Michigan · Nonprofit
MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY
MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $950,496 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($298,504). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $950k
- Net assets
- $191k
What Muskegon River Watershed Assembly does
Mission
The Muskegon River Watershed Assembly is dedicated to the preservation, protection, restoration, and sustainable use of the muskegon river, the land it drains, and the life it supports, through educational, scientific, and conservation initiatives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research, development, and restoration - the Muskegon River Watershed Assembly conducted research and implemented restoration projects to protect and improve the muskegon river and its surrounding ecosystems. The Muskegon River Watershed Assembly is dedicated to the preservation, protection, restoration, and sustainable use of the muskegon river. The land it drains, and the life it supports, through scientific, and convservation initiatives.
$738,239 spent$73,407 earned by the program92% of program spendingEducation and engagement - the Muskegon River Watershed Assembly provided educational programming and public engagement initiatives to promote awareness and stewardship of the muskegon river watershed. Activities included workshops, community events, and outreach efforts focused on sustainable use and conservation.
$67,502 spent8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $805,741.
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 2021 to 2022, from $163k to $269k (+64%).
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 88% · 2018 97% · 2019 89% · 2020 72% · 2021 66% · 2022 59% · 2023 57% · 2024 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY’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. 5 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.
Board chair
Michael Gabrion
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $93k → $109k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY’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
MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 79% · 2019 77% · 2020 67% · 2021 78% · 2022 58% · 2023 78% — 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
57% of MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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
MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $321k 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
MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY 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
Organizations like MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY
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 Michigan
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
90%
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 MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY?
- MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $950,496 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($298,504). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $950,496 in grants to MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $298,504 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSKEGON RIVER WATERSHED ASSEMBLY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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