New York · Nonprofit
GARDEN SCHOOL INC
GARDEN SCHOOL INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $295,477 to it, the largest being THE EDWARD E FORD FOUNDATION XXXXX2009 ($100,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $295k
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Garden School Inc does
Mission
Garden school, in the independent tradition, affirms the primacy of learning. We empower every student in our educationally diverse community to responsibly meet the challenges of everyday life by promoting academic achievement, personal development and social involvement. We further believe that by recognizing each student's individual identity, garden school fosters the self-worth necessary to succeed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instructional - see schedule ogarden school is a nursery through twelfth grade independent school with a rigorous academic curriculum and an enrollment of approximately 250 students. All children are uniquely talented and have their own learning styles, so we combine time-tested teaching methods with creative approaches to reach out to all of our learners through a flexible teaching philosophy that is only possible with small class sizes. Our students evolve into readers, writers, and critical thinkers. They gain a deep understanding in math and the sciences. They become speakers of a second (and sometimes even a third) language. They acquire sophisticated eyes and ears for the arts, and they learn the value of helping others and taking care of themselves, as well as the balance required for both.
$9,006,768 spentof which $1,927,823 as grants$7,325,654 earned by the program100% of program spendingPre-kindergarten see schedule ogarden school hosts a pre-k for all program accredited by the department of health and education. The program offers an enriched curriculum to 210 children across 12 classrooms. The program is comprehensive in that it provides instruction and enrichment in literacy, early numeracy, the arts, and social skill development. The garden school pkfa program is evaluated by its accrediting body regularly and consistently scores well above average in all domains. Compared to other pkfa programs, the school benchmarks in the 75th percentile or above.
$2,988,578 earned by the programSummer camp program - see schedule oin addition to our core n-12 and pkfa programs, garden school also runs a summer enrichment program . The summer camp program focuses on helping children develop the skills they require to succeed in school and life. By combining academic and arts enrichment programs along with outdoor play, structured athletics, and daily swimming, students keep skills sharp during the summer break while also forming new relationships and having fun.
$878,160 earned by the program
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,006,768.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.5M to $6.2M (+78%).
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 11% · 2022 12% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of GARDEN SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $2k → $161k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 GARDEN SCHOOL 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
GARDEN SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 GARDEN SCHOOL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 56% · 2022 77% · 2023 62% — 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 GARDEN SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 62% 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
GARDEN SCHOOL INC draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $129k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
GARDEN SCHOOL INC has grown faster than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding GARDEN SCHOOL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $29 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $29
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GARDEN SCHOOL INC
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.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- 7800 Boulevard LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GARDEN SCHOOL INC?
- GARDEN SCHOOL INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $295,477 to it, the largest being THE EDWARD E FORD FOUNDATION XXXXX2009 ($100,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GARDEN SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $295,477 in grants to GARDEN SCHOOL INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GARDEN SCHOOL INC?
- THE EDWARD E FORD FOUNDATION XXXXX2009 is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GARDEN SCHOOL 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing