How much does American Rivers Inc give?

American Rivers Inc reported 54 grants totaling $6,657,921 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 58 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does American Rivers Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (100%), Science & Tech (0%), Youth Development (0%).

Who are American Rivers Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oregon Department of Transportation ($1.8M), MountainTrue ($1.5M), American Whitewater ($1.4M).

Does American Rivers Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as American Rivers Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy.

Where is American Rivers Inc based?

American Rivers Inc is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

American Rivers Inc

American rivers is championing a national effort to protect and restore all rivers, from remote mountain streams to urban waterways. Healthy rivers provide people and nature with clean, abundant water and natural habitat. For 50 years, american rivers staff, supporters, and partners have shared a common belief: life depends on rivers.…

$6.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 54
Grants FY2025: 58
Organizations funded FY2024: 57%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $1,223,328
Organizations funded a year: 31 to 58; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 20
Total assets, FY2025: $40M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 57% of the organizations American Rivers Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EnvironmentEducationCommunity ImprovementAnimalsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	53	$6.3M	23%
FY2024	58	$5.0M	57%
FY2023	33	$885k	36%
FY2022	36	$920k	44%
FY2021	32	$1.6M	38%
FY2020	31	$1.4M	35%
FY2019	40	$1.7M	30%
FY2018	50	$2.1M	44%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$22MScience & Tech$71kYouth Development$10k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Oregon Department of Transportation	$1,788,837	2	n/a
MountainTrue	$1,478,225	2	9%
American Whitewater	$1,395,828	9	12%
Hgs LLC	$1,281,906	2	n/a
National Mall and Memorial Parks	$998,431	4	n/a
North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council	$829,006	2	40%
Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency	$792,523	4	n/a
Terra Fuego Resource Foundation Inc	$667,909	2	5%
Kearns & West Inc	$658,288	2	n/a
Trout Unlimited Inc	$629,055	7	0%

