Colorado · Nonprofit
EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL
EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL (Colorado) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $962,948 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ($230,288). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $963k
- Net assets
- $539k
What Eagle River Watershed Council does
Mission
Eagle River Watershed Council, dba eagle river coalition, advocates for the health of the upper colorado and eagle river basins through research, education and projects. The watershed council strives to protect and enhance the high-quality natural, scenic and economic values that our rivers and tributaries provide to the citizens, visitors and wildlife of the eagle river and colorado river watersheds located in eagle county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Projects: restoration of our watershed is how our organization was established, in the wake of the eagle mine spill in the late 1980s. Now, we work with our local, state, and federal partners to restore critical areas within our watershed in line with our priorities. Projects may include floodplain reconnection, riparian area planting and stabilization, and in- stream habitat restoration. During 2025, we lead or supported six active watershed restoration projects and planted more than 800 native plants to restore riparian areas in the eagle river valley.
$284,862 spent30% of program spendingEagle river community water plan: this is an Eagle River Watershed Council-led effort to create a path forward in order to protect our watershed against undesirable future conditions. Many other planning efforts have focused on a snapshot in time and water quality; however, this plan has a large focus on water quantity and how it will be impacted by population growth, climate change, and potential water rights development. From this, our community will have a path forward to implement projects, programs and policies that uphold our community values and protect our rivers. In 2025, we distributed 40 rain barrels to community members, helping to conserve water in the eagle river valley.
$200,805 spent21% of program spendingEducation: it's been said that people conserve what they love; they love what they understand; they understand what they learn. This perspective informs us and has helped us implement a vibrant education program that connects our community to the rivers, creating lifelong river lovers and advocates. Through programs like the eagle river water festival that brings together more than 450 5th graders, and our watershed immersions that provide hands-on experiences, we are able to showcase our watershed and inspire action to protect it. During 2025, we educated more than 950 community members on protecting watershed health, and we hosted a free water education day for 350 local 5th graders in the eagle river valley.
$167,182 spent18% of program spendingWater quality monitoring and assessment program: this is a coordinated effort led by the watershed council to collect, analyze and report on water quality data at 75 sites on the eagle river with 12 other entities within the eagle valley. Through this effort, we are able to make guided decisions on restoration efforts, education focuses and provide context to community decision-makers regarding water quality within the watershed. 2025 expense 153,495 eagle river fund: as our community completes the eagle river community water plan, there will be a strong list of projects, policies, and programs that will need to be implemented in order to mitigate undesirable future conditions. 2025 expense 92,160 cleanups: the community pride highway cleanup and eagle river cleanup are two longstanding, community-wide events that mobilize hundreds of volunteers and remove literal tons of trash from our watershed. This helps to protect the natural resource that our rivers and streams provide as a drinking water source, recreation opportunities, and habitat for numerous flora and fauna, while also providing beautification to our watershed for passersby, visitors, and locals alike. During 2025, we…
$281,128 spent30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $933,977.
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 2017 to 2018, from $257k to $485k (+89%).
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 70% · 2018 68% · 2019 60% · 2020 53% · 2021 68% · 2022 66% · 2023 60% · 2024 70% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $69k → $242k.
10 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. 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
EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
80% 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 EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 51% · 2019 43% · 2020 61% · 2021 31% · 2022 24% · 2023 23% — 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
33% of EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
53% of EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $453k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 14 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $510k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL is better cushioned than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$2.5M
- Department of the Interior$505k
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 EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL?
- EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL (Colorado) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $962,948 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ($230,288). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $962,948 in grants to EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL?
- NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $230,288 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 35 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