New York · Nonprofit
FINGER LAKES REUSE INC
FINGER LAKES REUSE INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,861,060 to it, the largest being PARK FOUNDATION INC ($699,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $-1252559
What Finger Lakes Reuse Inc does
Mission
Enhancing community, economy and environment through reuse.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community reuse centers: open to the public daily, finger lakes reuse continued to operate two locations. These centers provide a convenient, accessible location where anyone can donate reusable materials, purchase affordable goods, engage in job training opportunities, and learn reuse-related skills. Shoppers made an estimated 199,983 visits to reuse community centers in 2024. 811,821 items, an estimated 1,351 tons of materials were diverted from potentially ending up in landfills this year, a potential savings of $129,696.00 in waste fees to tompkins county residents.
$2,854,440 spent$2,532,161 earned by the program89% of program spendingCommunity education and outreach: the reset (reuse skills and employment training) program provides free job skills training opportunities as well as several paidapprenticeship opportunities each year for local people who are under-employed, low-income or are experiencing barriers to employment. In 2024 trainings were offered in retail customer service and green job skills, with 26 participants.
$94,753 spentof which $12,149 as grants3% of program spendingEcenter computer repair and refurbishment:this program reduces the volume of waste caused by computer and electronics recycling and disposal and helps supply low-income families, local nonprofits and the general public with low-cost computers and technical support. In 2024, 2,079 refurbished desktops, laptops, tablets and cellphones were made available locally through finger lakes reuse centers.
$58,871 spent$58,233 earned by the program2% of program spendingReuse materials access program (remap):provides direct relief to people and community programs in need of materials. In 2024 this program collaborated with 26 partner agencies to provide 904 households with materials for free, including delivery when possible.
$188,521 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,196,585.
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 $2.2M to $1.8M (−19%).
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 14% · 2020 20% · 2021 16% · 2022 8% · 2023 10% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
29% of FINGER LAKES REUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Chief executive
Diane Cohen
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $2k → $317k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 FINGER LAKES REUSE 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
FINGER LAKES REUSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 FINGER LAKES REUSE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 93% · 2020 49% · 2021 46% · 2022 35% · 2023 38% — 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
88% of FINGER LAKES REUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 81% 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
80% of FINGER LAKES REUSE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $868k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FINGER LAKES REUSE INC has grown faster than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding FINGER LAKES REUSE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $601k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$353k
- Appalachian Regional Commission$248k
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 FINGER LAKES REUSE 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FINGER LAKES REUSE 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 FINGER LAKES REUSE INC?
- FINGER LAKES REUSE INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,861,060 to it, the largest being PARK FOUNDATION INC ($699,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FINGER LAKES REUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,861,060 in grants to FINGER LAKES REUSE INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FINGER LAKES REUSE INC?
- PARK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $699,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FINGER LAKES REUSE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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