RARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C300

Classification

2800

Street

2121 LARGER CROSS 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 · 2025

• WATER QUALITY MONITORING EFFORTS INCLUDED THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL, BACTERIAL, AND STREAM CONDITION DATA FROM 86 MONITORING SITES THROUGHOUT THE RARITAN RIVER HEADWATERS REGION. RHA'S MONITORING PROGRAM SUPPORTED AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE NJDEP, EPA, MUNICIPALITIES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH RHA'S ONLINE WATERSHED REPORT CARD. RARITAN HEADWATERS ALSO CONDUCTED COMMUNITY WELL TEST EVENTS AND INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD DRINKING WATER QUALITY TESTING THROUGH ITS WELL TESTING PROGRAM, PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PRIVATE WELL WATER QUALITY, INCLUDING COMMON REGIONAL CONCERNS SUCH AS BACTERIA, NITRATE, ARSENIC, LEAD, AND PFAS. REAL-TIME STREAM DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM FIVE STREAM-BASED MONITORING STATIONS.CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES ENGAGED VOLUNTEERS, STUDENTS, CORPORATE GROUPS, SCOUTS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN HANDS-ON WORK TO PROTECT AND RESTORE NATURAL RESOURCES. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED TREE PLANTING, RIPARIAN BUFFER MAINTENANCE, TRAIL CLEARING, INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT, AND HABITAT RESTORATION ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONSERVATION LANDS. THROUGH RHA'S WOODS AND WATERWAYS PROGRAM, RIPARIAN RESTORATION AND TREE PLANTING PROJECTS CONTINUED ACROSS THE WATERSHED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, LANDOWNERS, SCHOOLS, AND CONSERVATION PARTNERS.RHA'S EDUCATION INITIATIVES INCLUDED NATURE-BASED PROGRAMMING FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, SCHOOL GROUPS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND ADULTS. PROGRAMS INCLUDED NATURE DAYS AT FAIRVIEW FARM WILDLIFE PRESERVE, WATERSHED UNIVERSITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, FIELD-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, GUIDED KAYAK EXPERIENCES, SERVICE-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS. WATERSHED TOOLS FOR LOCAL LEADERS SEMINARS AND MUNICIPAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS PROVIDED EDUCATION ON CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS TO CITIZENS, MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, AND OTHER DECISION-MAKERS.POLICY ADVOCACY FOR WATER PROTECTION WAS UNDERTAKEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE NEW JERSEY COUNCIL OF WATERSHEDS, MUNICIPAL PARTNERS, AND STATEWIDE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS. RHA ADVANCED ADVOCACY RELATED TO WATER SUPPLY RESILIENCE, DROUGHT MANAGEMENT, LAND PRESERVATION, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, SOURCE WATER PROTECTION, AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION. COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, MUNICIPAL, AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS ALSO SUPPORTED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING DAM REMOVAL AND FISH PASSAGE PROJECTS IN THE SOUTH BRANCH WATERSHED.AS AN ACCREDITED LAND TRUST, RHA ACTIVELY PURSUED THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE, RIPARIAN AREAS, FORESTS, WETLANDS, AND WILDLIFE HABITAT THROUGHOUT THE HEADWATERS REGION. STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES INCLUDED ANNUAL MONITORING OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND RHA-OWNED PRESERVES, BASELINE DOCUMENTATION, LANDOWNER COMMUNICATION, HABITAT MANAGEMENT, AND LONG-TERM PROTECTION OF CONSERVED LANDS. RHA ALSO COLLABORATED WITH THE NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS COUNCIL, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM, AND THE NEW JERSEY WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR THREE SUBWATERSHEDS IN THE HIGHLANDS REGION.

  Expenses $2,919,725 · Revenue $529,648

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,139,971

  Expenses

  $3,401,321

  Contributions

  $2,072,221

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,679,504

  Expenses

  $2,107,021

  Contributions

  $1,653,494

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,066,201

  Expenses

  $2,218,889

  Contributions

  $1,344,573

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $519,896

  Expenses

  $608,231

  Contributions

  $388,989

  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

  $2,049,920

  Expenses

  $1,886,339

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,859,280

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,923,766

  Expenses

  $1,684,469

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,718,112

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,160,146

  Expenses

  $2,069,264

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,914,835

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,193,710

  Expenses

  $1,899,799

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,786,692

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,720,048

  Expenses

  $1,804,983

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,310,925

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,520,044

  Expenses

  $2,138,235

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,332,642

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,180,642

  Expenses

  $1,502,756

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,039,918

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,492,847

  Expenses

  $1,403,800

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,347,227

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $912,193

  Expenses

  $1,012,617

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,877,484

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $938,055

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,651,094

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

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $47,850

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $39,550

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $39,400

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $32,500

  2022 · CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

• NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $30,500

  2023 · CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $30,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $29,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $25,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY

  $22,675

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $22,500

  2024 · CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

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

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