New York · Nonprofit
UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC
UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,472 to it, the largest being Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association ($281,826). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $304k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Upstate Freshwater Institute Inc does
Mission
Upstate freshwater institute, inc. (ufi) is a not-for-profit research corporation dedicated to the improvement of water quality and the advancement of freshwater research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Ufi provides studies of freshwater bodies, primarily in new york state,including water sampling via field excursions and robotic monitoring, lab analysis, database management and modeling for other non profits, private enterprises and governmental entities, and writing for peer reviewed journals.
$1,230,022 spent$1,965,033 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,230,022.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.2M to $1.9M (−14%).
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.
0% of UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Andrew Brainard
CEO and secr
Board chair
Mary Miner
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $21k → $54k.
From the IRS filings of UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE 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
UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
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
UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $179k on record.
- Department of Commerce$179k
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 UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE 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
74% 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 UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE 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 UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC?
- UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,472 to it, the largest being Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association ($281,826). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $304,472 in grants to UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE INC?
- Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association is the largest funder on record, with $281,826 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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