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RIVER RELIEF INC

EIN 03-0425187 COLUMBIA, MO

Revenue 2024
$1,139,513
Expenses 2024
$1,007,797

Program services were 73.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C20
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 463

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

Mission

MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF'S MISSION IS TO ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER IN THE EXPLORATION, ENJOYMENT, RESTORATION AND CARE OF THE RIVER THROUGH HANDS-ON RIVER CLEAN-UPS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND RECREATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER IN THE EXPLORATION, ENJOYMENT, RESTORATION AND CARE OF THE RIVER THROUGH HANDS-ON RIVER CLEAN-UPS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND RECREATION.

  • MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF HOSTED OR PARTICIPATED IN 9 RIVER CLEANUPS IN 2024, UTILIZING THE HELP OF 1,527 VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED REMOVE MORE THAN 25.4 TONS OF TRASH FROM THE RIVER'S ENVIRONMENT. 119 MILES OF RIVER BANKS WERE CLEANED IN COMMUNITIES FROM ST. LOUIS TO OMAHA.

    Expenses $162,398 · Grants $200 · Revenue $1,977

  • MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF HOSTED NUMEROUS EDUCATION EVENTS FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, YOUNG ADULTS AND ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE COMBINE PLACE- BASED EDUCATION AND INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE FOR BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATORS IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. IN 2024, RIVER RELIEF WORKED WITH 3,033 STUDENTS AND 113 TEACHERS.

    Expenses $250,774 · Revenue $17,506

  • MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF HOLDS OUTREACH EVENTS IN ORDER TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR EFFORTS ON THE MISSOURI RIVER. IN 2024, MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF GAVE 10 PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE MISSOURI RIVER, PARTNERED OR HOSTED 11 BIG MUDDY SPEAKERS SERIES EVENTS, HELPED WITH 4 PADDLING EVENTS, INTRODUCING MORE THAN 10,727 PEOPLE TO THE BIG MUDDY THROUGH EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAM AREAS.

    Expenses $167,443 · Revenue $1,250

  • MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF HOSTS THE MR340, A 340-MILE RACE ON THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM KANSAS CITY TO ST. CHARLES. IN 2024,611 PADDLERS FROM 3 COUNTRIES AND 37 STATES TESTED THEIR METTLE IN 411 BOATS. 322 BOATS FINISHED THE RACE. WE'RE PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS AMAZING EVENT THAT HAS CHANGED THE WAY OUR STATE LOOKS AT OUR RIVER.

    Expenses $161,923 · Grants $800 · Revenue $149,724

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.

  • Steven Schnarr

    PREVIOUS EXE

    Total calculated
    $56,910
    From this org
    $52,589
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,321
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jami Wade

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $20,220
    From this org
    $18,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,254
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andy Besselman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Jen Bradford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Barney Combs

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Bill Fessler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Cathy Gunther

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Bill Hume

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Robb Jacobson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Kory Kaufman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Andrew Lemberger

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Tom Lemley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Diana Papoulias

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Tom Selva

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Emily Tracy-Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Gus Wagner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Jill Westra

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Michael Wirtz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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
    $1,139,513
    Expenses
    $1,007,797
    Contributions
    $960,027
    Grants paid
    $1,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $939,289
    Expenses
    $932,391
    Contributions
    $752,895
    Grants paid
    $7,750
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $886,987
    Expenses
    $715,147
    Contributions
    $759,726
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $747,679
    Expenses
    $590,651
    Assets (EOY)
    $781,739

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $460,071
    Expenses
    $382,827
    Assets (EOY)
    $588,019

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $414,688
    Expenses
    $333,849
    Assets (EOY)
    $187,134

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $309,524
    Expenses
    $327,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,565

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $331,447
    Expenses
    $335,471
    Assets (EOY)
    $123,739

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $221,644
    Expenses
    $248,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,249

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $219,075
    Expenses
    $201,511
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,469

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $199,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,618

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $267,292
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,687

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.