River Management Society

Analysis

River Management Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Takoma Park, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, River Management Society reported income of $468k and spending of $399k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $295k to $468k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, River Management Society sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Empire 8 ($468k), School of Thought ($468k) and Maimonides Heritage Center Ltd ($468k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 19% of the total. At year end it held assets of $196k against liabilities of $4,355, net assets of $192k.