New York · Nonprofit
WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC
WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,585,992 to it, the largest being DALIO FAMILY FUND INC ($362,500). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Woodlawn Conservancy Inc does
Mission
To enhance woodlawn cemetery as a natural, educational and cultural landmark; to create a superior visitor experience to the cemetery; and to build a community of supporters dedicated to preserving woodlawn for the enjoyment of present and future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The woodlawn conservancy obtains grant funding to support the preservation of woodlawn cemetery's collection of approximately 6000 trees and shrubs. As a level ii arboretum and urban forest, grants support the removal of invasive species, forestry maintenance, removal of hazardous and declining trees, and the planting of large canopy trees. The conservancy presents spring flowering tree tours, fall foliage tours and arbor day events to educate the public about our natural environment.
$1,310,180 spentof which $314,500 as grants56% of program spendingWoodlawn's signature program, bridge to crafts careers, successfully taught three cohorts of young people ages 18-24 to make them job ready in masonry preservation, landscape restoration. Metals conservation. Forty young people were served by this program. Cohorts began in the spring of 2025 and the masonry interns learned how to clean and point mausoleums as well as build scaffolding. Fifteen interns successfully completed the program and all interns received the following certifications: osha-30, 10 hr. Site safety, jahn mortar, man lift operations and building stationery scaffolding. At the conclusion of the program, 2 interns were selected to participate in a year-long apprenticeship at woodlawn, working under the guidance of woodlawn's master craftsmen. In the landscape restoration cohort, 15 interns learned pruning and the use of hand-tools such as hand saws and string trimmers. Interns received the following certifications: osha-30, 10 hr. Site safety, man-lift operations, first aid/cpr and flagging. Interns from this cohort have gone on to employment with the high line, battery park, the davey tree company, central park conservancy, van cortlandt park, and with private…
$781,908 spent33% of program spendingThe woodlawn conservancy presents an on-going calendar of tours, concerts, lectures, and special events, as well as partners with bronx-based arts groups that need presentation space. Public programs include women's history tour, black history month tour, jazz heritage tour, art and architecture tours, author talks on recent books about notables buried at woodlawn, zoom presentations and jazz concerts. The conservancy also participates in nyc-wide events including jane's walk and open house ny. Program partners include ny transit museum, nyc bird alliance, bronx arts ensemble and the bardekova ensemble. There were about 70 public events and tours in 2025 and 50 private tours for school students and adult education groups.another signature program of the woodlawn conservancy is the placement of flags on the graves of over 8600 veterans each year at memorial day. This community based effort honors the sacrifice of those who served our country. The conservancy welcomes approximately 200 community volunteers to assist in this effort.
$247,270 spent$33,225 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,339,358.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $3.0M (+23%).
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: 2017 9% · 2018 7% · 2021 7% · 2022 17% · 2023 5% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Margaret Ventrudo
Executive director
Board chair
Aramina Vega Ferrer
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $52k → $280k.
4 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $991k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Woodlawn Cemetery). These are real filings, and they are not money WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WOODLAWN 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
WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
38% 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 WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 45% · 2019 38% · 2020 47% · 2021 50% · 2022 34% · 2023 45% — 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
37% of WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $170k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $471k on record — $471k federal, $50 state.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$346k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$125k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $50
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 WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Woodlawn Cemetery · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC?
- WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,585,992 to it, the largest being DALIO FAMILY FUND INC ($362,500). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,585,992 in grants to WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC?
- DALIO FAMILY FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $362,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOODLAWN 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 27 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