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MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT

MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $479,295 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($150,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$340k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$479k
Net assets
$174k
7/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 86%
01What it does

What Magnolia Tree Earth Center of Bedford Stuyvesant does

Mission

Environmental education services

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Community grden - promotes green development

    $168,037 spent$168,037 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Community gardening and environmental educaton classes

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $168,037.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($154k) Expenses 100 ($187k) Net assets 100 ($142k)2018 Revenue 48 ($74k) Expenses 80 ($150k) Net assets 57 ($80k)2020 Revenue 105 ($162k) Expenses 120 ($224k) Net assets 33 ($47k)2021 Revenue 53 ($81k) Expenses 64 ($121k) Net assets 20 ($28k)2022 Revenue 100 ($155k) Expenses 79 ($148k) Net assets 24 ($35k)2023 Revenue 171 ($264k) Expenses 123 ($231k) Net assets 47 ($67k)2024 Revenue 220 ($340k) Expenses 125 ($233k) Net assets 123 ($174k)
2017201820202021202220232024
Revenue (220)Expenses (125)Net assets (123)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 $210k to $292k (+39%).

$191k
$179k
$215k
$196k
$153k
$210k
$292k
2017201820202021202220232024
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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 9% · 2018 36% · 2021 3% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

93% of MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$33k
’17
−$76k
’18
−$62k
’20
−$40k
’21
$6k
’22
$33k
’23
$107k
’24
0.1
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.

Board chair

Wayne Devonish

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201820202021202220232024
Listed7655555
Joined·+0·+0+1+0+0
No longer listed·1·0100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $40k.

3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT’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

MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

48% 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 MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT.

31%
largest funder
71%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 51% · 2019 81% · 2020 31% · 2021 72% · 2022 44% · 2023 63% — growing more concentrated.

“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

38% of MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

72% of MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
DE

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $202k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin31% · top quartile
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 27%Fundraising 1%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

68%

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 MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT?
MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $479,295 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($150,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $479,295 in grants to MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT?
THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MAGNOLIA TREE EARTH CENTER OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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