Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK
FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being The Evergreen Charitable Fund Inc co Albert Nierenberg ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $30k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $387k
What Friends of City Square Park does
Mission
City sq park maintenance/improvements
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Park maintenance new plantings decorations and improvements
$7,350 spent33% of program spendingSummer community concerts in the park open to the public
$7,350 spent33% of program spendingHoliday community gatherings
$7,349 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,049.
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 $266k to $232k (−13%).
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.
34% of FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK’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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK'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
FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,043 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 unclassified nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK
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
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK?
- FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being The Evergreen Charitable Fund Inc co Albert Nierenberg ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK?
- The Evergreen Charitable Fund Inc co Albert Nierenberg is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF CITY SQUARE PARK 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 1 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