Clean Up the River Environment

Analysis

Clean Up the River Environment is a registered charity in United States, based in Montevideo, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Clean Up the River Environment reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.3m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $383k to $1.9m (+385%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Clean Up the River Environment sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pecan Street Inc ($1.9m), Sustainable Westchester Inc ($1.9m) and East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $104k (8.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $604k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $81k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 12 employees.