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FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC

FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,525 to it, the largest being YOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL ($92,643). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$394k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$187k
Net assets
$4.1M
10/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens Inc does

Mission

The preservation and improvement of fellows riverside gardens, of the mill creek metro parks, as a cultural, educational, and aesthetic center.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Programs and other activities related to the organization's exempt purpose, including promoting cooking, gardening, painting, pottery, and annual garden events and various classes held at fellows riverside gardens - mill creek metroparks.

    $154,478 spent$70,577 earned by the program
    66% of program spending
  2. Annual events promoting the horticultural achievements of the fellows riverside gardens - mill creek metroparks.

    $46,662 spent
    20% of program spending
  3. Grants for the maintenance and improvements to the mill creek metro park's grounds and facilities along with support for the presentation of horticulture programs, educational displays, and study tours for a regional audience to increase knowledge of horticulture and awareness of the gardens.

    $33,832 spentof which $33,832 as grants
    14% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $234,972.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($442k) Expenses 100 ($401k) Net assets 100 ($3.4M)2018 Revenue 124 ($548k) Expenses 127 ($509k) Net assets 93 ($3.2M)2019 Revenue 132 ($581k) Expenses 160 ($640k) Net assets 99 ($3.4M)2020 Revenue 74 ($327k) Expenses 48 ($190k) Net assets 109 ($3.8M)2021 Revenue 178 ($788k) Expenses 125 ($500k) Net assets 115 ($4.0M)2022 Revenue 130 ($576k) Expenses 100 ($402k) Net assets 99 ($3.4M)2023 Revenue 83 ($367k) Expenses 146 ($586k) Net assets 99 ($3.4M)2024 Revenue 136 ($602k) Expenses 98 ($395k) Net assets 110 ($3.8M)2025 Revenue 89 ($394k) Expenses 82 ($327k) Net assets 120 ($4.1M)
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Revenue (89)Expenses (82)Net assets (120)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.0M to $3.4M (−14%).

$3.4M
$3.2M
$3.4M
$3.8M
$4.0M
$3.4M
$3.4M
$3.8M
$4.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$41k
’17
$39k
’18
−$59k
’19
$136k
’20
$288k
’21
$174k
’22
−$219k
’23
$207k
’24
$68k
’25
25
months of
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.

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Listed221917232124171820
Joined·+0+2+11+10+8+7+5+3
No longer listed·3451251441
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $19k → $26k.

2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS 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

FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

55% 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 FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC.

50%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 93% · 2020 63% · 2021 53% · 2022 53% · 2023 95% — 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

67% of FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

92% of FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

MA
OH
KS

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $93k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS 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 Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 28%Fundraising 0%

Governance

20
board members
95%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

42%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC?
FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,525 to it, the largest being YOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL ($92,643). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $186,525 in grants to FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC?
YOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL is the largest funder on record, with $92,643 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF FELLOWS RIVERSIDE GARDENS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 12 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