New York · Nonprofit
FENCERS CLUB INC
FENCERS CLUB INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $638,792 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($237,779). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $639k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Fencers Club Inc does
Mission
Fencers club is dedicated to promoting excellence is fencing, academics, and character. We actively support a culture of sharing by performing community services that extend beyond fencing; provide the highest level of facility and instruction for the sport of modern fencing; promote social and athletic interaction of its members through the sport of fencing; provide space and atmosphere where the sport of fencing is promoted and enjoyed by all ability levels and all ages, inspire and assist our student-fencers to achieve at the highest levels in fencing and in academics; promote a culture of sharing and community outreach through fencing-related activities.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Fencers Club provided fencing lessons and other member services to 500 active members in fiscal year 2024. We provided discounts to members and the community at large in line with the clubs mission to promote fencing, learning, character development, and community service. Some of the discounts given were to members in need, the Peter Westbrook Foundation, and training camps for competitive fencers from across the country and from abroad. There is also the public school athletic league program, where all students who fence in public schools are welcome to the club to be coached by one of our coaches at a 75% discount. The club also provides free fencing to military veterans to give them an opportunity to integrate into the broader community through fencing, mentoring, and sharing. The goal of this program is to inspire veterans and service members to excel in fencing and to share their military experiences in order to make a positive and meaningful impact in the broader community.
$1,111,310 spent$796,012 earned by the program90% of program spendingSchool partnership program the program teaches fencing to students in their own school while imparting the character building values, discipline and strategic thinking that are integral to the sport. By working closely with students in a sport that is physically, intellectually and emotionally challenging, our highly trained and motivated scholar-athlete coaches will encourage the students to work through difficulties to achieve their goals and develop perseverance that can enhance the students ability to perform in non-fencing pursuits.
$105,144 spent$53,657 earned by the program8% of program spendingKnowledge and experiences: the camp program. The club has an outreach day camp program. The program country and from abroad. There is also the public school athletic league program where all students who fence in public schools are welcome to the club to be coached by one of our coaches at a 75% discount. The club also provides free fencing to military veterans to give them an opportunity to integrate into the broader community. Through fencing, mentoring and sharing knowledge and experiences. The consists of academics in the morning and a free healthy lunch and fencing in the afternoon. The club also successfully launched a training camp where athletes can train with other fencers from all over the country.
$24,202 spent$23,250 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,240,656.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $7.4M to $16M (+113%).
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: 2017 0% · 2020 6% · 2021 14% · 2022 6% · 2023 12%. 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 7 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
Philippe Bennett
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $134k → $7k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 FENCERS CLUB 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
FENCERS CLUB INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 FENCERS CLUB INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 58% · 2019 43% · 2020 54% · 2021 62% · 2022 47% · 2023 86% — 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
40% of FENCERS CLUB INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
53% of FENCERS CLUB 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 $298k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $341k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 FENCERS CLUB INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $578k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$578k
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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FENCERS CLUB INC: 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 FENCERS CLUB INC?
- FENCERS CLUB INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $638,792 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($237,779). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FENCERS CLUB INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $638,792 in grants to FENCERS CLUB INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FENCERS CLUB INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $237,779 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FENCERS CLUB 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 13 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