Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK
WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,034 to it, the largest being HANKIN FOUNDATION ($6,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $50k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $91k
What West Whiteland Townships Friends of the Park does
Mission
The West Whiteland Townships Friends of the Park was formed as a fundraising vehicle to assist the Township with raising funds for the preservation and promotion of the Townships public park system. The WWTFOTP holds various events throughout the year for the enjoyment and entertaining of the Township residents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Exton Community Day is a partnership with West Whiteland Township the County of Chester and the local library which includes a concert fireworks display food trucks and childrens activities. There are approximately 6,000 people in attendance.
$7,119 spent36% of program spending1Annual Spring Egg Hunt is held for children between the ages of 2 and 10 with an area designated for special needs children; event draws approximately 300 families:$723. 2Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony with light refreshments a visit from Santa carolers and crafts; event draws approximately 300 attendees: $1,657. 3Holiday Decorating Contest where residents compete for prizes for decorating their outdoor areas with original colorful and imaginative use of lights seasonal characters scenes and other decorations; all residents are eligible to vote for winners: $1,831; 4Fall Fest held in Exton Park featuring trunk or treat with sponsors dog costume contest and One Mile run; event drew approximately 400 families: $1,000; Make a Difference Day includes litter clean ups invasive plant removal tree planting in various parks followed by lunch for volunteers; event draw approximately 100 volunteers: $325
$5,536 spent28% of program spendingMiller Park Concert Series consists of five concerts held in Miller Park weather permitting. The average attendance is 300 people.
$5,000 spent25% of program spendingPurchase of benches and disc golf signage for Exton Park.
$2,269 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $19,924.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $65k to $91k (+41%).
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.
79% of WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Lori McDermott
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $1k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK’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
WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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 WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
66%
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 WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK: 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 WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK?
- WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,034 to it, the largest being HANKIN FOUNDATION ($6,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,034 in grants to WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK?
- HANKIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIPS FRIENDS OF THE PARK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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