Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS
FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,285,316 to it, the largest being THE VOLGENAU FOUNDATION ($605,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $499k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $255k
What Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens does
Mission
To connect neighbors and visitors to kenilworth aquatic gardens through stewardship, public engagement and educational programs in cooperation with the national park service.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public engagement - fokag provides safe, culturally enriching events year-round to help connect people to the park; hosting well-attended family days, summer concert series, and an annual photography contest. Fokag also promotes and supports the park's signature annual lotus and water lily festival, which attracts an average of 13,000 visitors each year.
$155,223 spent55% of program spendingEducation - through a one-week spring break camp and a two-week summer camp, fokag introduces hundreds of local children from the surrounding underserved communities to the park, a previously unknown or rarely visited resource in their backyard. Campers explore the wetlands, ponds, plants, and animals alongside teens and adults from their neighborhood, and then venture to other local parks to expand their experiences. These programs foster a sense of belonging and lifelong appreciation for nature.
$101,775 spent36% of program spendingStewardship - fokag provides personnel, financial, and material resources to help maintain the park. Over the years, many fokag volunteers have contributed thousands of hours of their time to remove and pick-up trash and support various park projects. In addition, grants secured by fokag have been used to upgrade park trails and infrastructure, design and install informational signs, and purchase amenities to enhance every visitors experience. Fokag regularly acquires and donates much-needed supplies, such as landscaping tools and materials, and native plants. Furthermore, fokags fundraising efforts have also enabled the park to utilize local young adults' work crews for restoration projects; hence, reinforcing commitment to the local community and the park.
$26,536 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $283,534.
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 $54k to $277k (+410%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 32% · 2019 52% · 2020 9% · 2021 35% · 2022 14% · 2023 27% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Sheena Foster
Executive director
Board chair
Rachel Wells
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $87k → $130k.
1 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS’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 KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 66% · 2019 43% · 2020 79% · 2021 70% · 2022 35% · 2023 58% — 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
44% of FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $151 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS?
- FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,285,316 to it, the largest being THE VOLGENAU FOUNDATION ($605,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,285,316 in grants to FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS?
- THE VOLGENAU FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $605,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF KENILWORTH AQUATIC GARDENS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 14 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