CHARLES RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C013

Classification

2000

Street

41 WEST ST FL 8

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 · 2023

• CLIMATE RESILIENCE - CRWA IS COMMITTED TO REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUPPORTING RESTORATIVE CLIMATE ADAPTATION. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS EVERY DAY ACROSS ALL PROGRAM AREAS TO CREATE RIVER AND WATERSHED RESILIENCE TO MORE INTENSE RAIN EVENTS, MORE FREQUENT SUMMERTIME DROUGHTS AND HOTTER TEMPERATURES. IT DOES THIS THROUGH CRWA'S WATER-ENERGY NEXUS WORK, BRINGING TOGETHER MUNICIPAL STAFF FROM ACROSS THE WATERSHED AS PART OF THE CHARLES RIVER CLIMATE COMPACT, PARTICIPATION IN MUNICIPAL AND STATE CLIMATE PLANNING INITIATIVES, EDUCATING LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, WATERSHED- AND SUBWATERSHED-SCALE PLANNING, STREAM, WETLAND AND FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION, DAM REMOVAL, LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY. CRWA IS ALSO ACTIVELY WORKING TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. CRWA IS WORKING TO DEVELOP A GREENER AND MORE JUST WORLD THAT WILL BE MORE RESILIENT TO THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING.

  Expenses $1,217,825

• EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - CRWA'S WORK TO PROMOTE BETTER WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND RIVER STEWARDSHIP INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING: EDUCATIONAL TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS; A COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE AND ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS; THE PUBLICATION OF BROCHURES, PLANS AND REPORTS; TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES; AND PARTICIPATION IN MANY LOCAL AND REGIONAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES. COMMITTED TO GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS, CRWA TRAINS NUMEROUS STUDENT INTERNS EACH YEAR AND HOSTS THE RITA BARRON FELLOW, A ONE-YEAR POSITION FOR RECENT MASTERS' DEGREE GRADUATES, AND ENGAGES NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GROUPS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING PURPOSES.AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS PROGRAM ARE TWO SIGNATURE OUTREACH EVENTS:THE RUN OF THE CHARLES CANOE AND KAYAK RACE HELD EVERY APRIL, CRWA'S RUN OF THE CHARLES CANOE AND KAYAK RACE, WHICH BEGAN 38 YEARS AGO, SHOWCASES THE ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RIVER. THIS RACE IS ONE OF THE NATION'S OLDEST AND LARGEST CANOE AND KAYAK RACES ATTRACTING OVER 1,000 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS, AMATEURS, AND CORPORATE TEAMS COMPETING ON THE 26-MILE COURSE.ANNUAL EARTH DAY CHARLES RIVER CLEANUP THE ANNUAL EARTH DAY CHARLES RIVER CLEAN UP BRINGS THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER ACROSS THE WATERSHED TO MAKE THE CHARLES CLEANER, HEALTHIER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL BY PICKING UP TRASH AND REMOVING DEBRIS. CRWA ORGANIZES THE CLEANUP IN PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH PARKLAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE MA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION.

  Expenses $493,113 · Revenue $158,808

• ADVOCACY, POLICY, AND LAW - CRWA IS INVOLVED IN EVERY MAJOR DECISION AFFECTING THE HEALTH OF THE CHARLES RIVER AND IN IMPORTANT STATEWIDE WATER ISSUES. ADVOCACY INCLUDES COMMENTING ON ALL MAJOR WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, CHALLENGING PERMITS ADMINISTRATIVELY AND SOMETIMES IN COURT, PARTICIPATING IN HEARINGS BEFORE LOCAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND STATE AGENCIES, PROTECTING PUBLIC TRUST LANDS AND ACCESS TO PARKLANDS, PARTICIPATING IN TASK FORCES, LOBBYING ON ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, AND WORKING WITH MANY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ON ISSUES OF NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND STATE SIGNIFICANCE, SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE, SMART GROWTH, STORMWATER POLLUTION, AND SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS. CRWA'S STRONG SCIENCE IS INTEGRAL TO ITS ADVOCACY AND POSITIONS THE ORGANIZATION ADOPTS.

  Expenses $77,767

• STORMWATER SOLUTIONS - CURBING STORMWATER POLLUTION WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS AND STRONGER STORMWATER REGULATIONS TO ACHIEVE A CLEAN, RESILIENT CHARLES RIVER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.RIVER SCIENCE AND RESTORATION - COLLECTING ROBUST WATER QUALITY DATA TO UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH OF OUR RIVER, ADVOCATE FOR EFFECTIVE CLEANUP AND RESTORATION STRATEGIES, AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH. REMOVING DEFUNCT DAMS, TACKLING INVASIVE SPECIES, DAYLIGHTING STREAMS, AND MORE TO RESTORE NATURAL ECOLOGY AND BUILD CLIMATE RESILIENCE.

  Expenses $204,016 · Grants $16,667

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,204,523

  Expenses

  $2,582,936

  Contributions

  $2,045,715

  Grants paid

  $16,667

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,335,372

  Expenses

  $2,564,069

  Contributions

  $2,022,820

  Grants paid

  $16,667

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,065,303

  Expenses

  $2,362,385

  Contributions

  $2,221,040

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,471,501

  Expenses

  $2,217,385

  Contributions

  $3,324,010

  Grants paid

  $16,666

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

  $1,674,449

  Expenses

  $1,485,683

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,692,872

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,632,438

  Expenses

  $1,287,228

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,827,897

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,021,029

  Expenses

  $1,004,405

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,017,145

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,576,947

  Expenses

  $964,227

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,592,536

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,546,974

  Expenses

  $1,373,686

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,896,573

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,136,474

  Expenses

  $1,159,643

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,575,509

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,575,986

  Expenses

  $1,317,621

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,651,742

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,011,329

  Expenses

  $1,149,130

  Assets (EOY)

  $481,068

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,112,834

  Expenses

  $1,155,667

  Assets (EOY)

  $574,791

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,114,740

  Assets (EOY)

  $670,170

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

• DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION

  $16,667

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION

  $16,666

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $369,350

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $347,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $106,400

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $104,375

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $84,450

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

  $56,100

  2024 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $54,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $44,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FOUNDATION FOR METROWEST INC

  $30,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $25,000

  2023 · Capital Campaign

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

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