New Jersey · Nonprofit
MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION
MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,358,798 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($1,664,035). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Musconetcong Watershed Association does
Mission
The Musconetcong Watershed Association is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and improving the quality of the musconetcong river watershed, including its natural and cultural resources, through public education and awareness, water monitoring, sustainable land management and community involvement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
River water quality monitoring and river cleanups: mwa works to maintain and improve water quality through several programs and events. The mwa river watcher program is a group of citizen scientists trained and led by the mwa water quality monitoring coordinator. River watchers conduct quarterly water testing at seven locations on the musconetcong river and assist on special tasks such as: monitoring restoration projects, microbial source tracking and supporting our continuous monitoring sensors. Data provided by the program helps mwa prioritize restoration activities, maintain water quality, and improve ecological conditions in the musconetcong watershed to ensure that it remains a great place to live as well as fish, swim, and boat. Annually, mwa hosts an award-winning river clean up, where over 400 mwa volunteers collect hundreds of bags of garbage, recyclable materials, and truckloads of large miscellaneous debris from the riverbanks and streambed.
$291,525 spentof which $5,000 as grants$176,902 earned by the program32% of program spendingEnvironmental education & outreach: the mwa watershed education program reaches hundreds of students each year, from fifth graders to college aged students, providing experiential environmental education and learning opportunities to all ages. Our "camp musky," is a summer day camp for children aged 5 to 12, offering an outdoor, hands-on, river-based program. In the spring and fall, we offer a program for elementary, middle, and high schools that meets the nj core curriculum content standards for science, and includes a classroom program as well as in-stream field experience. The mwa conducts a stormwater management program and promotes watershed management for municipalities. Our river watcher water monitoring program includes an intensive 6-hour training with both classroom and field sessions and is appropriate for those high school aged and older. We also offer a series of "river talks," which are educational seminars that address various aspects of river ecology and restoration, as well as current issues in the musconetcong watershed. In addition, the mwa offers many recreational and interpretive outdoor activities to suit all interests and skill levels. Additionally, the mwa…
$337,764 spent37% of program spendingDam removals and riparian restoration: the mwa provides project leadership for the removal of dams impeding the free flow of the musconetcong river, thus improving water quality, wildlife habitat, and recreational use. The mwa has managed the removal of five dams and is engaged in the planning phase of three other dam removals. For these projects, the mwa works with landowners to secure agreements, communicates with local municipalities and stakeholders, and is the applicant for all local and state permits. Mwa works with engineers, partners, and the state of new jersey during feasibility studies and uses information garnered during those studies to make decisions that result in successful dam removals. The mwa holds outreach and education forums for communities during these projects, and also works to restore and maintain riparian buffers along the riverbanks to prevent erosion and protect against pollution.
$274,395 spent30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $903,684.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.4M to $3.9M (+15%).
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 50% · 2018 59% · 2019 41% · 2020 33% · 2021 48% · 2022 51% · 2023 56% · 2024 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION’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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $11k → $858k.
5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 MUSCONETCONG 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
MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
39% 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 MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 46% · 2019 71% · 2020 83% · 2021 94% · 2022 55% · 2023 39% — 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
33% of MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $181k 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
MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION 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
Government funding MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.2M on record — $2.2M federal, $54k state.
- Department of the Interior$2.2M
- CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION$52k
- FEDERAL$1k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$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 MUSCONETCONG 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 MUSCONETCONG 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 MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION?
- MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,358,798 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($1,664,035). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $3,358,798 in grants to MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,664,035 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION 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 21 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