Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042148397
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Greenfield, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4137722020
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,589,728
- Expenses
- $5,383,707
- Assets
- $5,282,428
- Liabilities
- $1,168,797
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REBECCA TODD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- REBECCA TODD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $136,305 total reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER RIFFENBURG (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $103,439 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Connecticut river conservancy (crc) restores and advocates for clean water, healthy habitats, and resilient communicities to support a diverse and thriving watershed. Through collaborative partnerships in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut, crc leads and supports science-based efforts for natural and life-filled rivers from source to sea.
What it reported doing in 2024
Supported by over 1200 member households, the Connecticut river watershed council, inc. Dba Connecticut river conservancy (crc), works to protect and enhance the 4-state 11,000 square mile watershed which begins at the canadian border and ends at the long island sound. Staff work directly with public officials, partners, and volunteers to implement the mission of the organization. Crc conducts restoration projects that annually restore hundreds of miles of aquatic habitat, organizes an annual watershed-wide river clean-up, collects environmental data, and advocates for strong water quality standards and responsible development.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 68.3%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.1% of revenue deployed · 68.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $136K · 23 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.