Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,685,082

Total expenses

$1,454,098

Contributions and grants received

$1,612,463

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$7,129

Other revenue

$65,490

Total assets, end of year

$2,021,349

Total liabilities, end of year

$174,362

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,846,987

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$942,131

Management and general expenses

$311,252

Fundraising expenses

$200,715

Program service expenses (Part III)

$942,131

Program services were 64.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• WHILE EARLY IN 2022 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC STILL AFFECTED BRONX RIVER ALLIANCE OPERATIONS, BY THE END OF THE YEAR ITS DIRECT IMPACTS (STAFF ILLNESSES, OFFICE CLOSURES, INTERRUPTIONS IN PROGRAMS) HAD LARGELY ABATED. HOWEVER, THE DISPROPORTIONATE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC ON LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES BESET BY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME. BRONX RIVER COMMUNITIES WERE SOME OF THE MOST AFFECTED BY COVID IN THE NATION; THEIR NEED FOR THE RIVER AND THE BRONX RIVER GREENWAY ESCALATED, AS BRONX RIVER PARKS AND OPEN SPACES WERE ONE OF THE FEW PLACES PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT FLEE THE CITY COULD GO FOR RECREATION, SAFE GATHERING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND HEALTH AND HEALING. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THE BRONX RIVER ALLIANCE'S WORK TO RESTORE THE RIVER SO THAT IT CAN BE A HEALTHY RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THROUGH WHICH IT FLOWS IS THEREFORE AS URGENT AS EVER. IN 2022, THE ALLIANCE IS PROUD TO REPORT SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRONX RIVER GREENWAY. TWO SIGNIFICANT MISSING LINKS WERE COMPLETED: A BIKE LANE ON E 233RD ST AND WEBSTER AVE AND A TUNNEL UNDERNEATH THE BRUCKNER EXPRESSWAY THAT NOW CONNECTS CONCRETE PLANT PARK AND GARRISON PARK. WE ALSO SAW THE NEAR COMPLETION OF STARLIGHT PARK PHASE 2 AND LOOK FORWARD TO A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY EARLY IN 2023 TO CELEBRATE THIS MOMENTOUS PROJECT THAT OPENS UP ACCESS TO THE RIVER FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BRONX RESIDENTS. IN 2022, THE BRONX RIVER ALLIANCE ALSO LAUNCHED AN UPDATE TO ITS 2011 INTERMUNICIPAL WATERSHED PLAN, WITH THE FORMATION OF A WATERSHED ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE SELECTION OF A TECHNICAL CONSULTANT. THE UPDATED PLAN WILL INCLUDE A CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY TO ENABLE THE ALLIANCE TO PLAN FOR AND ADAPT TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WE ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING ON THE RIVER, INCLUDING MORE FREQUENT INTENSE RAINFALL EVENTS AND EXTENDED PERIODS OF HOT WEATHER. THE ALLIANCE ALSO CONTINUED TO DEEPEN OUR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORK BY ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARK AND NATURAL AREA STEWARDSHIP, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. ALLIANCE STAFF ALSO EXPANDED OUR SUMMER EELS (ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP FOR STUDENTS) INTERNSHIP BY PARTNERING WITH LEHMAN COLLEGE TO OFFER STUDENTS COLLEGE CREDIT IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ALONG WITH A STIPEND, OUT OF PROGRAMS BASED OUT OF OUR NEW ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSROOM IN RIVER HOUSE. SINCE THE EARLIEST DAYS OF OUR EFFORTS, THE ALLIANCE, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION AND DOZENS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, HAS ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: REMOVED 750+ TONS OF GARBAGE AND DEBRIS FROM THE RIVER, INCLUDING 21,500+ TIRES AND 89 CARS OPENED 22 NEW ACRES OF WATERFRONT PARKLAND IN THE SOUTH BRONX LED 27,500+ PEOPLE ON PADDLING ADVENTURES EMPOWERED 23,500+ VOLUNTEERS TO DONATE 128,000+ HOURS TO THE RIVER AND ITS PARKS ENABLED 4,000+ EDUCATORS & 23,000 STUDENTS TO USE THE RIVER AS AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PLANTED 140,000+ NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS & REMOVED 5 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF CHOKING, INVASIVE VEGETATIONTHE TRANSFORMATION HAS BEEN REMARKABLE, THANKS TO THIS UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP POWERED EQUALLY BY COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES. ONCE AN ABANDONED, TRASH-FILLED RIVER, TODAY THE BRONX RIVER IS A HEALTHY COMMUNITY RESOURCE AND SOURCE OF PRIDE.

  Expenses $942,131

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

5 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202312789349300131

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