New York · Nonprofit
HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC
HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,682,776 to it, the largest being MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC ($1,606,035). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $52M
What Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc does
Mission
The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The purpose of the foundation is to support scientific research; engage diverse stakeholders including scientists, policy makers, and communities; provide targeted education opportunities and communications that expand knowledge; and implement initiatives to enhance management of the hudson river ecosystem for nature and people.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2023 to 2024, from $49M to $55M (+12%).
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: 2017 92% · 2018 94% · 2019 87% · 2020 92% · 2021 89% · 2022 30% · 2023 83% · 2024 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 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. 6 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $674k → $462k.
From the IRS filings of HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 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
HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 95% · 2022 98% · 2023 93% — 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.
Where its funders are
HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 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
HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.6M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$12.6M
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 HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 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
84% 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 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC?
- HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,682,776 to it, the largest being MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC ($1,606,035). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,682,776 in grants to HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC?
- MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,606,035 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 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.
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 2 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