Virginia · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC
FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,479 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($172,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $173k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $276k
- Net assets
- $121k
What Friends of the Shenandoah River Inc does
Mission
To monitor the water quality of the shenandoah river and its tributaries
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fosr maintains operates & funds a va deq level iii long-term volunteer citizen scientist water-quality monitoring program that includes in-house analysis of the water samples. Currently, the program encompasses routine sampling at 99 sites through 8 counties, 59 watersheds, and a drainage area of nearly 3,000 square miles of the shenandoah river watershed. The water samples are collected by a team of 42 dedicated volunteer citizen-scientists who are trained & certified by the fosrs laboratory staff following va deq approved standard operating procedures.
$64,942 spent50% of program spendingFosrs annual summer e.coli testing program at public access & recreational sites on the shenandoah river. The goal of this program is to provide frequent, real-time accredited e.coli concentration results for river recreation users to make an informed decision about potential associated health risks when recreating in the areas of the river tested. This program includes 14 heavily utilitized public access & recreational sites on the shenandoah river located in clarke, warren, page & shenandoah counties & a site located in frederick county on the opequon creek. The weekly quantitative e.coli concentration results are available to the public on both the fosr website & facebook page.
$54,551 spent42% of program spendingThe fosr actively responds to citizens, communities, and local governments concerns related to water-quality issues. The fosr does this by providing an assessment of the issue, water-quality testing, support in the development and implementation of a monitoring plan and acts as a liaison to bring parties to the table to assist in addressing and resolving the issues of concern. Fosr provided guidance and assistance to others in developing and implementation water-quality monitoring project(s). Continued to strengthen community ties and encourage good stewardship practices through partnerships, educational projects, and presentations to the local community. Fosr provided(2) environmental science education programs for k-12 students; (5) for adults outreach programs related to water quality and good stewardship; and (5) internship/mentorship programs for students pursuing and interested in limnology.
$10,391 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $129,884.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $123k to $81k (−34%).
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: 2021 14% · 2022 4% · 2023 11% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
George L Ohrstrom Ii
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $26k → $46k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER 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
FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
71% 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 FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 96% · 2020 96% · 2021 63% · 2022 100% · 2023 88% — 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
60% of FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 78% 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
68% of FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC'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 $90k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $187k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% 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 FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC (Virginia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,479 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($172,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $276,479 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $172,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 9 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