River Network
Boulder, CO · EIN 93-0969979. Reported 122 grants totalling $1,396,625 to 95 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For River Network, the IRS classifies it under environment rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE C30) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 95 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 19% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $9,105. Half of what it reported fell between $6,500 and $12,950; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $52,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $97,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Huub | Orange, NJ | $68,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Living Lands & Waters | East Moline, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Develop | New Orleans, LA | $52,075 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Groundwork USA Inc | Yonkers, NY | $50,525 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Agriculture Alliance Inc | Steamboat Spr, CO | $34,732 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed | Fort Collins, CO | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Yosemite Rivers Alliance | Sonora, CA | $32,010 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mancos Conservation District | Mancos, CO | $31,419 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Watershed Management Group Inc | Tucson, AZ | $27,536 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | Annapolis, MD | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Achieving Community Task Successfully | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities of Love in Action | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leona Tate Foundation for Change Inc | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | Los Angeles, CA | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wild Alabama a Nonprofit Corporation | Double Spgs, AL | $23,182 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Johns Riverkeeper Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $22,755 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Passaic River Coalition | Morristown, NJ | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $20,050 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Discover Your Northwest | Seattle, WA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Salmon Valley Stewardship | Salmon, ID | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mancos Conservation District | Mancos, CO | $16,976 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Itisoverdue | Winnetka, CA | $16,920 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upper Merced River Watershed Council | Mariposa, CA | $15,560 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Forest Foundation | Missoula, MT | $14,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Curry Watersheds Nonprofit | Gold Beach, OR | $14,285 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Mexico Wilderness Alliance | Albuquerque, NM | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Agriculture Alliance Inc | Steamboat Springs, CO | $13,613 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Native Expeditions Corp | Bella Vista, AR | $13,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Natureconnect Central Oregon | Bend, OR | $13,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Truckee River Foundation | Reno, NV | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amigos Bravos Inc | Taos, NM | $12,950 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Waterways Alliance Inc | Louisville, KY | $12,628 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kern River Conservancy | Kernville, CA | $12,285 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Oregon Trail Alliance | Bend, OR | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Evergreen Community Development Initiative | Flint, MI | $10,835 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conservation Nw | Seattle, WA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Selway-Bitterroot Foundation | Boise, ID | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards | Asheville, NC | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buffalo Bayou Partnership | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cahaba River Society Inc | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Junction Coalition | Toledo, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Merrimack River Watershed Council Inc | Lawrence, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mountaintrue | Asheville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Neighborspace | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Upper Arkansas Soil Conservation District | Salida, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Urbanpromise Ministries Inc | Pennsauken, NJ | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Onondaga Environmental Institute Inc | Dewitt, NY | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grand Valley Metropolitan Council | Grand Rapids, MI | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy Inc | New Orleans, LA | $8,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Superior | Superior, AZ | $8,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spanish Peaks-Purgatoire Conservation District | Trinidad, CO | $8,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Juan Resource Conservation and Development Council | Durango, CO | $8,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Calvin University | Grand Rapids, MI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coastal Watershed Council | Santa Cruz, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earthcorps | Seattle, WA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pontchartrain Conservancy | Metairie, LA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Walnut Way Conservation Corp Charitable Org | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Inyo | Bishop, CA | $7,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Metolius | Camp Sherman, OR | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Verde River | Cottonwood, AZ | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John Bartram Association | Philadelphia, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Middle Fork Willamette Watershedcouncil | Springfield, OR | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waterkeepers Chesapeake Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ellerbee Creek | Durham, NC | $6,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Groundwork Jacksonville Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $6,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Blue Water Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community in-Power and Development Association Inc | Port Arthur, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| ECOLIBRIUM3 | Duluth, MN | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Groundwork Somerville Inc | Somerville, MA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Heartland Conservation Alliance Inc | Kansas City, MO | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc | Gaylord, MI | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lower 9TH Ward Homeownership Association | New Orleans, LA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Luckiamute Watershed Council | Independence, OR | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Musconetcong Watershed Association | Asbury, NJ | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nuestra CASA De East Palo Alto | East Palo Alto, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Port Arthur Community Action Network | Port Arthur, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Retail Arts Innovation & Livability Community Development Corporation | Mesa, AZ | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Un Nuevo Amanecer Inc | Ponce, PR | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Verde | Portland, OR | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Street Recovery | Houston, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| White Clay Watershed Association | Landenberg, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freshwater Society | Saint Paul, MN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fulton Water & Sewerage | Fulton, AR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| River Alliance of Wisconsin Inc | Madison, WI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Watersheds of South Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Calwild | Oakland, CA | $5,789 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Water Center | Visalia, CA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trash Free Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Diego River Park Foundation | San Diego, CA | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
20 of 95 (21%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 76 of 95 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34 | $317,261 | $8,750 |
| 2021 | 37 | $426,317 | $8,400 |
| 2022 | 28 | $344,097 | $9,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $308,950 | $10,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
18% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $9,105 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from River Network's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 17 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 9 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 21387, Boulder, CO, 80308.
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