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WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC

WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,556 to it, the largest being THE BENDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($40,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$83k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$62k
Net assets
$429k
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Washington Park Conservancy Inc does

Mission

The conservancy aids in the preservation & enhancement of washington park in albany, ny. We undertake research that aids in the interpretation and conservancy of the park.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Event expenses

    $21,122 spent
    48% of program spending
  2. Playground renovations and tree planting costs

    $10,187 spent
    23% of program spending
  3. Other expenses related to program services

    $8,391 spent
    19% of program spending
  4. Depreciation

    $4,177 spent
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,877.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($83k) Expenses 100 ($34k) Net assets 100 ($225k)2018 Revenue 75 ($62k) Expenses 104 ($35k) Net assets 112 ($252k)2019 Revenue 93 ($77k) Expenses 121 ($40k) Net assets 128 ($289k)2020 Revenue 39 ($32k) Expenses 99 ($33k) Net assets 128 ($288k)2021 Revenue 75 ($62k) Expenses 169 ($57k) Net assets 130 ($293k)2022 Revenue 181 ($150k) Expenses 162 ($54k) Net assets 173 ($389k)2023 Revenue 98 ($81k) Expenses 230 ($77k) Net assets 174 ($392k)2024 Revenue 73 ($60k) Expenses 169 ($57k) Net assets 176 ($396k)2025 Revenue 100 ($83k) Expenses 148 ($50k) Net assets 191 ($429k)
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Revenue (100)Expenses (148)Net assets (191)

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $293k to $389k (+33%).

$225k
$252k
$289k
$288k
$293k
$389k
$392k
$396k
$429k
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Total assets

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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$49k
’17
$27k
’18
$37k
’19
−$1k
’20
$6k
’21
$95k
’22
$4k
’23
$4k
’24
$33k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $2k → $780.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY 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

WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

65%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 90% · 2020 99% · 2021 97% · 2022 98% · 2023 64% — 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

89% of WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY 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 WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC?
WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,556 to it, the largest being THE BENDER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($40,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $61,556 in grants to WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY INC?
THE BENDER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WASHINGTON PARK CONSERVANCY 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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