BRONX RIVER ALLIANCE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C27

Classification

1000

Street

1490 SHERIDAN BLVD

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 · 2025

• THE ALLIANCE'S OUTREACH DEPARTMENT HOSTED FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS FEATURING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS WELL STEWARDSHIP AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH UNIQUE NATURE. OVER 1,200 PEOPLE PADDLED ON NYC'S ONLY FRESHWATER RIVER AS PART OF OUR FREE, LOW-COST, AND CHARTERED PADDLES. FROM APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER, WE HOSTED WEEKLY GARDENING AND TRASH PICKUP EVENTS AND HELD MANY LARGER EVENTS INCLUDING EVENTS ON EARTH DAY, CITY OF WATER DAY, AND MORE - TOTALING OVER 4,700 PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $388,259 · Grants $2,000 · Revenue $8,194

• IN 2025, THE ECOLOGY PROGRAM HOSTED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOUR CONSERVATION CREW APPRENTICES, WHO RECEIVED HANDS-ON TRAINING IN URBAN FORESTRY AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION SKILLS. THE CREW ALONG WITH VOLUNTEERS PLANTED MORE THAN 2,300 NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS, REMOVED CHOKING, INVASIVE VEGETATION, AND MAINTAINED NAVIGABILITY OF THE BRONX RIVER, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF 17 TONS OF GARBAGE AND DEBRIS.

  Expenses $273,653

• IN 2025, THE ALLIANCE'S EDUCATION PROGRAM CONTINUED THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT AND LEADERSHIP FOR STUDENTS (EELS) INTERNSHIP THAT ENGAGES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN COLLEGE-CREDIT BEARING STEM INTERNSHIPS FOCUSED ON THE BRONX RIVER. EELS CONDUCT HANDS-ON PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROJECTS WHILE BEING MENTORED BY EXPERTS IN VARIOUS STEM FIELDS. WE ALSO CONTINUED BOBCATS (BUILDING ON BETTER CAREERS AND TRAININGS), AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL PARTNER FANNIE LOU HAMER HIGH SCHOOL. IN 2025, WE ENABLED 200+ EDUCATORS & 1,200+ STUDENTS TO USE THE BRONX RIVER AS AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.

  Expenses $196,091 · Revenue $4,152

• IN 2025, THE ALLIANCE WORKED TO KEEP THE RIVER CLEAN, REDUCE POLLUTION, RESTORE WILDLIFE HABITATS, CREATING AND ACTIVATING MANY WATERFRONT PARKS AND GREENWAY CONNECTIONS. WE LED OUTDOOR, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TRIPS WITH CHILDREN, DRAWING THOUSANDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LEARN AND EXPLORE BY WALKING, PADDLING, CYCLING, AND GARDENING. THE BRONX RIVER FOODWAY - NYC'S ONLY EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL FORAGING GARDEN IN A PUBLIC PARK - WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY A DEDICATED COORDINATOR AND RESIDENT ARTIST WHO SHARED NATURAL REMEDIES, FORAGING TECHNIQUES, AND THE MANY BENEFITS OF THE PLANTS GROWN.THE FOODWAY PROGRAM AND TEAM ACTIVATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENGAGE AROUND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURAL PRACTICES, HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTION AND PREPARATION, HERBAL REMEDIES, INTEGRATING NATURE INTO ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. THE FOODWAY TEAM, AN ALLIANCE ADVISORY BODY MADE UP OF LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, GUIDES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN THE FOODWAY AND SETS PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE ACTIVITIES. IN 2025, THE ALLIANCE COORDINATED WITH PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT THE BRONX RIVER INTERMUNICIPAL WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN, A 10 YEAR PLAN THAT GUIDES PRIORITY RESTORATION PROJECTS ALONG THE RIVER.THE ECOLOGY PROGRAM CONTINUED STAFF AND VOLUNTEER WATER QUALITY MONITORING EFFORTS TESTING FOR BACTERIA IN THE RIVER, FINDING THAT DESPITE DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR BACTERIA WAS STILL HIGHER THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

  Expenses $563,922 · Grants $52,854 · Revenue $33,353

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,070,484

  Expenses

  $2,124,928

  Contributions

  $2,988,351

  Grants paid

  $54,854

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,981,009

  Expenses

  $2,161,322

  Contributions

  $1,876,169

  Grants paid

  $40,866

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,760,737

  Expenses

  $1,950,688

  Contributions

  $1,681,342

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,685,082

  Expenses

  $1,454,098

  Contributions

  $1,612,463

  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

  $1,231,886

  Expenses

  $1,070,581

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,741,591

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,133,380

  Expenses

  $974,475

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,572,785

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $802,505

  Expenses

  $914,335

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,426,567

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,026,769

  Expenses

  $1,278,697

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,532,365

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $925,333

  Expenses

  $919,633

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,748,529

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,520,210

  Expenses

  $932,042

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,825,536

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $758,452

  Expenses

  $880,624

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,148,086

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $851,890

  Expenses

  $893,513

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,288,523

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $927,165

  Expenses

  $1,002,356

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,349,179

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $838,384

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,429,383

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• THE CRENULATED COMPANY LTD DBA NEW SETTLEMENT

  $19,788

  2025 · SUBAWARD - 823 - EPA TASK FORCE

• BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER

  $10,000

  2024 · SUBAWARD - 541B - TREEBED WEST FARMS

• THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $8,000

  2024 · SUBAWARD - 520 - NFWF WESTCHESTER TA

• FEDERATED CONSERVATIONISTS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY

  $6,677

  2024 · SUBAWARD - 520 - NFWF WESTCHESTER TA

• CENTER FOR THE URBAN RIVER AT BECZAK AT SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE

  $6,600

  2024 · SUBAWARD - 822 - EPA 4 RIVERS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $203,050

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $129,514

  2024 · ENGAGE BRONX YOUTH IN RIVER CONSERVATION WORK

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $126,789

  2022 · LONG ISLAND SOUND

• TIDES CENTER

  $118,200

  2022 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $91,500

  2023 · BRONX RIVER YOUTH STEWARDSHIP OF LONG ISLAND SOUND

• UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY

  $72,130

  2023 · CHANGE CAPITAL FUND - CHANGE CAPITAL FUND THE CHANGE CAPITAL FUND (CCF) IS A COLLABORATION OF PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT POOL FUNDS TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY. CCF BEGAN FUNDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS TOWARDS THE GOAL OF MORE EFFECTIVELY REDUCING PERSISTENT AND CHRONIC POVERTY. EACH PARTICIPATING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WILL BE FUNDED OVER FOUR YEARS AND RECEIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT TOWARDS THE GOAL OF BUILDING INTERNAL CAPACITY FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES AND IMPROVED OUTCOMES TRACKING SYSTEMS, AND DEVELOPING MORE EFFECTIVE BUSINESS MODELS.

• NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION

  $68,753

  2022 · ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF LEADING-EDGE PRACTICES IN MUNICIPAL FORESTS INCLUDING INVENTORY, PLANTING, MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION.

• CITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC

  $40,000

  2023 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• CITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC

  $40,000

  2024 · MAINTAIN, PROGRAM AND ACTIVATE NYC OPEN SPACES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $35,050

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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

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