New York · Nonprofit
MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC
MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,080,295 to it, the largest being THE RUTH STANTON FOUNDATION ($1,101,000). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.7M
- Funders on record
- 121
- Grants received
- $9.1M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Madison Square Park Conservancy Inc does
Mission
Madison square park conservancy is the nonprofit entrusted by the city of new york to operate madison square park, a 6.2-acre public space in the heart of manhattan. Our mission is to conserve, maintain, and program this ever-evolving historic green space, including raising 100% of the park's operating budget. Anchoring a diverse and vibrant live-work community, madison square park is both an intimate neighborhood park and an international destination for 60,000 daily visitors. It is also a public garden, urban forest, wildlife habitat, public art exhibition space, a haven for children and pets to play, and one of new york city's most transcendent and welcoming places.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public art: in 2025, mspc's public art program included two major sculptural commissions in madison square park. The first exhibition was fixed crane by nicole eisenman, a toppled industrial crane embellished with everyday objects. The second exhibition was improvisations in the park by larry bell, with six vibrantly colored glass cubes and nested arrangements. These exhibitions were accompanied by free programming, such as the annual public art symposium and public tours.
$1,064,172 spent$357,000 earned by the program24% of program spendingPark operations & horticulture: mspc's operations and horticulture teams care for and maintain the park at the highest standard of care for over 60,000 daily visitors, including preserving the park's historic tree canopy; maintaining lush lawns and perennial gardens, including five plant collections selected to ensure blooms in every season; curating seasonal flower displays; leading sustainability initiatives; and offering free public programs and tours to educate and engage parkgoers of all ages. Madison square park is the living, breathing heart of our community, enhancing the health and wellbeing of all who visit and live or work nearby, as well as providing shelter and safe habitat for a surprisingly diverse population of wildlife.
$2,906,053 spent$1,970,690 earned by the program65% of program spendingPark capital projects: in april 2025, mspc issued a request for proposals for a multidisciplinary team to conduct a master plan for the southeastern portion of the park. A team led by mathews nielsen landscape architects and tenberke was hired in september 2025 to study and make recommendations for upgrading the park's infrastructure, siting a park operations center, and restoring the tree canopy on the concession gravel area.
$202,242 spent5% of program spendingMspc hosts a broad range of free public programs year round. Highlights in 2025 included 80 public programs, 30 associated with gardens of renewal, a special horticulture exhibition featuring a meditation spiral comprised of endangered native plants and a children's garden with a library, stage and play structures; a summer comedy concert and three instrumental concerts curated by carnegie hall citywide concerts; monthly garden, art and history tours; our annual "bark in the park" day of pet-friendly activities; and our 113th holiday tree lighting and musical celebration.
$294,133 spent$42,500 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,466,600.
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 2021 to 2022, from $18M to $14M (−20%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 7% · 2020 9% · 2021 13% · 2022 3% · 2023 0% · 2024 2% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% 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.
Chief executive
Holly Leicht-Weinstein
Executive director
Board chair
Sheila Kearney Davidson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $111k → $1.6M.
15 of 121 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $327k from 10 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Communal Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 121 funders by total. 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
MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
32% 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 MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 17% · 2019 28% · 2020 34% · 2021 21% · 2022 13% · 2023 19% — 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
39% of MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
78% of MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY 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. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $620k on record.
- Department of State$375k
- National Endowment for the Arts$245k
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 MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY 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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC?
- MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,080,295 to it, the largest being THE RUTH STANTON FOUNDATION ($1,101,000). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 121 organizations giving $9,080,295 in grants to MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC, 58 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC?
- THE RUTH STANTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,101,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY 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 121 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing