Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC
PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $447,937 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($335,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $453k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $448k
- Net assets
- $102k
What Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers Inc does
Mission
Pennsylvania organization for watersheds and rivers (powr) provides the tools, training, education and resources that empower community watershed organization leaders and volunteers to protect and restore rivers and streams, advocate for sound water resource management and policies, and facilitate stewardship and enjoyment of pennsylvania's waterways.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sojourns/river of the year: this is a signature statewide program that provides high profile, water-focused recreation and educational events on pennsylvania's rivers and waterways. In a typical year, more than 1,000 people participate in an array of single and multi-day, paddling trips across the state, traversing 500+miles of rivers, and offering over 100 educational programs. Funding and volunteer time is typically leveraged at 3 to 1 rates, and involves partnerships of over 50 nonprofit, public and corporate entities. For more information, please visit our website at www.pawatersheds.org.
$238,963 spentof which $100,128 as grants63% of program spendingOutreach and education: we offer tools and resources that enable community watershed organizations (cwos) to remain active and viable. These include webinars on topics ranging from insurance, retaining volunteers, board development, cleanups, riparian buffer development, succession planning, and funding. We offer networking and educational opportunities at regional and statewide workshops and conferences. We host a robust website that connects cwos to one another as well as an expanded professional network of providers of services, promotes their volunteer opportunities and stewardship events, and spotlights cwo accomplishments. For more information, please visit our website at www.pawatersheds.org.
$119,498 spent31% of program spendingInsurance: we provide non-profit watershed organization members access to reduced rates for general liability insurance coverage that would be prohibitively expensive through other avenues. By accessing this program, powr's member organizations can host more activities. The savings stretch their resources available for the protection, restoration, and enjoyment of pennsylvania's water resources, as well as enabling them to conduct programs that foster stewardship, communication, leadership, and action. For more information, please visit our website at www.pawatersheds.org.
$14,729 spent$13,384 earned by the program4% of program spendingStream access for canoes and kayaks: we provide grants to organizations to improve access to streams and other waterways for non-motorized boats such as canoes and kayak to promote new river town initiatives to increase tourism and enhance local sustainable economic development. Projects will be constructed providing increased access to pa waterways for a diversity of users. These mini-grants are available to non-profit entities and municipalities for the construction of new or the improvement of existing public non-motorized boating access points.
$8,119 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $381,309.
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 $427k to $714k (+67%).
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: 2019 81% · 2020 79% · 2021 50% · 2022 66% · 2023 65% · 2024 80% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS 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. 3 of the last 9 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
Patrick Starr
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $28k → $93k.
From the IRS filings of PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS 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
PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
25% 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 PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 72% · 2021 87% · 2022 85% · 2023 64% — 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
91% of PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
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
PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC?
- PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $447,937 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($335,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $447,937 in grants to PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $335,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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