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FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC

FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,150 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($18,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$5k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$33k
Net assets
$59k
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What Friends of Ridgefield Parks and Recreation Commission Inc does

Mission

Funds disbursed for enhancement of parks and recreation programs and services, including providing aed's at outdoor public recreation areas, promoting wellness and recreation among youth and adults, and supporting the arts and cultural events in our parks.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Funds disbursed for enhancement of parks and recreation programs and services, including providing aed's at outdoor public recreation areas, promoting wellness and recreation among youth and adults, and supporting the arts and cultural events in our parks.

    $41,842 spentof which $46,526 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $41,842.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($51k) Expenses 100 ($62k) Net assets 100 ($26k)2020 Revenue 151 ($77k) Expenses 57 ($35k) Net assets 261 ($68k)2021 Revenue 69 ($36k) Expenses 95 ($59k) Net assets 170 ($45k)2022 Revenue 31 ($16k) Expenses 26 ($16k) Net assets 168 ($44k)2023 Revenue 56 ($29k) Expenses 26 ($17k) Net assets 215 ($56k)2024 Revenue 91 ($47k) Expenses 67 ($42k) Net assets 233 ($61k)2025 Revenue 10 ($5k) Expenses 12 ($7k) Net assets 225 ($59k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (10)Expenses (12)Net assets (225)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 2019 to 2020, from $26k to $68k (+161%).

$26k
$68k
$45k
$44k
$56k
$61k
$59k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,075 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$11k
’19
$42k
’20
−$24k
’21
−$619
’22
$12k
’23
$5k
’24
−$2k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $9k.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 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 RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98% 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 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC.

54%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 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

54% of FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $15k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Connecticut funders.

PA
CT
NC

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

’20
’21
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC's revenue fell 90% between 2019 and 2025.

Operating margin−37% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−31% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC?
FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,150 to it, the largest being FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($18,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $33,150 in grants to FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC?
FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF RIDGEFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), 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