New York · Nonprofit
FUTURE RIVER INC
FUTURE RIVER INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $41k
What Future River Inc does
Mission
The purpose and mission for which the Corporation is formed is to use theater and related arts to educate the public about climate and environmental justice, to cultivate hope and provide and inspire a thriving future for all. The Corporation will accomplish its purpose and mission by (a) producing performances, commissioning scripts, sponsoring fellowships and sponsoring other activities relating to environmental and climate awareness and issues, (b) conducting educational activities relating to climate and environmental justice, (c) hosting workshops and community events relating to climate and environmental justice, and (d) pursuing any other purpose that advances theater or climate and environmental justice in the United States.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Not described on the e-filed return.
$56,394 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $56,394.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $131k to $18k (−86%).
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.
95% of FUTURE RIVER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Jame Mccray
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $60k → $50k.
From the IRS filings of FUTURE 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
FUTURE RIVER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 42% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
FUTURE RIVER INC draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
FUTURE RIVER INC's revenue fell 48% between 2022 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FUTURE 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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FUTURE RIVER INC: 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 FUTURE RIVER INC?
- FUTURE RIVER INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,000 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FUTURE RIVER INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $200,000 in grants to FUTURE RIVER INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FUTURE RIVER INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FUTURE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 5 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