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FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC
FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,027 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($43,230). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $282k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $54k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Friends of the Monmouth County Park System Inc does
Mission
The friends of the monmouth county park system, inc. Is a non-profit, voluntary membership organization formed under the pertinent statues of the state of new jersey. The primary purpose of this corporation is to assist the monmouth county board of recreation commissioners, the monmouth county board of chosen freeholders, the citizens of monmouth county and other interested groups in meeting the objectives and purposes of the monmouth county park system. This includes recreational, open space, historical preservation, conservation, cultural, horticultural, and educational facilities and programming, specifically - to increase the park system's value through donation of services, property, financial assistance, educational assistance, scholarships and coordination of volunteer activities; - to enhance existing resources through funding and management for beautification, restoration and limited capital improvement projects; - to operate, manage and maintain facilities and programs; - to
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Founded in 1991, the friends of the parks, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, facilitates sponsorship and hosts fundraising events and activities to raise money for special projects in the parks. In 2025, this included: funding for historic site improvements and enhancements are vital to keep history alive. The friends have hired a construction company to begin renovations at the carriage house at historic portland place. Additional funding was provided to historic longstreet farm for historic costumes. Plus, funding was provided to purchase artifacts and exhibit items for the park systems collection. 64,747 benches are significant not only to the aesthetics of a park and respite for a visitor, but also to commemorate the memory of a loved one. This has become the number one fundraiser for the friends. During this past year, the friends placed twenty-six memorial benches in the following park areas: deep cut gardens, dorbrook recreation area, fishermans cove conservation area, hartshorne woods park, hennry hudson trail, holmdel park, hominy hill golf course, huber woods park, swimming river park, thompson park and turkey swamp park. 50,989 the friends were thrilled to open the…
$262,948 spent$26,645 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $262,948.
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 2022 to 2023, from $861k to $1.8M (+106%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $6k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM 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 MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 80% · 2019 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 93% · 2022 99% · 2023 86% — 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
40% of FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
81% of FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,606 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,606 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,027 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($43,230). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $54,027 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $43,230 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY PARK SYSTEM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 13 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing