7 Rivers Alliance INC

Not tax-deductible

West Salem, WI501(c)(6)Since 2001Arts & CultureEIN 01-0938132Revenue $157K in FY2025

On file with the IRS7riversalliance.comPo Box 22, 54669-0022 · West Salem, WITax-exempt since Apr 2012

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The 7 Rivers Alliance is a tri-state leadership council dedicated to regional economic growth by fostering collaboration in southwest wisconsin, southeast minnesota, and northeast iowa.

Run by 16 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $16K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$45K
to officers and key staff · 32% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 60% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 32% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$11K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$157K
+22% vs prior year
Spent
$141K
Net assets
$138K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$157K
FY2025▲ +22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$103K
FY2021$161K
FY2022$134K
FY2023$112K
FY2024$129K
FY2025$157K
Expenses
$141K
FY2025▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$107K
FY2021$97K
FY2022$112K
FY2023$128K
FY2024$115K
FY2025$141K
Net assets
$138K
FY2025▲ +13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$39K
FY2021$102K
FY2022$124K
FY2023$108K
FY2024$122K
FY2025$138K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2012.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $45K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$45,481Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Chris Hardie’s $45K as Executive Di is at the 40th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Chris Hardie$45,481$77,942$77,732$67,500$63,700$63,700

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Drives regional economic growth by fostering collaboration across three states.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

The 7 rivers alliance is a persistent and consistent advocate for keeping communication open and developing regional networks in the upper mississippi valley through regional meetings and networking events.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$157K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$94K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$51K
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Money outPt IX
$141K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$138K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$149K
Total assetsLn 16$149K
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$94K
Government grantsLn 1e$94K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$51K
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Total revenueLn 12$157K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$17K
SavingsLn 2$132K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$149K
Total assetsLn 16$149K
LiabilitiesLn 26$11K
Net assetsLn 32$138K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 616
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$135K$149K
Total assetsLn 16$135K$149K
LiabilitiesLn 26$12K$11K
Net assetsLn 32$122K$138K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$45K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$890
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K
Management feesLn 11a$64K
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$183
Office expensesLn 13$217
Information technologyLn 14$4K
OccupancyLn 16$3K
TravelLn 17$4K
InterestLn 20$11
InsuranceLn 23$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$363
Total functional expensesLn 25$141K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $157K$141K$16K$138K 990 PDF
FY2024 $129K$115K$14K$122K 990 PDF
FY2023 $112K$128K−$16K$108K 990 PDF
FY2022 $134K$112K$22K$124K 990 PDF
FY2021 $161K$97K$64K$102K 990 PDF
FY2020 $103K$107K−$4K$39K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $157,140 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $75,000$93,750
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $52,825$51,268
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $862$7,122
I-11 Other revenue$5,000
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $128,687$157,140
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $90,102$51,132
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $24,443$89,875
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $114,545$141,007
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $14,142$16,133
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $157,140 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$93,750
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$93,750
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $51,268$51,268
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7,122$7,122
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $5,000$5,000
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $51,268 · Excluded from tax $12,122$157,140
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $141,007 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$45,481
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$1,087
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$890
IX-10 Payroll taxes$3,674
IX-11a Management fees$64,034
IX-11c Accounting fees$4,536
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$183
IX-13 Office expenses$217
IX-14 Information technology$3,828
IX-16 Occupancy$2,753
IX-17 Travel$3,620
IX-20 Interest$11
IX-23 Insurance$2,776
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$7,554
IX-24e All other expenses$363
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$141,007
Part X · Balance sheet $148,729 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,974$16,997
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $131,598$131,732
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $134,572$148,729
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $10,500$10,508
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,484$10,508
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $122,088$138,221
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $122,088$138,221
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $134,572$148,729
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $138,221 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$157,140
XI-2 Total expenses$141,007
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$16,133
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$122,088
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$138,221

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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