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All grantees of American Rivers Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Oregon Department of Transportation	$1,788,837	2	n/a
MountainTrue	$1,478,225	2	9%
American Whitewater	$1,395,828	9	12%
Hgs LLC	$1,281,906	2	n/a
National Mall and Memorial Parks	$998,431	4	n/a
North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council	$829,006	2	40%
Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency	$792,523	4	n/a
Terra Fuego Resource Foundation Inc	$667,909	2	5%
Kearns & West Inc	$658,288	2	n/a
Trout Unlimited Inc	$629,055	7	0%
California Sportfishing Protection Allia	$504,088	9	23%
California Trout Inc	$461,516	9	2%
Corona Environmental Consulting LLC	$454,481	6	n/a
Littleton Water and Light	$426,145	2	n/a
National Hydropower Association Inc	$413,894	2	3%
Applegate Partnership Inc	$363,620	3	21%
Aylward McCoy and Pilz Consulting LLC	$355,025	4	n/a
South Yuba River Citizens League	$345,608	9	3%
Yuba River Charter School	$330,000	1	10%
Friends of the River Foundation	$306,582	9	7%
Idaho Rivers United	$256,815	9	15%
Fair Future Movement Inc	$236,700	3	n/a
Bridger Teton National Forest	$235,367	5	n/a
University of Kentucky Research Foundation	$208,957	3	0%
Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc	$202,950	2	5%
W3 Headwaters LLC	$176,291	6	n/a
Hispanic Access Foundation	$172,605	5	2%
Skagit County Public Health Dept	$153,625	1	n/a
Southeastern Assoc of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Inc	$153,142	5	4%
Milwaukee Water Commons Inc	$151,000	4	10%
Unique Places to Save	$135,045	2	4%
Ducks Unlimited Inc	$134,484	6	0%
Multiplier	$125,500	4	0%
University of Maryland College Park	$125,000	3	n/a
Foothill Conservancy	$122,690	9	18%
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art	$120,000	3	0%
Resources Legacy Fund	$108,878	3	0%
Yes for Responsible Mining	$105,579	1	n/a
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc	$104,150	5	0%
Watershed Management Group Inc	$101,000	4	3%
Johnson Creek Watershed Council	$101,000	2	10%
NAACP Illinois State Conference	$96,000	4	n/a
Gallatin River Task Force	$93,750	1	5%
Low Impact Hydropower Institute	$92,926	2	7%
Kris Bass Engineering Pllc	$88,000	2	n/a
US Geological Survey	$87,705	2	n/a
Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation	$85,000	2	6%
Wetland Dynamics LLC	$84,937	2	n/a
Trout Unlimited	$79,466	1	n/a
Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conser	$78,574	2	4%
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife	$74,941	1	n/a
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc	$71,596	2	1%
Water & Power	$70,000	2	n/a
Martin & McCoy	$70,000	2	n/a
Environmental Community Action Inc	$69,254	4	n/a
City of Grass Valley	$66,000	1	n/a
River Partners	$63,633	3	0%
Junction Coalition	$60,500	4	9%
Mainspring Conservation Trust Inc	$60,000	1	2%
Lummi Nation	$57,500	1	n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison	$56,033	1	n/a
The Pew Charitable Trusts	$50,000	1	0%
Flint Riverkeeper Inc	$46,585	3	5%
Appalachian Mountain Club	$43,111	3	0%
Conservation Voters of Sc Educ Fund	$43,000	2	8%
Bonneville Environmental Foundation	$41,738	1	0%
We the People of Detroit	$39,000	3	2%
Sarver Ecological LLC	$37,200	2	n/a
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$36,086	2	n/a
Greene Township	$35,500	1	n/a
United Congregations of Metro East	$35,250	3	2%
North Carolina Conservation Network	$35,000	1	1%
Nc State University	$35,000	3	n/a
Fayette County Board of Commissioners	$34,500	1	n/a
Water Environment Federation	$34,000	2	0%
Grand Valley Metro Council	$33,500	3	n/a
Groundwork Milwaukee Inc	$33,500	3	2%
Blue Ridge Resource Conserv and Devel	$30,831	1	4%
Sierra Foothill Conservancy	$30,000	1	0%
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum	$30,000	2	9%
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc	$30,000	1	0%
Delaware Nature Society Inc	$29,482	2	0%
The Institute for Bird Populations	$28,398	2	n/a
Families Anchored in Total Harmony	$27,500	3	6%
Long Live the Kings	$27,500	3	0%
Calvin University	$26,000	1	0%
Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership Inc	$25,500	2	2%
Murray State University	$25,395	1	n/a
Clark Fork Coalition	$25,000	1	1%
Prairie Rivers Network	$25,000	1	2%
Smithsonian Institution	$24,833	2	0%
River Network	$24,000	2	1%
Alabama Rivers Alliance Inc	$23,500	2	3%
Alpine Watershed Group	$22,846	3	4%
The Land Institute	$22,800	1	0%
National Audubon Society Inc	$22,244	2	0%
Am Studio	$22,000	1	n/a
Great Basin Institute	$21,989	2	0%
Susanville Rancheria	$20,400	2	n/a
Nativesoutdoors Pbc	$20,000	1	n/a
Local Environmental Action Demanded Agency Inc	$20,000	1	11%
Southwestern N Carolina Resource Conservation & Dev Council Inc	$20,000	1	3%
