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FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM
FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,323 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($15,650). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $89k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $328k
What Friends of Trailside Nature Museum does
Mission
The mission of the Friends of the Trailside Museum is tdedicated to promoting a better appreciation and understanding of thenatural world between people and the environment.The Friends group focuses on funding programs for the public interest equipembnt used to enhance the beauty of Ward Pound Ridge Reserfvation supporting park staff with tools tht enable them to better serve the public.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
.College Intern: Providing funding to support a college internship in Natural Resources Conservation aligns with the Friends mission because it is a 10-week education project for students majoring in biology ecology wildlife conservation or related field. The goal of the program is to expose students to ecological research projects conservation management projects and parks maintenance tasks in a way that deepens their understanding of the conservation field and emphasizes the role of human land managers as stewards of the land. Students have also contributed to exhibit design and expanded our capacity to educate other groups including summer campers and the general public. For example last year interns providing turtle trapping programs to summer camp students in the park and helped lead a public nature program.
$7,350 spentof which $1,875 as grants9% of program spendingFlora Project that beegan in 2023 and will conclude in 2025-discovering cataloguing and labeling native plant speices and permananetly perserving in a sientific manner. Three botanists funded by the Friends group along with the supplies needed to complete the project.
$27,000 spentof which $27,000 as grants33% of program spendingProvided funding for tree work in WPRR-the tree removal was completed so that the Wildflower Garden area was protected and readied for a future project
$15,310 spentof which $15,310 as grants18% of program spendingWood Turtle project that researched the population of the wood turtle in WPRR=this included trained dog to help find nests; interns working over the summer collecting data; having summer campers get the opportunity to learn about conservation research; specialized tracking equipment;
$13,850 spentof which $13,850 as grants17% of program spendingsupplied proper firewood for use in WPRR campsites
$1,875 spentof which $1,875 as grants2% of program spendingProvided supplemental funding for a parkwide event in October that attracted over 700 people called Spooktacular which gave thepublic an opportunity to experience WPRR and all it has to offer with the lure of a Halloween event
$6,600 spentof which $6,600 as grants8% of program spendingProvided funding for an upgrade to the Visitor Information Center located at the beginning to the Park which will now house the enviromental library previously kept in the museum.
$5,300 spentof which $5,300 as grants6% of program spendingWe supported the Meadow Symposium at Stone Barns where one of our naturalists presented a well received presentation on Meadow Management
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants1% of program spendingWe funded some tree replacement in WPRR by using a couple of local nurseries. These plantings were of native plants and trees supporting our mission.
$2,900 spentof which $2,900 as grants3% of program spendingPurchase of firewood to be used at the campsites in the 5000 acre park that is clean and free of possible insect that might affect the current enviornment of the trees existing in the park.
$1,875 spentof which $1,875 as grants2% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $83,060.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $315k to $327k (+4%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $250 → $11k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM’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 TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 50% · 2023 53% — 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.
Where its funders are
94% of FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 50% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k 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.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM
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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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM?
- FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,323 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($15,650). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $30,323 in grants to FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $15,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF TRAILSIDE NATURE MUSEUM 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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