Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,099,274 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($721,702). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $25M
What Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc does
Mission
We inspire and engage diverse communities of people to protect, steward and enjoy the land and waterways of the wissahickon valley.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conservation - land acquired through purchase or easement rights is maintained as natural open space along the entire length of the wissahickon creek. Walking trails with bridges, stepping stones and signage are maintained so that wissahickon watershed residents and visitors can experience the beauty of natural areas. Preserving woodlands, re-foresting farmlands and stream bank restoration protects the creek by preventing excessive storm water runoff and the draining of harmful chemicals into the creek. Wissahickon trails works with local municipalities, landowners and other conservation organizations to preserve environmentally sensitive parcels not directly adjoining the creek. Wvwa is a leader in coordinating efforts to protect the water quality of the wissahickon creek. Wissahickon trails regularly measures several different indicators of the health of the creek and provides the data to municipalities and local water suppliers.
$569,577 spent$1,175 earned by the program46% of program spendingEducation and outreach - we strive to make all of our programs and opportunities inclusive and accessible. To that end, community advisory committees inform our program planning and development. Lifelong learning opportunities include preserve walks, natural history lectures and workshops focused on conservation, in addition to environmental education, and volunteer opportunities in support of our mission. We offer a variety of public programs and classes to increase awareness and knowledge of the natural world and the place humans hold in it. Our flagship community science and conservation programs provide opportunities for supporters to commit their time and energy to help improve the local environment through hands-on field experiences supervised by wissahickon trails' staff. Our school programs reach more than 2,000 local school children through partnerships with school districts in the watershed in which we provide educational and curriculum support in environmental literacy and sustainability. A cohort of volunteers support our school programs as part of our lifelong learning opportunities.
$680,916 spent54% of program spendingEvans-mumbower mill - as part of its mission, wvwa also preserves historic and cultural sites which are of significance to the wissahickon creek. In 1987, wissahickon trails was deeded the land and remains of a historic mill in upper gwynedd township. Funding through various grants and donations has allowed wissahickon trails to progressively restore the mill. The property is now accessible for people with physical disabilities with an exterior ramp and lift. It hosted a seven-year archeological dig that turned up artifacts and enhanced the understanding of the building structure and its former operational capacity during the height of the milling industry in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,250,493.
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 $20M to $21M (+7%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 24% · 2023 6% · 2024 1% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Gail Farmer
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $221k → $336k.
11 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc’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
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
38% 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 Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 89% · 2019 32% · 2020 47% · 2021 39% · 2022 37% · 2023 41% — 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
48% of Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
59% of Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $764k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association 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
Organizations like Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Wissahickon Waterfowl Preserve · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc?
- Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,099,274 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($721,702). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $3,099,274 in grants to Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $721,702 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing