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SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY
SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,021 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($51,045). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $133k
- Net assets
- $38M
What Spring Farm Center Alternative Research Education Sanctuary does
Mission
To shelter various animals, to utilize and to study alternative ways of caring for, healing, and lovingly co-existing with animals, to educate the public as to these methods, and to share our findings with a readership.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule ospring farm cares accomplished what was a large part of the original intent: that was to create in spring farm cares a place of peace, emotional and spiritual retreat, loving interaction between both the animals that are sheltered here and the people who visit or are otherwise in contact, as well as the protection of and connection with nature, and education regarding both domestic and wild animals and nature.this peaceful, healing, and educational connection has been accomplished by:tours of our small and large animal sanctuary and tours of our 250-acre nature sanctuary that welcome about 850 tour visitors per annum in the domestic animal sanctuary and about 500 a year in the nature sanctuary. The domestic animal facility is open to visitors from 10am to 4pm, 365 days a year. The nature sanctuary is available by appointment.animal communication workshops 5 or 6 times a year that welcome to the farm interactive groups of about 15 students each workshop who learn how to directly communicate telepathically with animals. Zoom classes are given in winter months.our website and social media pages that include stories and uplifting messages about and from the animals and…
$1,539,145 spentof which $5,300 as grants$8,435 earned by the program78% of program spendingSee schedule oour domestic animal sanctuary is home to 225-250 animals, the number fluctuating depending on circumstances. These currently include cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, various exotic birds, turtles, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, pigs, and various kinds of poultry. Many of our animals have special needs or are of advanced age, and so are unadoptable. We provide a lifetime home for them all, and they then share their hearts, wisdom, and healing companionship with those who visit them in person or virtually. We also maintain a resource center to aid those with animal problems. We field more than 10,000 phone calls, emails, regular mail, web, and in-person pleas for help and guidance each year, assisting at least 10,000 animals in the process.
$444,660 spent$29,461 earned by the program22% of program spendingSee schedule oto our 250-acre nature sanctuary with its few old-growth stands, we have introduced many thousands of trees, shrubs, flowers and plants that were formerly indigenous but were farmed-out over the last two centuries. This has re-established habitat for and attracted back an amazing variety of living things that were also once native to this place. We currently document over 45 species of mammals, 190 species of birds, 60 species of butterflies, thousands of species of insects, and 10 species of fish and amphibians. Many are rare species. The heart of the sanctuary, and an attraction to an amazing number of surprise new species, is the ever-growing wetland created and maintained by our endlessly industrious beavers, who labor and stay with us for handouts of apples and sweet potatoes. About 500 people visit each year for educational presentations, and for guided tours on our 5 miles of trails. Our director of conservation also regularly gives educational presentations to clubs, schools, and varied audiences throughout a wide area, reaching over 1,000 people annually. Additionally, the nature sanctuary shares our website and has a separate facebook page. Video…
Family forest carbon program
$6,620 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,983,805.
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 2020 to 2021, from $32M to $37M (+18%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $34k → $19k.
6 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY’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
SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 90% · 2022 94% · 2023 54% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY'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 $50 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $133k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
35%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY?
- SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,021 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($51,045). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $133,021 in grants to SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $51,045 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPRING FARM CENTER ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH EDUCATION SANCTUARY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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