New York · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS INC
FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being MATHER FUND RICHARD MATHER FUND ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $204k
What Friends of the Three Bears Inc does
Mission
The mission of the friends of the three bears is to preserve the buildings known as the (historic seneca county) courthouse complex, implement art, music, and other educational programs/events, and provide historical building tours and area information to visitors. The friends will accomplish this through fundraising, and community outreach.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The mission of the friends of the three bears is to preserve the buildings known as the (historic seneca county) courthouse complex, implement art, music, and other educational programs/events, and provide historical building tours and area information to visitors. The friends will accomplish this through fundraising, and community outreach.
$34,728 spentof which $28,791 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $34,728.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $105k to $157k (+49%).
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.
35% of FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS 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 THREE BEARS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture 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
41%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being MATHER FUND RICHARD MATHER FUND ($55,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $55,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS INC?
- MATHER FUND RICHARD MATHER FUND is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE THREE BEARS 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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