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White River Partnership Inc

White River Partnership Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,710,634 to it, the largest being WATERSHEDS UNITED VERMONT INC ($567,940). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$482k
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$254k
12/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 69%
01What it does

What White River Partnership Inc does

Mission

A community based non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together people and local communities to improve the long term health of the White River

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Watershed Assessment - Through long term monitoring, we work to understand the watersheds health, prioritize our resources and gauge our effectiveness through water quality monitoring, river corridor planning and crayfish monitoring.

    $1,144 spent
    0% of program spending
  2. Watershed Restoration - Through on the ground restoration projects, we work to reduce siltation, stabilize stream banks, improve water quality and habitat, provide new recreational opportunities and protect crops from land erosion.

    $265,080 spent
    76% of program spending
  3. Education and Stewardship - To raise awareness about watershed issues and to promote long-term stewardship, we inform the public about important issues and offer opportunities for the public to actively protect the watershed.

    $83,350 spent
    24% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $349,574.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($413k) Expenses 100 ($372k) Net assets 100 ($152k)2018 Revenue 169 ($699k) Expenses 176 ($654k) Net assets 129 ($196k)2019 Revenue 97 ($399k) Expenses 123 ($459k) Net assets 90 ($137k)2020 Revenue 113 ($467k) Expenses 83 ($311k) Net assets 193 ($293k)2021 Revenue 107 ($441k) Expenses 162 ($602k) Net assets 87 ($132k)2022 Revenue 117 ($485k) Expenses 119 ($443k) Net assets 115 ($174k)2023 Revenue 73 ($300k) Expenses 78 ($290k) Net assets 121 ($183k)2024 Revenue 117 ($482k) Expenses 111 ($412k) Net assets 167 ($254k)
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Revenue (117)Expenses (111)Net assets (167)Peer revenue range

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 $297k to $139k (−53%).

$153k
$199k
$140k
$297k
$139k
$181k
$194k
$265k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 75% · 2020 37% · 2021 72% · 2022 8% · 2023 18% · 2024 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of White River Partnership Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$41k
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$45k
’18
−$59k
’19
$156k
’20
−$162k
’21
$42k
’22
$9k
’23
$70k
’24
7.7
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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

Mary Russ

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed108899799
Joined·+0+0+2+1+1+3+1
No longer listed·2011311
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $263k → $170k.

5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 White River Partnership 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

White River Partnership Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

92% 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 White River Partnership Inc.

33%
largest funder
82%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 71% · 2019 78% · 2020 77% · 2021 51% · 2022 68% · 2023 51% — 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

33% of White River Partnership Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

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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

64% of White River Partnership Inc's grant income comes from Vermont funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Vermont out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $668k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

White River Partnership Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve7.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding White River Partnership Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record — $335k federal, $1.4M state.

Federal$335k
grants $335kcontracts $0
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  • Department of the Interior$280k
  • Department of Agriculture$55k
State$1.4M
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Top programs
  • Grants$1.4M
  • Other Grants$16k
  • Other Purchased Services$4k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 15%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds White River Partnership Inc?
White River Partnership Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,710,634 to it, the largest being WATERSHEDS UNITED VERMONT INC ($567,940). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does White River Partnership Inc have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,710,634 in grants to White River Partnership Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of White River Partnership Inc?
WATERSHEDS UNITED VERMONT INC is the largest funder on record, with $567,940 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like White River Partnership Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 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