New Hampshire · Nonprofit
Friends of Stark Park Inc
Friends of Stark Park Inc (New Hampshire) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,522 to it, the largest being NORWIN S AND ELIZABETH N BEAN FOUNDATI ($10,472). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $12k
What Friends of Stark Park Inc does
Mission
To Develop, revitalize, maintain and protect the heritage and recreational use of Stark Park as a historic asset of the city of Manchester.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Concerts are held at the Park's bandstand for the local community. The purpose of the concerts is to bring more people to the park.
$18,781 spent74% of program spendingMaintenance of the grounds including landscape beautification and historic restoration.
$1,062 spent4% of program spendingA newsletter is written and sent to members and donors to keep them informed of events at the park.
$5,067 spent20% of program spendingOther Program Services include the easter program, the garden tour, supplies, postage and other misc. amounts.
$533 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,443.
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 2021 to 2022, from $42k to $22k (−46%).
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.
69% of Friends of Stark Park Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
From the IRS filings of Friends of Stark Park 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 Stark Park Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 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
100% of Friends of Stark Park Inc's grant income comes from New Hampshire 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 Stark Park Inc's revenue fell 28% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Friends of Stark Park 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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of Stark Park Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Friends of Stark Park Inc?
- Friends of Stark Park Inc (New Hampshire) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,522 to it, the largest being NORWIN S AND ELIZABETH N BEAN FOUNDATI ($10,472). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of Stark Park Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $13,522 in grants to Friends of Stark Park Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of Stark Park Inc?
- NORWIN S AND ELIZABETH N BEAN FOUNDATI is the largest funder on record, with $10,472 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of Stark Park Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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