New York · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE PARKS
FRIENDS OF THE PARKS (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,400 to it, the largest being C J HEILIG FOUNDATION INC ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $115k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $42k
- Net assets
- $118k
What Friends of the Parks does
Mission
Enhance the village park system
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provide supplies and improvements for various parks
$18,948 spentof which $1,839 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,948.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE PARKS’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 PARKS 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% · 2019 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 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
100% of FRIENDS OF THE PARKS'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 PARKS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE PARKS
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 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PARKS?
- FRIENDS OF THE PARKS (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,400 to it, the largest being C J HEILIG FOUNDATION INC ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE PARKS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $42,400 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE PARKS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE PARKS?
- C J HEILIG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE PARKS 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 2025–2025), 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