New Jersey · Nonprofit
FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH
FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,303 to it, the largest being AQUINO FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($5,153). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $666k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh does
Mission
The order of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh is dedicated to the purpose of promoting and enhancing irish culture, fraternity and good fellowship of its membership and for the betterment of the community and neighboring communities through works of charity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The order of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh is dedicated to the purpose of promoting and enhancing irish culture, fraternity and good fellowship of its membership and for the betterment of the community and neighboring communities through works of charity.
$146,335 spentof which $82,750 as grants100% of program spendingThe order of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh is dedicated to the purpose of promoting and enhancing irish culture, fraternity and good fellowship of its membership and for the betterment of the community and neighboring communities through works of charity.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $146,335.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.0M to $2.0M (+3%).
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: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $150 → $2k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH’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 THE SHILLELAGH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 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
92% of FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH's grant income comes from New Jersey 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 THE SHILLELAGH runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH
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 Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
27% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH?
- FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH (New Jersey) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,303 to it, the largest being AQUINO FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($5,153). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $6,303 in grants to FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH?
- AQUINO FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,153 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDLY SONS OF THE SHILLELAGH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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