Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC
FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being ARBELLA INSURANCE FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $50k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $293k
What Friendly Sons of St Patrick of New Bedford Inc does
Mission
Friendly sons of st. Patrick is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to promoting an increased awareness of the cultural achievements of the irish people. Additionally, the club forms a thriving, community oriented group sponsoring more than a dozen scholarships annually.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Charitable giving - donations to local charities and food & toy drives at holidays.
$6,459 spentof which $6,459 as grants21% of program spendingScholarships - twenty-one scholarships awarded in 2024 totaling 22,000, based on academic merit and need, to deserving local students, regardless of their heritage.
$23,638 spentof which $23,000 as grants79% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $30,097.
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. 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 2018 to 2019, from $264k to $289k (+10%).
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.
78% of FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD 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
FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
95%
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 FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD 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 FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC?
- FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being ARBELLA INSURANCE FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,000 in grants to FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC?
- ARBELLA INSURANCE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDLY SONS OF ST PATRICK OF NEW BEDFORD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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