Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC
PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $964,276 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($379,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $609k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $964k
- Net assets
- $171k
What Philadelphia Parks Alliance Inc does
Mission
The philadelphia parks alliance's mission is to champion the public's interest in outstanding parks, recreation, and open spaces.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
The philadelphia parks alliance advocates on behalf of philadelphia parks, playgrounds, and recreation centers; and provides programmatic and fiscal support to the city's recreation centers: 1) parks and recreation advocacy - the alliance builds and organizes coalitions of support for improved public spaces, recreation facilities and programs throughout the commonwealth. 2) recreation center programming - in partnership with philadelphia parks and recreation, the alliance assists in the development of recreation advisory councils, the governing bodies for recreation centers, and organization of recreational events. The alliance also serves as a conduit for grants for specific recreation centers and general recreation programming. 3) direct programming - the alliance leads park tours and organizes training for recreation advisory council members. 4) stewardship and cleanups - the alliance periodically acts as a fiscal agent for recreation advisory councils. The alliance manages clean ups at neighborhood playgrounds and recreation centers.
$794,657 spent$51,109 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $794,657.
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 2017 to 2018, from $50k to $716k (+1338%).
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 26% · 2021 7% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $12k → $61k.
5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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
PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 39% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
41% 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 PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 26% · 2019 86% · 2020 89% · 2021 60% · 2022 54% · 2023 41% — 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
31% of PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
94% of PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $278k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC has grown faster than half of the 4,135 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,135 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
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 PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE 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 PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC?
- PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $964,276 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($379,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $964,276 in grants to PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $379,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 21 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