New York · Nonprofit
TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC
TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC (New York) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,402,302 to it, the largest being Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc ($2,750,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $39M
What Teatown Lake Reservation Inc does
Mission
To inspire our community to lifelong environmental stewardship. Currently undergoing a multi-year campaign
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Environmental education - our goal is to instill a love of the environment, positive attitudes towards conservation and environmental protection and a sense of personal and civic responsibility. School field trips, after school and outreach programs, public programs for all ages, nature camps and teacher training are some of the ways we achieve our goal.
$1,697,892 spent$737,293 earned by the program61% of program spendingStewardship at teatown - our stewardship program's mission is to conserve our region's biodiversity, while creating an environment for exceptional educational opportunities. Scientific research and adaptive management approaches are used to sustain the preserve's habitats and wildlife.
$895,637 spent32% of program spendingRegional conservation - we offer environmental training and informational programs for local community leaders. In partnerships with other environmental organizations, we have long term monitoring projects to study the impacts of overabundant deer, invasive species, climate change, and habitat fragmentation.
$205,974 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,799,503.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $29M to $36M (+27%).
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: 2019 6% · 2020 10% · 2021 5% · 2022 6% · 2023 4% · 2024 4% · 2025 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Kevin Carter
Executive director
Board chair
Marcia Saunders
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $167k → $1.6M.
12 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 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
TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 28% · 2019 20% · 2020 44% · 2021 33% · 2022 42% · 2023 72% — 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
56% of TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $968k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 543 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 543 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION 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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
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 TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION 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 TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC?
- TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC (New York) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,402,302 to it, the largest being Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc ($2,750,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $7,402,302 in grants to TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION INC?
- Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TEATOWN LAKE RESERVATION 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 72 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing