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FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC

FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $427,133 to it, the largest being PF & RJ MORGANTI FOUNDATION ($140,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$217k
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$427k
Net assets
$12k
7/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Friends of Ridgefield Community Programs Inc does

Mission

Support civic activities in the town of ridgefield, ct

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To support and promote ridgefield arts community.

    $61,563 spentof which $61,563 as grants$61,563 earned by the program
    29% of program spending
  2. To provide social service programs and food pantry assistance.

    $100,891 spentof which $100,891 as grants$100,891 earned by the program
    48% of program spending
  3. Ridgefield, connecticut commemorates america's 250th anniversary on july 4, 2026

    $16,014 spentof which $16,014 as grants$16,014 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  4. Other various programs to support the health, wellness, and well being of the ridgefield community.

    $33,476 spentof which $33,476 as grants$33,476 earned by the program
    16% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $211,944.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($444k) Expenses 100 ($432k) Net assets 100 ($16k)2021 Revenue 40 ($179k) Expenses 44 ($188k) Net assets 45 ($7k)2022 Revenue 25 ($112k) Expenses 23 ($101k) Net assets 113 ($18k)2023 Revenue 39 ($173k) Expenses 42 ($183k) Net assets 51 ($8k)2024 Revenue 35 ($157k) Expenses 36 ($156k) Net assets 54 ($9k)2025 Revenue 49 ($217k) Expenses 49 ($214k) Net assets 74 ($12k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (49)Expenses (49)Net assets (74)Peer revenue range

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 $7k to $44k (+515%).

$16k
$7k
$44k
$8k
$9k
$12k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$12k
’20
−$9k
’21
$11k
’22
−$10k
’23
$388
’24
$3k
’25
0.7
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.

2020202120222025
Listed2224
Joined····
No longer listed····
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $21k → $56k.

7 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 20 funders by total. 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 RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

44% 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 RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC.

33%
largest funder
72%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 60% · 2019 83% · 2020 53% · 2021 51% · 2022 56% · 2023 36% — 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

22% of FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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 RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 5 states in all.

NY
OR
CT
NC
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $189k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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

Against its field

FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−13% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15k on record.

State$15k
Top programs
  • State Aid Grants$10k
  • Pass thru Grant Non-State$5k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC?
FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $427,133 to it, the largest being PF & RJ MORGANTI FOUNDATION ($140,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $427,133 in grants to FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC?
PF & RJ MORGANTI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 20 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