New York · Nonprofit
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,933,601 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($657,910). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $566k
- Funders on record
- 87
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $624k
What Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc does
Mission
The conservancy's mission is to cultivate and promote interest in brooklyn bridge park. We hold events to engage and educate individuals about the history of, and the importance of preserving and supporting, the park. This past year, we also produced more than 600 free and low-cost educational, cultural, fitness and recreational programs for tens of thousands of nyc residents and visitors to learn, grow, and experience all that brooklyn bridge park has to offer.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Brooklyn bridge park conservancy works to connect people, nature, and the waterfront through inclusive, innovative, programming in brooklyn bridge park. Over 7,000 visitors enjoyed the conservancy's arts and cultural programs, including our kickoff spring kite festival featuring s.t.e.a.m. Activites, live music and kite flying. Other cultural performances included two family friendly dance workshops with bam and abt, a dj dance party in honor of brooklyn pride, and live music performances with brooklyn chamber orchestra and freelance band (jazz) as part of our "sounds at sunset" program. We also partnered with kinfolk tech foundation to bring augmented reality art to the park focused on the stories of black, brown and indigenous peoples in brooklyn, and included a kickoff artist panel event on juneteenth along with guided tours. The conservancy's vibrant recreation programs were enjoyed by over 2,000 participants and included our popular waterfront workout series featuring zumba, pilates, bootcamp and yoga classes. Public kayaking was held 4 days a week in june and enjoyed by over 2,500 paddlers, including adults and families. Soccer and volleyball leagues enrolled over 2,500…
$992,739 spent$171,829 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $992,739.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.6M to $880k (−46%).
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: 2018 7% · 2019 8% · 2020 10% · 2021 28% · 2022 10% · 2023 17% · 2024 25% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Nancy Webster
Executive director thru 5/2/25
Board chair
Chris Coffey
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $92k → $772k.
15 of 87 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 87 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
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
56% 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 BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 28% · 2019 27% · 2020 15% · 2021 18% · 2022 21% · 2023 10% — 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
45% of BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
55% of BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY 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 $1.8M that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- Department of Education$1.0M
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 BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC?
- BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,933,601 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($657,910). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 87 organizations giving $3,933,601 in grants to BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $657,910 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 87 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