Education Economics Environmental Climate and Heal	$20,000	1	5%
Sound Rivers Inc	$20,000	2	2%
World Wildlife Fund Inc	$19,760	1	0%
East Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc	$19,725	2	3%
Wakeup Wake County Inc	$19,500	2	5%
Jastech Development Services Inc	$18,925	2	1%
Geos Institute	$18,615	1	3%
Plumas Corporation	$18,400	2	1%
Global Philanthropy Partnership	$17,800	2	0%
Milwaukee Riverkeeper Inc	$17,250	1	2%
Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust Inc	$17,000	1	n/a
The Wilderness Society	$16,200	2	0%
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy	$15,900	2	0%
Mountain Studies Institue	$15,794	1	1%
Rogue Basin Partnership	$15,300	1	2%
American River Watershed Institute	$15,000	1	n/a
Western Resource Advocates	$15,000	1	0%
River Management Society	$15,000	1	3%
Pit River Tribe	$15,000	1	n/a
Environmental and Energy Study Institute	$15,000	1	1%
Stept LLC	$15,000	1	n/a
Meridian Institute	$14,500	2	0%
Trout Unlimited Michigan Council	$14,422	2	2%
San Francisco Estuary Institute	$14,150	1	0%
Alternative Solutions LLC	$14,000	2	n/a
Congaree Riverkeeper Inc	$14,000	2	11%
Save Our Saluda	$14,000	2	26%
Freeflow Institute LLC	$13,500	2	n/a
Community Outreach Worship Center	$13,250	2	n/a
Central Pines Regional Council	$13,000	1	n/a
West Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation	$12,500	1	1%
Washoe Tribe of Nv and Ca	$12,033	1	n/a
Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest	$12,000	1	1%
Association for the Betterment of Bucksport	$12,000	1	n/a
The Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation	$11,500	1	n/a
Shasta Indian Nation	$11,000	1	n/a
Buena Vista Rancheria Me-Wuk Indian	$10,493	1	n/a
North Fork Mono Tribe	$10,100	1	3%
The Orion Society Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Ellerbee Creek Watershed Association	$10,000	1	2%
Urban Tilth	$10,000	1	1%
Klamath River Renewal Corporation	$10,000	1	0%
Klamath Riverkeeper	$10,000	1	14%
New Jersey Audubon Society	$10,000	1	0%
Public Counsel of the Rockies	$10,000	1	26%
Glen Canyon Institute	$10,000	1	4%
Soul River Inc	$10,000	1	3%
Pennenvironment Inc	$10,000	1	1%
California Farmland Trust	$10,000	1	1%
Minnesota Environmental Partnership	$10,000	1	5%
Green River Coalition	$10,000	1	n/a
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance	$10,000	1	0%
Western Environmental Law Center	$10,000	1	0%
San Miguel Watershed Coalition	$10,000	1	13%
Kevin Fedarko Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Cambria County Conservation District	$9,980	1	n/a
Policylink	$9,250	1	0%
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance	$8,339	1	1%
Snake River Waterkeeper Inc	$8,000	1	6%
South River Watershed Alliance	$8,000	1	5%
Evergreen Community Developement In	$7,500	1	1%
Pennsylvania Council of Churches	$7,500	1	n/a
Upstate Forever	$7,500	1	0%
The Watershed Project	$7,042	1	1%
River Restoration Adventures for Tomorro	$7,000	1	n/a
Famicos Foundation	$7,000	1	0%
Pacific Rivers	$7,000	1	2%
Great Lakes Environmental Law Cente	$6,500	1	2%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc	$6,500	1	0%
The Trust for Public Land	$6,500	1	0%
South Carolina Wildlife Federation	$6,500	1	2%
Genesee County Hispanic Latino Collaborative Inc	$6,500	1	4%
Friends of the Edisto Inc	$6,000	1	7%
Clean River Project Inc	$5,470	1	4%
Sustainable Northwest	$5,300	1	0%
University of California Davis	$5,262	1	n/a

American Rivers Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 123 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 123.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

PatagoniaorgCA59.3× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Resources Legacy Fund · Water Foundation · National Wildlife Federation · The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment · Windward Fund · United States Energy Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · River Network · The Pew Charitable Trusts

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About American Rivers Inc

How much does American Rivers Inc give?: American Rivers Inc reported 54 grants totaling $6,657,921 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 58 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does American Rivers Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (100%), Science & Tech (0%), Youth Development (0%).
Who are American Rivers Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oregon Department of Transportation ($1.8M), MountainTrue ($1.5M), American Whitewater ($1.4M).
Does American Rivers Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Rivers Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy.
Where is American Rivers Inc based?: American Rivers Inc is based in DC.