North Carolina · Nonprofit
PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC
PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $401,960 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($283,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $193k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $402k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Partners for Parks Inc does
Mission
Partners for Parks promotes Parks, Greenways, Recreation Centers, Nature Centers, Open Spaces and recreation in neighborhoods throughout Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the surrounding Region.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
During 2024, Partners for Parks partnered with MCP&R and the City of Charlotte on multiple projects to enhance Parks and Recreation in Mecklenburg County. For many years we have supported the Annual MCP&R Senior Games held each Spring at various Park and Rec Facilities. Our support for the Senior Games in 2024 was $8,353 (income of $5,244). Also, during 2024, we worked with the City of Charlotte to establish a management organization to continue the enrichment of the Five Points Neighborhood and the Annual Five Points 5K Race in the underserved westside. We made a donation of $48,873 (the net proceeds that we had collected over the years) to establish this Neighborhood Management Non-Profit group.
$57,226 spent$5,244 earned by the program60% of program spendingDuring 2024, JARVI Scholarships awarded scholarships to Park & Rec Professionals to attend Continuing Education Programs ($16,091). We also made a donation to NCRPA Scholarships for children and youth to attend summer camps. This Scholarship Donation is a result of the Cabarrus ALP Annual Moonshine Golf Tournament held at Monroe Golf Club - 90% of Net Proceeds goes to the NCRPA Scholarship Fund (Income of $5,419 - Expenses of $3,047 = $2,372Net, 90% = $2,135 Donation to NCRPA Scholarship Fund).
$21,273 spent$5,419 earned by the program22% of program spendingDuring 2024, Partners for Parks held our Annual Celebration where we recognized our Partner Sponsors and Friends. This Celebration was held at the recently renovated Pearl Street Park in the Brooklyn Neighborhood near uptown Charlotte. City and County dignitaries joined our Board Members and MCP&R Leaders to Celebrate with our Annual Partner Sponsors and Friends in an evening of festivities, music and food/beverages to say, "Thank You".
$10,966 spent12% of program spendingWe received a Donation for Pearl Street Park of $50,000. Cabarrus ALP Seniors expenses were $2,895 (revenue of $3,687) and Cabarrus Parks donations of $2,077. Trail of History Greenway Signage Project $1,890, NC Year of the Trail support $1,000. Donation/Revenue to other Projects totaled $1,218.
$5,785 spent$56,982 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $95,250.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $4.8M to $1.4M (−72%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2023 16% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of PARTNERS FOR PARKS 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. 0 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $165k → $187.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 PARTNERS FOR PARKS 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
PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
84% 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 PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 91% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 2023 80% — 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
0% of PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
73% of PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $109k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $293k 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
PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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
Organizations like PARTNERS FOR PARKS 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PARTNERS FOR PARKS 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 PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC?
- PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $401,960 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($283,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $401,960 in grants to PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $283,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARTNERS FOR PARKS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 9 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