New Jersey · Nonprofit
RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC
RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,834,394 to it, the largest being VICTORIA FOUNDATION INC ($780,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $684k
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $301k
What Raritan Baykeeper Inc does
Mission
The baykeeper's mission is to protect, preserve, and restore the ecological integrity and productivity of the hudson-raritan estuary - one of the most urban estuaries on the planet. Since 1989, the organization has served as a citizen advocate for the estuary.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The baykeeper boat program operates a boat that patrols the waters of the ny/nj harbor for violations and also assists with coastal restoration operations. It also operates two pump-out boats that pump out sewage from the holding tanks of recreational boats and transports it to sewage treatment facilities to improve water quality.
$63,049 spent9% of program spendingBaykeeper's advocacy and legal program focuses on cleaning, restoring and providing public access to the post-industrial urban waterways that comprise the ny/nj harbor. We advocate for superfund and waste site cleanups with local community leaders, sue polluters and stormwater violators, and push for legislation aimed at these goals.
$282,344 spent42% of program spendingBaykeeper's "coastal restoration program" restores oyster reefs and living shorelines to the in and along the waterways of ny/nj harbor in both new jersey and new york. Much of this work is done in partnership with the united states navy. Volunteers from around the region are an integral part of these restorations that improve natural habitat and coastal resilience, while providing tremendous educational and research opportunities.
$321,980 spent48% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $667,373.
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 $451k to $955k (+112%).
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 8% · 2018 77% · 2019 16% · 2020 37% · 2021 35% · 2022 7% · 2023 19% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of RARITAN BAYKEEPER 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 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
Judge John D'Amico
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $96k → $470k.
4 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 RARITAN BAYKEEPER 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
RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 57% · 2019 30% · 2020 35% · 2021 28% · 2022 34% · 2023 30% — 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
37% of RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
74% of RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $190k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,266 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,266 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.4M on record.
- TRUST FUND$1.1M
- FEDERAL$284k
- DEDICATED$86k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$10k
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 RARITAN BAYKEEPER 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 Jersey
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
100%
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 RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC: 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 RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC?
- RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,834,394 to it, the largest being VICTORIA FOUNDATION INC ($780,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,834,394 in grants to RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC?
- VICTORIA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $780,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RARITAN BAYKEEPER INC 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.
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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 30 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing