Shenango River Watchers Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251877755
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Hermitage, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7243425453
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $150,259
- Expenses
- $72,355
- Assets
- $144,995
- Liabilities
- $687
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRANDI BAROS (PRESIDENT)
- LISA WATTERSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BRANDI BAROS (PRESIDENT)
- LISA WATTERSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- THOMAS AMUNDSEN (TREASURER)
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
Watershed Protection
What it reported doing in 2025
Shenango river: 2 clean-up day, 1 tire recycling, informational displays, continue to grow the organization. Two Paddlefest events to promote Shenango River
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 81% 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 31.8%; rating input score 32
- Program expense ratio: 65.9%; rating input score 66
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 51.8%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 33.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 31.8% of revenue deployed · 65.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.