New York · Nonprofit
PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC
PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,019,349 to it, the largest being THE TOPFIELD FOUNDATION INC ($1,073,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $391k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Palisades Parks Conservancy Inc does
Mission
Palisades parks conservancy, inc. (the "conservancy"), formerly friends of the palisades interstate park commission, inc was formed in march 2001 in the state of new york as a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Our mission is to preserve the palisades interstate park's rich history and biodiversity, and protect america's first bi-state park system. We are committed to supporting parks where all visitors can play, connect, and immerse themselves in nature and culture. Palisades parks conservancy achieves its mission by raising funds and delivering programs and projects that provide education and stewardship, environmental conservation and restoration, historic preservation, public access and recreation, and protection of natural and cultural resources, all benefiting the palisades interstate park system. It raises and administers funds that improve the facilities, preserve environmental and cultural sites and provides education within the palisades interstate park system.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Funds raised to support programming, activities and infrastructure or management improvements benefiting the palisades interstate park system, the palisades interstate park commission and visitor experience.
$274,550 spentof which $54,349 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $274,550.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $2.2M (+67%).
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 32% · 2020 20% · 2021 30% · 2022 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Remy Schwartz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $41k → $856k.
3 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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: $1.0M from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Palisades Parks Conservancy Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY 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
PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 71% · 2019 93% · 2020 61% · 2021 54% · 2022 52% · 2023 88% — 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
22% of PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
66% of PALISADES PARKS 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. $77k 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.
Against its field
PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC is better cushioned than half of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $104k on record.
- Department of the Interior$104k
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 PALISADES PARKS 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
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY 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 PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC?
- PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,019,349 to it, the largest being THE TOPFIELD FOUNDATION INC ($1,073,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,019,349 in grants to PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PALISADES PARKS CONSERVANCY INC?
- THE TOPFIELD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,073,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALISADES PARKS 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.
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 18 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