Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON
WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON (Wisconsin) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,331,314 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($988,775). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St Croix & Namekagon does
Mission
The mission of wild rivers conservancy of the st. Croix & namekagon is to inspire stewardship to forever ensure the rare ecological integrity of the st. Croix and namekagon riverway. The conservancy of the st. Croix and namekagon works throughout the watershed to protect the national park that flows through its heart. We are the official non-profit partner for the st. Croix national scenic riverway.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community engagment: our community engagement program provides inclusive, enriching, and engaging activities for children and adults throughout the watershed. We focus on river systems educational programs, provide access to outdoor discovery and exploration activities and encourage the next generation of stewards to conserve our natural resources.
$866,588 spent$51,736 earned by the program67% of program spendingLand and water: our land and water program protects, improves, and restores important natural and scenic areas in the riverway and throughout the watershed. The organization leverages resources and builds partnerships to ensure that investments in climate resiliency, forest management, water quality, habitat and recreational land improvement are strategically targeted and coordinated to achieve the maximum results.
$258,791 spent20% of program spendingInvasive species: the invasive species program identifies and controls terrestrial and aquatic invasive species. Through this program, the organization collaborates with other organizations to strategically address invasive species threats in the st. Croix river basin including purple loosestrife, phragmites, eurasian water milfoil, zebra mussels, invasive carp and many other species.
$170,208 spent13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,295,587.
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 2024 to 2025, from $894k to $1.3M (+41%).
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 40% · 2018 33% · 2019 43% · 2020 29% · 2021 27% · 2022 19% · 2023 20% · 2024 18% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON’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. 2 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.
Board chair
Loralee Dilorenzo
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $192k → $390k.
11 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 34% · 2019 24% · 2020 22% · 2021 30% · 2022 47% · 2023 29% — 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
56% of WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M 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
WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Department of the Interior$1.3M
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 WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON: 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 WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON?
- WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON (Wisconsin) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,331,314 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($988,775). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $3,331,314 in grants to WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON?
- NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $988,775 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 33 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