New York · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC
FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC (New York) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,407,114 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($1,537,336). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Friends of the Upper Delaware River Inc does
Mission
To protect and restore the upper delaware river watershed for the benefit of local economies, communities, people, and the environment
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Friends of the upper delaware river (fudr) is a community-based watershed protection organization with an office in hancock, ny. Fudr employs five fulltime staff members who engage in public education, policy analysis, and grassroots organizing on a variety of issues related to the protection and restoration of the upper delaware river watershed. These include efforts to protect the world class wild trout fishery of the upper delaware river, implementation of on-the-ground stream rehabilitation projects, development of watershed protection plans throughout the upper delaware river region, and strategic communication initiatives using social and traditional media. Fudr works closely with members of the public and governmental agencies, building strong coalitions and partnerships to advance the goals and objectives set forth in the organizations 5-year strategic plan.
$1,375,478 spentof which $270 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,375,478.
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 2019 to 2020, from $527k to $953k (+81%).
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: 2020 31% · 2021 44% · 2022 31% · 2023 48% · 2024 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Jeff Skelding
Executive director
Board chair
Craig Bouslough
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $92k → $652k.
6 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 UPPER DELAWARE 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 UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 56% · 2019 52% · 2020 49% · 2021 83% · 2022 40% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“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
47% of FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $200k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC has grown faster than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC (New York) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,407,114 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($1,537,336). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $3,407,114 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,537,336 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 28 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