New York · Nonprofit
PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC
PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,439 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($60,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $165k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Purchase Community Inc does
Mission
Provide the people of purchase, new york and the neighboring areas community activities for children and adults in order to encourage community loyalty and service.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Day camp activities - provide a safe, fun & enjoyable eight week summer program experience for approximately 250 campers between the ages of 3-15 yrs old. Swimming instructions, sports, crafts & special events highlight this program focused on building self esteem in each camper while allowing them to explore their own creativity and interests.
$1,418,412 spent$1,476,495 earned by the program80% of program spendingPool activities - lap swimming, pool parties and swim lessons highlight this outdoor program where certified staff supervise all bathers. Our pool programs serve families from memorial day to labor day. This activity was haulted/reduced due to coronavirus pandemic.
$51,836 spent3% of program spendingCommunity activities - after school program is the staple of our offerings and runs from september to may. This year we hosted/serviced approximately 100 participants from kindergarten to 5th grade.
$307,830 spent$189,989 earned by the program17% of program spendingSalary & other reimbursables.
$0 spent$143,917 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,778,078.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.6M to $2.1M (+32%).
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 2% · 2021 10% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
James E Kelly
Executive director
Board chair
Scott Sherman
Director and finance chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $30k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 PURCHASE COMMUNITY 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
PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 63% · 2022 50% · 2023 51% — 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
40% of PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
71% of PURCHASE COMMUNITY 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 $47k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118k 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.
Organizations like PURCHASE COMMUNITY 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 PURCHASE COMMUNITY 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 PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC?
- PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,439 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($60,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $165,439 in grants to PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PURCHASE COMMUNITY INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PURCHASE COMMUNITY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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