Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND
AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $989k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $478k
What American Rivers Action Fund does
Mission
To engage the public and public officials in the conservation and protection of america's remaining wild and scenic rivers and their immediate environs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Advocacy--building bipartisan support for clean water and rivers
$95,104 spent53% of program spendingGrassroots lobbying in the states
$82,798 spentof which $40,000 as grants47% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $177,902.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 $163k to $696k (+328%).
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.
100% of AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Heather Taylor-Miesle
Executive director
Board chair
Susan Brown
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND’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.
Where its funders are
100% of AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
29% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Rivers Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND: 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 AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND?
- AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND?
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN RIVERS ACTION FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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