Massachusetts · Nonprofit
HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION
HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,997 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($46,200). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $93k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $87k
- Net assets
- $244k
What Hoosic River Watershed Association does
Mission
The Hoosic River Watershed Association is dedicated to the restoration of the hoosic river and its watershed, through education, research and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Through research, education, and advocacy the organization strives to restore and improve the habitat of rivers in the watershed for fish and wildlife by 1) partnering with state and federal agencies and other non-profits, 2) supporting the hoosic river revival coalition, 3) annual river monitoring, and 4) supporting research on climate change within the watershed. The organization also provides recreational opportunities and river access as well as educates river users, residents, and visitors to ensure a clean hoosic river.in addition, we maintain and improve a linear park trail for the community to enjoy.
$64,346 spent$480 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $64,346.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $227k to $278k (+22%).
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: 2022 19% · 2023 10% · 2024 11% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Arianna Collins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $23k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION’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
HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
67% 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 HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 91% · 2019 67% · 2020 40% · 2021 55% · 2022 85% · 2023 51% — 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
67% of HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
67% of HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION'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 $29k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23k on record.
- MA$22k
- VT$1k
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 HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION: 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 HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION?
- HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,997 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($46,200). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $86,997 in grants to HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $46,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOOSIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 8 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