New York · Nonprofit
Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc
Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,750 to it, the largest being UpMobility Foundation Inc ($7,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $106k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $99k
What Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc does
Mission
To honor deceased veterans first responders and service animals through the creation and preservation of permanent memorials recognizing their sacrifice and service.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
During the tax year the organization continued development of the Guardians of Freedom Memorial through fundraising planning and construction activities related to permanent memorial improvements and the Wall of Honor project recognizing fallen heroes from Herkimer and Oneida Counties.
$47,733 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $47,733.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
John Brezinski
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $2k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of Guardians of Freedom Memorial 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
Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
34% 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 Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 86% · 2022 54% — 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
100% of Guardians of Freedom Memorial 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
Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc 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
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
63%
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 Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc?
- Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,750 to it, the largest being UpMobility Foundation Inc ($7,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $14,750 in grants to Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Guardians of Freedom Memorial Inc?
- UpMobility Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $7,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Guardians of Freedom Memorial 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 5 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