Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC
WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,368,595 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($451,110). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $6.0M
What Westport River Watershed Alliance Inc does
Mission
A) to promote and preserve the environmental integrity of the westport river watershed and its coastal environs, b) to inform the general public about the interrelationship of our waters, soils, plants, animals and people, c) to promote research and produce informative publications, and d) to consult and work with town, state and federal government and other interested organizations, helping them and the public make enlightened decisions concerning preservation of the westport river watershed ecosystem.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education and outreach: school-based, home-based and summer education programs, nature walks and town-wide and targeted publications are designed to inform watershed residents of issues, actions, proposals and opportunities that affect our local watershed's wildlife, beauty, heritage and provide knowledge about and promote awareness and knowledge of and stewardship of estuary resources.our children's summer programs were fully subscribed, and we provided 10 full scholarships, through the gay gillespie summer scholarship fund, to children in grades 1-4. The river center was regularly open to the public, with multiple free family programs. We held a number of meet the author series, outdoor experiences in the watershed, and educational workshops - both remotely and in person.
$160,268 spentof which $3,000 as grants$25,042 earned by the program39% of program spendingWater resources and advocacy: 85% of the land mass in westport, dartmouth, fall river and freetown, ma as well as parts of little compton and tiverton, ri, flows into the westport river estuary that connects to buzzards bay tidal waters. The wrwa role is to protect, sustain, restore and celebrate through various advocacy, education, information and project initiatives.
$130,165 spent32% of program spendingWatershed improvements: various wrwa resource restoration and remediation projects including:1. Those funded through donor-earmarked contributions and through grants from private and public entities, and 2. Those executed in collaboration with private, educational and public entities.science research projects delve further into the problems of two major challenges facing the health of our river: salt marsh loss and excess nitrogen. We worked closely with the town and other nonprofit and research organizations to address these challenges.
$120,973 spent29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $411,406.
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 $2.5M to $3.6M (+46%).
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: 2020 10% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE 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. 0 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.
Chief executive
Deborah Weaver
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $103k → $132k.
11 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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
WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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
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 WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 40% · 2019 39% · 2020 28% · 2021 44% · 2022 26% · 2023 33% — 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
56% of WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
70% of WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC'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 $413k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $956k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC?
- WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,368,595 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($451,110). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $1,368,595 in grants to WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $451,110 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 41 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