Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY
FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,224,139 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($8,513,634). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Fairmount Park Conservancy does
Mission
Fairmount Park Conservancy brings parks to life. The conservancy works with the city of philadelphia and its communities to steward our parks and nurture our shared environment, cultural resources and public health (cont'd in sch o)- and enhance quality of life and stimulate economic development. The conservancy leads capital projects and large-scale historic preservation efforts, fosters neighborhood park stewardship, attracts and leverages investments and develops innovative programs throughout the 10,200 acres that include fairmount park, six other watershed parks and more than 140 neighborhood parks and gardens around the city.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Fairmount Park Conservancy leads large-scale capital improvements to philadelphia parklands, from planning through construction. In 2025, projects included advancing the comprehensive long-range fdr park plan, continuing the renovation of a recreation center in cobbs creek park, finishing designs to enhance the centennial district of west fairmount park, and ongoing land care in key geographies across philadelphia. Fdr park: the conservancy, in partnership with philadelphia parks & recreation, continues to deliver tangible progress towards implementing the fdr park plan. In 2025, the conservancy completed construction of the $6 million gateway plaza, which includes 81 new native trees, storm gardens featuring native plants and flowering understory canopy to absorb stormwater, and plazas formed in the shapes of the park's iconic lakes.in 2025 the conservancy also completed construction of the fdr park welcome center. Initiated in 2022, this $12 million project is an adaptive reuse of the former park guardhouse and horse stables, made possible through a public-private partnership between the city of philadelphia and the conservancy.the new welcome center is leed gold certified…
$11,253,146 spent$1,514,665 earned by the program87% of program spendingCitywide park stewardship and canopy growth: in 2025, the conservancy worked with philadelphia parks & recreation and local volunteers to plant 1,409 trees and 498 shrubs across philly parks, including east and west fairmount park, cobbs creek, and fdr park. These plantings expanded the urban canopy, restored biodiversity, and strengthened climate resilience, creating both shade and beauty for generations to enjoy.every spring and fall, the conservancy partners with philadelphia parks & recreation and park friends groups to organize a city-wide park cleanup called love your park. This year, a record 4,040 volunteers planted 344 trees and 10,260 flower bulbs, removed 1,307 bags of trash, and collected 3,981 bags of leaves and organic debris for composting.in addition, more than 1,430 volunteers joined the conservancy at 63 park cleanup events in east and west fairmount park, fdr park, and cobbs creek park in 2025, contributing thousands of volunteer hours to cleaning and greening, planting 498 trees and 381 shrubs, and tending to 1,120 trees.
$1,336,166 spentof which $47,319 as grants$33,375 earned by the program10% of program spendingPublic programs and wellness: throughout 2025, the conservancy offered free and low-cost programs designed to bring people together and encourage philadelphians to enjoy their parks in new ways. In total, over 8,700 people from 51 zip codes across the city and region attended the 81 program events that the conservancy organized. Sixty percent of programs were completely free, and 70% of program partners are minority and women-owned businesses.in addition, the popular citywide we walk phl program kept up the pace throughout 2025, offering 28 locations for free weekly group walks in the spring and fall. The program is a national model and conservancy staff regularly advise other cities on creating similar programs.
$359,395 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,948,707.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $15M to $22M (+50%).
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 39% · 2019 29% · 2020 11% · 2021 12% · 2022 66% · 2023 68% · 2024 56% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
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.
Board chair
Carol S Eicher
Chair and president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $2.5M → $4.8M.
8 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.9M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Miami Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY raised.
From the IRS filings of FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 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
FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 72% · 2019 70% · 2020 33% · 2021 75% · 2022 49% · 2023 42% — 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
38% of FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
63% of FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY is better cushioned than half of the 210 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$75k
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 FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY
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 Pennsylvania
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
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY?
- FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,224,139 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($8,513,634). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $21,224,139 in grants to FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,513,634 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 70 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