New York · Nonprofit
ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC
ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,801,783 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($1,596,985). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Rockaway Waterfront Alliance Inc does
Mission
Rockaway waterfront alliance (rwa) is a community-based organization dedicated to empowering residents of the underserved communities of the rockaway peninsula to play a role in the determination of their neighborhoods. We provide enriching educational and community programming, that instills both individual and civic respect for nature and contributes to the physical, economic and social sustainability of the rockaway peninsula. As a catalyst for sustainability and community building, our mission is to: 1) provide enriching educational and community programs focused on the natural sciences, social determinants of health, cultural arts and outdoor recreation; 2) facilitate college access, career building and recreational opportunities for local youth through job training and educational programs; 3) provide a centralized, community-based destination (rise) for shared learning and experiences in civic justice and social equity, health & wellness, arts/cultural events focused on regional
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public engagement/stewardship events: these events actively engage residents on topics related to community planning, public health, food access and environmental stewardship, with the goal of improving the overall health and wellness of the rockaway community, and long-term coastal resilience of the rockaway peninsula.
$407,924 spent$85,091 earned by the program34% of program spendingShore corps internship: a service learning leadership and green job readiness program for high school students that engages youth in projects that address environmental conservation, urban planning, food justice and marine science.
$627,681 spent53% of program spendingLiving classroom: living classroom: in partnership with nyc public schools, rise organizes workshops and field trips with k-12 classes along the estuarine shoreline of jamaica bay and rockaway shoreline, as the ideal living classroom.
$76,204 spent$28,948 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther programs: programs that actively engage the local community and youth in activities focused on improving health and wellness and to raise awareness and appreciation of the natural environment.
$74,907 spent$23,890 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,186,716.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.5M to $3.2M (−10%).
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 58% · 2019 23% · 2020 40% · 2021 22% · 2022 27% · 2023 17% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE 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. 4 of the last 7 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
Prerana Reddy
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $136k → $553k.
4 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE 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
ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% 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 ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 58% · 2019 42% · 2020 43% · 2021 42% · 2022 62% · 2023 91% — 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
31% of ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111k 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
ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.3M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$11.3M
- National Endowment for the Arts$70k
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 ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE 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 York
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
87%
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 ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC?
- ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,801,783 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($1,596,985). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,801,783 in grants to ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,596,985 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 25 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