Oregon · Nonprofit
THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY
THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY (Oregon) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,238,091 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($412,967). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What The Forest Park Conservancy does
Mission
To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic urban forests for generations to come.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Ambassador program: in 2024, the forest ambassador program held 5 trainings and trained and engaged 57 ambassadors. These volunteers were stationed at 6 trailheads in two parks and on 6 routes, informing the community about leave no trace policies and more. In total, 663 hours were completed by ambassador volunteers.rapid response program: in 2024, the rapid response program held 6 trainings and trained 41 rapid responders. These committed volunteers complete assigned routes in forest park regularly to ensure that trails are safe and passable. Thanks to these volunteers, trails are safer for our community of users.continued on schedule o. Stewardship program: in fy2024, our stewardship program engaged 1514 volunteers in trails and restoration work in forest park & marquam nature park. These volunteers contributed 4,650 hours over 104 events. This work included engaging and training volunteer leaders, who managed volunteers on the trails, and training volunteers to work independently and report regularly. These volunteer events covered basic trail care and maintenance, where volunteers cleared drains, cleared trails of fallen debris, and maintained more than 54 miles of…
$433,106 spent$1,975 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $433,106.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.2M to $1.7M (+37%).
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 20% · 2020 11% · 2021 24% · 2022 20% · 2023 11% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Vinay Prasad
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $101k → $408k.
11 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
52% 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 THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 29% · 2019 28% · 2020 39% · 2021 25% · 2022 15% · 2023 30% — 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
48% of THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
67% of THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M 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
THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $336k on record.
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT>$75K$213k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$53k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$45k
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY: 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 THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY?
- THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY (Oregon) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,238,091 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($412,967). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $2,238,091 in grants to THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $412,967 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 47 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