New York · Nonprofit
Friends of the Greenhouse Inc
Friends of the Greenhouse Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,000 to it, the largest being William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $41k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $82k
What Friends of the Greenhouse Inc does
Mission
To assist and support the maintenance, development and promotion of the Schenectady Central Park Greenhouse complex; to preserve the historic integrity of the Charles Steinmetz Greenhouse; and to support the City of Schenectady in providing the public with the highest quality plant care complex for the benefit of residents of the City and County of Schenectady and others who use this facility.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 2025, Friends of the Greenhouse Inc. continued its efforts to support the maintenance, development and promotion of the Schenectady Central Park Greenhouse complex and to provide the public with the highest quality plant care complex for the benefit of residents of the City and County of Schenectady and others who use this facility. There were a raffle sale as the only fundraising event, along with a year end donation appeal.There was ongoing work towards the construction of a teaching greenhouse which was completed in 2025, involving final electrical work and the installation of minor equipment. Additional small projects were completed to benefit the overall complex, as well as replacing the 40 year old boiler system with a new unit for $14,600 as part of a $25,000 capital projects grant received.
$18,579 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,579.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $62k to $82k (+33%).
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.
100% of Friends of the Greenhouse Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $250 → $15k.
From the IRS filings of Friends of the Greenhouse 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 the Greenhouse Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 56% · 2019 100% · 2021 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
99% of Friends of the Greenhouse Inc's grant income comes from New York 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 the Greenhouse Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of the Greenhouse 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 the Greenhouse Inc?
- Friends of the Greenhouse Inc (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,000 to it, the largest being William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of the Greenhouse Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $16,000 in grants to Friends of the Greenhouse Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of the Greenhouse Inc?
- William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of the Greenhouse Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2025), 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