WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C600

Classification

1800

Street

31 TITUS MILL RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• A) SCIENCE - SCIENCE IS AT THE HEART OF THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE'S ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP. ACROSS THE REGION, WE COLLECT KEY DATA ON THE HEALTH OF OUR STREAMS AND ON OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. WE DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION TO CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY, AND WORK WITH THEM TO ADDRESS POLLUTION OF OUR WATER SUPPLIES AND WATERWAYS. OUR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM COMBINES SCIENTIFIC DATA WITH MAPPING SYSTEMS TO HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITIES AND HELP PLAN FOR A BETTER FUTURE. B) ADVOCACY - FOR SEVEN DECADES, THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE HAS LED THE FIGHT TO PRESERVE OUR REGION'S WATER AND LAND. WE ENGAGE LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS, URGING THEM TO STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, IMPROVE PLANNING AND ZONING, AND MAKE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT OUR FUTURE. WE WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH LOCAL TOWNS THROUGH OUR PROJECT FOR MUNICIPAL EXCELLENCE, AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS THAT WOULD HARM THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

  Expenses $1,902,458 · Grants $607,973

• EDUCATION - THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE SERVES MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH NEARLY 400 EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS EACH YEAR. OUR PROGRAMS INSPIRE AN APPRECIATION OF THE WONDERS OF NATURE AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. OUR TEACHER WORKSHOPS TRAIN EDUCATORS TO INCORPORATE THE ENVIRONMENT INTO THEIR CURRICULUMS, WHILE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEACH STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF YOUR HOME AND BUSINESS. AT OUR NATURE CENTER, YOU WILL DISCOVER AN ASSORTMENT OF EXHIBITS AND A COLLECTION OF SMALL CREATURES. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH BUTTERFLIES (IN SEASON) AT THE KATE GORRIE MEMORIAL BUTTERFLY HOUSE.

  Expenses $1,199,768

• CONSERVATION - FROM OUR 950-ACRE WATERSHED RESERVE IN HOPEWELL TO LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION, VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF ARE ENGAGED IN PROJECTS THAT PROTECT AND RESTORE NATURAL HABITATS. WE HAVE ALSO HELPED FOSTER OTHER IMPORTANT REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OVER THE YEARS. IN THE 1980'S, WE HELPED LAUNCH THE D&R GREENWAY LAND TRUST AND THE NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY. OUR WATERSHED RESERVE HOSTS FAIRGROWN ORGANIC FARM. THROUGH OUR WATERSHED INSTITUTE, WE HELP BUILD OTHER WATERSHED GROUPS ACROSS THE STATE.

  Expenses $1,243,861

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,736,143

  Expenses

  $5,170,409

  Contributions

  $3,577,814

  Grants paid

  $607,973

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,918,492

  Expenses

  $4,815,095

  Contributions

  $3,076,549

  Grants paid

  $501,535

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,202,568

  Expenses

  $4,586,424

  Contributions

  $4,356,168

  Grants paid

  $746,038

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,070,996

  Expenses

  $4,080,016

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,108,779

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,067,773

  Expenses

  $2,929,138

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,357,343

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,885,206

  Expenses

  $3,279,177

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,273,985

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,080,909

  Expenses

  $2,727,632

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,658,193

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,160,153

  Expenses

  $2,183,497

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,106,256

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,176,472

  Expenses

  $2,082,176

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,916,244

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCETON

  $599,899

  2022 · FUND LAND ACQUISITION

• MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCETON

  $358,333

  2023 · FUND LAND ACQUISITION

• FREINDS OF HOPEWELL QUARRY

  $50,000

  2023 · PRESERVE THE HOPEWELL QUARRY SWIM CLUB

• CLEAN WATER FUND

  $37,000

  2022 · SUPPORT STRONGER STORMWATER REGS

• DELAWARE RIVER KEEPER NETWORK

  $28,142

  2023 · SUPPORT STRONGER STORMWATER REGS

• ASSOC OF NJ ENVIRONMENTAL COM

  $19,566

  2023 · SUPPORT STRONGER STORMWATER REGS

• ASSOC OF NJ ENVIRONMENTAL COM

  $19,566

  2022 · SUPPORT STRONGER STORMWATER REGS

• AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY

  $18,779

  2023 · REFORESTING FLOODPLAIN INITATIVE

• AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY

  $18,778

  2022 · REFORESTING FLOODPLAIN INITATIVE

• DELAWARE RIVER KEEPER NETWORK

  $18,778

  2022 · SUPPORT STRONGER STORMWATER REGS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• PRINCETON AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $849,725

  2022 · general support

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $253,000

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• PRINCETON AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $163,800

  2024 · General

• PRINCETON AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $115,000

  2023 · GENERAL

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $110,978

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $94,938

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $88,430

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $78,488

  2023 · BUILDING A WATERSHED NETWORK IN NEW JERSEY

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $74,600

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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