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MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION

EIN 22-3199292 ASBURY, NJ

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Revenue 2025
$1,045,274
Expenses 2025
$1,087,623

Program services were 83.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C320
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 113

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

Mission

THE MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE MUSCONETCONG RIVER WATERSHED, INCLUDING ITS NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, WATER MONITORING, SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

  • RIVER WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND RIVER CLEANUPS: MWA WORKS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY THROUGH SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. THE MWA RIVER WATCHER PROGRAM IS A GROUP OF CITIZEN SCIENTISTS TRAINED AND LED BY THE MWA WATER QUALITY MONITORING COORDINATOR. RIVER WATCHERS CONDUCT QUARTERLY WATER TESTING AT SEVEN LOCATIONS ON THE MUSCONETCONG RIVER AND ASSIST ON SPECIAL TASKS SUCH AS: MONITORING RESTORATION PROJECTS, MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING AND SUPPORTING OUR CONTINUOUS MONITORING SENSORS. DATA PROVIDED BY THE PROGRAM HELPS MWA PRIORITIZE RESTORATION ACTIVITIES, MAINTAIN WATER QUALITY, AND IMPROVE ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN THE MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED TO ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AS WELL AS FISH, SWIM, AND BOAT. ANNUALLY, MWA HOSTS AN AWARD-WINNING RIVER CLEAN UP, WHERE OVER 400 MWA VOLUNTEERS COLLECT HUNDREDS OF BAGS OF GARBAGE, RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, AND TRUCKLOADS OF LARGE MISCELLANEOUS DEBRIS FROM THE RIVERBANKS AND STREAMBED.

    Expenses $291,525 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $176,902

  • ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION & OUTREACH: THE MWA WATERSHED EDUCATION PROGRAM REACHES HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS EACH YEAR, FROM FIFTH GRADERS TO COLLEGE AGED STUDENTS, PROVIDING EXPERIENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL AGES. OUR "CAMP MUSKY," IS A SUMMER DAY CAMP FOR CHILDREN AGED 5 TO 12, OFFERING AN OUTDOOR, HANDS-ON, RIVER-BASED PROGRAM. IN THE SPRING AND FALL, WE OFFER A PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS THAT MEETS THE NJ CORE CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARDS FOR SCIENCE, AND INCLUDES A CLASSROOM PROGRAM AS WELL AS IN-STREAM FIELD EXPERIENCE. THE MWA CONDUCTS A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND PROMOTES WATERSHED MANAGEMENT FOR MUNICIPALITIES. OUR RIVER WATCHER WATER MONITORING PROGRAM INCLUDES AN INTENSIVE 6-HOUR TRAINING WITH BOTH CLASSROOM AND FIELD SESSIONS AND IS APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE HIGH SCHOOL AGED AND OLDER. WE ALSO OFFER A SERIES OF "RIVER TALKS," WHICH ARE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS THAT ADDRESS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF RIVER ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION, AS WELL AS CURRENT ISSUES IN THE MUSCONETCONG WATERSHED. IN ADDITION, THE MWA OFFERS MANY RECREATIONAL AND INTERPRETIVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO SUIT ALL INTERESTS AND SKILL LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY, THE MWA IS RESTORING AND ADAPTING THE CIRCA 1865 ASBURY GRIST MILL AS AN INTERPRETATIVE CENTER FOR WATERSHED EDUCATION UTILIZING THEMES OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY, MILLING TECHNOLOGY, AGRICULTURE, AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND RESTORING AN ADJACENT ISLAND FOR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL USE.

    Expenses $337,764

  • DAM REMOVALS AND RIPARIAN RESTORATION: THE MWA PROVIDES PROJECT LEADERSHIP FOR THE REMOVAL OF DAMS IMPEDING THE FREE FLOW OF THE MUSCONETCONG RIVER, THUS IMPROVING WATER QUALITY, WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND RECREATIONAL USE. THE MWA HAS MANAGED THE REMOVAL OF FIVE DAMS AND IS ENGAGED IN THE PLANNING PHASE OF THREE OTHER DAM REMOVALS. FOR THESE PROJECTS, THE MWA WORKS WITH LANDOWNERS TO SECURE AGREEMENTS, COMMUNICATES WITH LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS, AND IS THE APPLICANT FOR ALL LOCAL AND STATE PERMITS. MWA WORKS WITH ENGINEERS, PARTNERS, AND THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY DURING FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND USES INFORMATION GARNERED DURING THOSE STUDIES TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT RESULT IN SUCCESSFUL DAM REMOVALS. THE MWA HOLDS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FORUMS FOR COMMUNITIES DURING THESE PROJECTS, AND ALSO WORKS TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN RIPARIAN BUFFERS ALONG THE RIVERBANKS TO PREVENT EROSION AND PROTECT AGAINST POLLUTION.

    Expenses $274,395

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.

  • Beth Styler Barry

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Petrolino

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Samantha Johnson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Cotton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Fox

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Leavens

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Paist-Goldman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Murphy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Kluthe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Liz Dancer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Gdallessio

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $41,881
    From this org
    $41,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • Eileen Murphy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $24,563
    From this org
    $24,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

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
    $1,045,274
    Expenses
    $1,087,623
    Contributions
    $846,894
    Grants paid
    $5,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,485,176
    Expenses
    $1,622,315
    Contributions
    $1,320,580
    Grants paid
    $255,234
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,744,394
    Expenses
    $1,637,922
    Contributions
    $1,697,546
    Grants paid
    $25,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $937,922
    Expenses
    $1,048,582
    Contributions
    $912,789
    Grants paid
    $96,974

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
    $1,201,005
    Expenses
    $952,740
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,474,640

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $765,298
    Expenses
    $750,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,300,724

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $855,615
    Expenses
    $652,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,231,062

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $878,302
    Expenses
    $491,189
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,001,193

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $654,299
    Expenses
    $373,716
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,642,632

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,111,191
    Expenses
    $1,857,405
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,776,505

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $760,311
    Expenses
    $533,899
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,014,278

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $841,257
    Expenses
    $364,971
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,752,470

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $350,978
    Expenses
    $243,912
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,275,611

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $282,593
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,167,793

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

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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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.