New Jersey · Nonprofit
HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC
HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $988,964 to it, the largest being VICTORIA FOUNDATION INC ($310,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $855k
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $989k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Hackensack Riverkeeper Inc does
Mission
The mission of hackensack riverkeeper is to protect, preserve, and restore the hackensack river watershed and its living resources. Hackensack riverkeeper fights for clean water, open space preservation, and public access to the river for both active and passive recreation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Eco- cruises:hackensack riverkeeper hosted 2,153 adults, students and children on oureco-cruises. The educatiional outreach during the 2.5 hour tour includes a narrative that describes the eco-system, polution, wildlife and recovery of the river and the meadowlands.
$142,419 spent$51,586 earned by the program19% of program spendingCleanups:hackensack riverkeeper has an ambitious public and private corporate partnership clean-up program within the watershed. Over 36,438 pounds of debris were removed last year through the efforts of volunteers and corporate partners. Plastics, tires, appliances and paper debris comprised the bulk of the items found. The engagement of the community and education about the source of the pollution has been ongoing goal of the program.
$95,243 spent$56,700 earned by the program13% of program spendingPaddling:hackensack riverkeeper operates three paddle centers on the hackensack river. Riverkeeper partners with bergen countyparks and hudson county parks to provide access to the watershed resources. In addition, programs are coordinated with various urban cities, communities and groups. During fiscal year 2024, 5013 individuals participated in the program
$97,769 spent$118,221 earned by the program13% of program spendingHackensack riverkeeper conducts various programs that include fishing derbies, volunteer socials, giving day, educational programs,advocacy and outreach.
$407,062 spent$42,948 earned by the program55% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $742,493.
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 2020 to 2021, from $956k to $1.3M (+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 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER 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. 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
Captain William Sheehan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $34k → $103k.
5 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 58%; 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: 2017 29% · 2018 18% · 2019 44% · 2020 29% · 2021 48% · 2022 31% · 2023 44% — 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
50% of HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
86% of HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k 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
HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 14 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$327k
- BOND FUND$300k
- TRUST FUND$250k
- FEDERAL$219k
- GRANT IN AID$81k
- DEDICATED$17k
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 HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER 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 Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC?
- HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $988,964 to it, the largest being VICTORIA FOUNDATION INC ($310,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $988,964 in grants to HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC?
- VICTORIA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $310,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 39 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