New York · Nonprofit
OTSEGO 2000 INC
OTSEGO 2000 INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $885,392 to it, the largest being THE SCRIVEN FOUNDATION ($695,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $449k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $885k
- Net assets
- $607k
What Otsego 2000 Inc does
Mission
Otsego 2000 celebrates, protects, and enhances the environmental, agricultural, cultural, scenic, and historic significance of the greater otsego lake region. As a 'first responder' on environmental, sustainability, and community issues that affect the region's quality of life, otsego 2000 endeavors to ensure healthy environmental and economic futures for present and coming generations through informed advocacy, public education, innovative projects, and ideas for economic advancement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Environmental defense and stewardship: otsego 2000's work in environmental defense and stewardship embodies its role of first responder for the region whenever an environmental threat emerges. Thus, eds program priorities are generally dictated by outside factors and are reactive to the extent that, as soon as a possible threat to the region's air, water, lands or the otsego lake viewshed is perceived, otsego 2000 conducts the necessary research to determine the extent of the threat and how best to combat it. Through research, public outreach, participation in the public project planning process and education of elected officials and voters, otsego 2000 applies all its resources to ensure that the otsego lake region is protected.
Sustainable economic development: otsego 2000 believes that the overall environmental and economic health of the otsego lake region depends heavily on a diverse, sustainable, year-round economy that emphasizes sustainable agriculture and a robust regional food system, a vibrant year-round cultural life, and significantly increasing the profile of the region as a destination for heritage tourists and outdoor enthusiasts. To that end, otsego 2000 has taken the lead over the years in developing programs and initiatives that contribute materially to the local economy and substantially improve the quality of life in the region. These include the cooperstown farmers' market, glimmerglass film days, and www.otsegooutdoors.org.
$316,857 spent$85,596 earned by the program99% of program spendingRegional heritage/historic preservation: historic landscapes, villages, hamlets, and buildings are integral to the otsego lake region's identity and environment. Otsego 2000 supports and protects historic districts and historic designation of landmarks and structures, provides technical assistance to property owners on federal and state preservation tax credit programs.
$3,809 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $320,666.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $556k to $666k (+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: 2019 1% · 2020 5% · 2021 11% · 2022 7% · 2023 16% · 2024 13% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Ellen Pope
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $91k → $115k.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 OTSEGO 2000 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
OTSEGO 2000 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 OTSEGO 2000 INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 87% · 2019 86% · 2020 77% · 2021 80% · 2022 65% · 2023 83% — 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
67% of OTSEGO 2000 INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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
100% of OTSEGO 2000 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. $66k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OTSEGO 2000 INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OTSEGO 2000 INC?
- OTSEGO 2000 INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $885,392 to it, the largest being THE SCRIVEN FOUNDATION ($695,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OTSEGO 2000 INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $885,392 in grants to OTSEGO 2000 INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OTSEGO 2000 INC?
- THE SCRIVEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $695,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OTSEGO 2000 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 17 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