New York · Nonprofit
SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC
SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,500 to it, the largest being NORDLYS FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $49k
What Sobro Conservancy of Saratoga Inc does
Mission
To conserve vacant urban parcels and transform them into pollinator-friendly green spaces, while educating about how such green spaces strengthen the web of life on which human well-being depends.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Garden Maintenance: Throughout 2025, major work continued in the garden. Hundreds of plants were purchased and installed throughout the numerous beds within the garden. Approximately 86% of our garden maintenance expenses were monies spent on plants. An additional $350 was monies spent on rental vehicles to deliver the plants to the garden on planting days. Other garden maintenance costs consisted of supplies such as garden tools, compost, and irrigation materials to repair and extend irrigation lines.
$12,853 spent56% of program spendingEducation: In 2025, the SoBro Conservancy invested monies in the design, printing and assembly, and installation of numerous educational signs. The themes of the signs include "WHAT IS ECOLOGICAL GARDENING?," "WHAT DOES WILDLIFE NEED?," "HOW DO WE DESIGN FOR BIODIVERSITY?," & "WHERE DO BEES & BUTTERFLIES SLEEP?" Each sign is comprised of detailed images and informative text. The signs are placed strategically throughout the garden to be accessible to all garden guests.
$8,518 spent37% of program spendingVolunteer Engagement: The SoBro Conservancy relies heavily on community volunteers to fulfill its mission. Throughout 2025, monies were spent on developing social media content to recruit new volunteers and to engage with existing volunteers. These efforts were highly effective. The organization accomplished multiple successful mass-planting days that would not have been possible without extensive volunteer contributions.
$1,644 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $23,015.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $23k to $40k (+74%).
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.
98% of SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $500.
From the IRS filings of SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA 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
SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
65% of SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA 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. 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
SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC?
- SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,500 to it, the largest being NORDLYS FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $15,500 in grants to SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA INC?
- NORDLYS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOBRO CONSERVANCY OF SARATOGA 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 3 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