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GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC

GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $464,042 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($410,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$257k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$464k
Net assets
$1.5M
3/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 55%
01What it does

What Garnet Lake Conservation Association Inc does

Mission

The purpose of the association is to maintain garnet lake and its dam for the benefit of homeowners around the lake and the general public, and to promote community around the lake.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To effect lake protection and rehabilitation and any actions necessary related thereto, including recruiting and using volunteers, and to develop a partnership with lake neighbors, governmental agencies and other organizations in support of maintaining the quality of garnet lake.

    $6,238 spent$18,465 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,238.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($756k) Expenses 100 ($32k) Net assets 100 ($835k)2023 Revenue 25 ($188k) Expenses 301 ($97k) Net assets 111 ($929k)2024 Revenue 45 ($336k) Expenses 106 ($34k) Net assets 147 ($1.2M)2025 Revenue 34 ($257k) Expenses 37 ($12k) Net assets 176 ($1.5M)
2022202320242025
Revenue (34)Expenses (37)Net assets (176)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $929k to $1.2M (+32%).

$839k
$929k
$1.2M
$1.5M
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 24% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

64% of GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$724k
’22
$91k
’23
$302k
’24
$245k
’25
22
months of
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.

2022202320242025
Listed11111111
Joined·+3+1+0
No longer listed·310
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $413k → $15k.

4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 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

GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

93% 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 GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC.

88%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 99% · 2023 97% — 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

93% of GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 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 $34k that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 3 states.

NY
PA
CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $430k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin95% · outside the comparable range
Months of reserve22.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−30% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

52% of spending goes to programs.

Program 52%Management 48%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

56%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $464,042 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($410,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $464,042 in grants to GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $410,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GARNET LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
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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 7 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