. We raised funds for this program through donations, special events, and sales of donated goods from our thrift store and used furniture store. We do not record revenue by program due to the multiplicity of sources and the volume of undesignated cash gifts. Grants reported here are measured by the cost of food purchased. See Schedule 1 Part 3 for the measure of grants based on retail value of food distributed.
$276,819 spentof which $98,675 as grants100% of program spendingWe assisted clients who met our income guidelines with payments for rent, fuel, utilities and flood assistance. We raised funds for this program through donations, special events and sales of donated goods from our thrift store and used furniture store. We do not record revenue by program due to the multiplicity of sources and the volume of non-cash donations.
We distributed holiday food via gift cards in December of 2024 to 96 families who met our household financial guidelines for assistance. These cards and coupons were donated to us or purchased by us and delivered to the recipients. We also distributed toys and clothing that was donated by various local individuals and organizations to any children in eligible households. See Schedule 1, Part 3 for the measure of grants based on fair market value. The amount of expenses represents our cash costs.
In 2024 our thrift store and used furniture store operations provided clothing, household goods and used furniture to the community at nominal prices or for free depending upon the need. All items sold were donated to us by the public. Expenses were incurred for salaries and overhead. Cash from the sales of goods financed food, financial assistance, and other programs after paying store expenses.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $276,819.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $536k to $654k (+22%).
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: 2020 2% · 2021 1% · 2022 2% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $4k → $107k.
6 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 20 funders by total. 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
BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% 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
72% 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 BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 80% · 2019 95% · 2020 55% · 2021 31% · 2022 32% · 2023 61% — broadly stable.
“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
50% of BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
72% of BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $129k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Vermont, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $324k 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.
Government funding BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18k on record.
- Property - Land$18k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC?
- BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC (Vermont) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $452,630 to it, the largest being THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($160,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $452,630 in grants to BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC?
- THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK RIVER GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 20 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