Minnesota · Nonprofit
RIVERS OF RECOVERY
RIVERS OF RECOVERY (Minnesota) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $302,446 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($97,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $481k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $302k
- Net assets
- $61k
What Rivers of Recovery does
Mission
To provide unique and meaningful recreational trips to disabled veterans and to thier families.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Rivers of Recovery represents a pro-active intervention. Our goal is to achieve lasting, positive changes in the lives of disabled veterans experiencing ptsd, tbi, and other challenges, and their families and the families of fallen soldiers, at no cost to the participants. This is done by helping our participants: - rediscover a meaningful purpose in life. - reconnect with themselves, their families, fellow veterans and nature. - rebuild a sense of empowerment, self-esteem and self-confidence. - achieve success through learning and accomplishment. - recognize their competence and capabilities. (continued on schedule o)our mission is to provide our participants with a rehabilitative experience which leads to specific outcomes: - acclimation and ease transition to civilian life. - improved attitude and increased optimism. - improved sleep patterns (and reduced dependence on sedatives). - improved interpersonal relationships with thier spouse, children, and friends. - increased ability to contribute with thier family and community. - equip veterans with unique ability to self-apply proven therapy. - improved employability and productivity. - broadened support network (fellow…
$349,475 spentof which $70,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $349,475.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $96k to $130k (+36%).
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: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of RIVERS OF RECOVERY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Amy Simon
Executive director
Board chair
Jeffrey Weekly
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $46k.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 RIVERS OF RECOVERY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 funders by total. 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
RIVERS OF RECOVERY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
75% 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 RIVERS OF RECOVERY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 80% · 2019 83% · 2020 55% · 2021 45% · 2022 47% · 2023 66% — 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
43% of RIVERS OF RECOVERY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
62% of RIVERS OF RECOVERY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $115k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $188k 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
RIVERS OF RECOVERY's revenue grew 27% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like RIVERS OF RECOVERY
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
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 RIVERS OF RECOVERY: 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 RIVERS OF RECOVERY?
- RIVERS OF RECOVERY (Minnesota) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $302,446 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($97,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RIVERS OF RECOVERY have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $302,446 in grants to RIVERS OF RECOVERY, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RIVERS OF RECOVERY?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $97,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RIVERS OF RECOVERY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 18 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