Friends of the Napa River

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943207058
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Napa, CA, USA
Phone
7075549632
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$139,372
Expenses
$88,213
Assets
$122,552
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANCIE WINNEN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CHUCH SHINNAMON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRAD WAGENKNECHT (BOARD MEMBER)
  • CRAIG SMITH (BOARD MEMBER)
  • ANDY SZMIDT (BOARD MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To be the community voice for responsible protection, restoration, development, and celebration of the napa river and its watershed through education and advocacy.

What it reported doing in 2025

The work of the organization is well described as a single program to advocate for the living napa river and to educate the community about the river and its watershed. This has been the mission of friends of the napa river for the 30+ years of our organizational existence. We were active in the city of napa's update of its general plan and its plan for the oxbow district, both of these in our focus on the napa river. We continue to be actively involved in the napa river flood control project and are also actively participating in the new napa riverline project. During the year, we continued to monitor riverfront issues and to collaborate with the napa county resource conservation district (rcd) to improve salmon restoration in our river and creeks. We are active supporters of the napa rver ecology center in american canyon.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 72% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.4%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 33.9%; rating input score 34

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.7%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.39; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.4% of revenue deployed · 33.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.