Maine Rivers FY2021 filing

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Yarmouth, ME501(c)(3)EnvironmentEIN 02-0556861Revenue $1.3M in FY2021

On file with the IRSmainerivers.orgPo Box 782, 04096-0782 · Yarmouth, METax-exempt since Feb 2003Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of Maine Rivers is to protect, restore and enhance the ecological health of Maine's river systems. Maine Rivers is an advocacy organization led by directors with broad and deep knowledge of the wide range of issues which impact the rivers and watersheds of Maine, including policy, law and science.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
98¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$51K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $80K a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
98%
of spending
Looks good: 98% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$51K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $172K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
98%
Net assets
$496K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$665K
FY2023$447K
FY2024$188K
FY2025$853K
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$898K
FY2023$176K
FY2024$186K
FY2025$747K
Net assets
$496K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$496K
FY2022$262K
FY2023$533K
FY2024$536K
FY2025$642K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending March 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2003.

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

Where the money goes

98 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 98% · $1.0M Management & general 1% · $10K Fundraising 1% · $10K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $51K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$51,018Pt VII · Sec A
President, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A

A Landis Hudson’s $83K as Executive Director is at the 66th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
A Landis Hudson$83,250$70,500$68,790$52,000$51,018

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

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

Programs and updates

Protects, restores, and enhances Maine's river systems through advocacy and expertise.

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3 programs · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Maine Rivers is directing the China Lake Alewife Restoration Initiative. Our goal is to remove dams and install fish passage at 6 barriers in the Outlet Stream between China Lake and the Sebasticook River. This will allow native migratory alewives, a keystone fish species, to make their way from the ocean to China Lake to spawn.

$985Kprogram expense
02

Maine Rivers takes on advocacy efforts to improve water quality and fish passage by working with community members, land trusts, tribes, state and federal agencies. We review permits and coordinate meetings, as well as drafting and submitting letters and technical review materials including formal submissions to the Federal Energy…

$17Kprogram expense
03

Mousam River

Maine Rivers provides advice and technical assistance to local volunteers to assist with analyzing fish passage options at the three lowest Mousam River dams, all of which currently completely block the movement of fish species that must move from the ocean to freshwater to complete their life cycles.

$2Kprogram expense

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
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$176
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$10K
Fundraisingcol D$10K
Owns and owesPt X
$496K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$490K
Total assetsLn 16$503K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$576K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$176
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Gains on assetsLn 7$125
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$490K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$490K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$503K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
Net assetsLn 32$496K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 630
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$322K$490K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$323K$503K
LiabilitiesLn 26$83K$7K
Net assetsLn 32$240K$496K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$52K$40K$6K$6K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8K$6K$926$926
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$3K$446$446
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$938K$938K$0$205
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$371$305
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$6K$6K$214$429
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$110$110$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$2K$2K$187
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5K$2K$1K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$1.0M$10K$10K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $853K$747K$107K$642K 990 PDF
FY2024 $188K$186K$3K$536K 990 PDF
FY2023 $447K$176K$271K$533K 990 PDF
FY2022 $665K$898K−$233K$262K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $1.3M$1.0M$256K$496K 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
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Part I · Summary $1,279,861 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $986,360$1,267,585
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $64$176
I-11 Other revenue$12,100
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $986,424$1,279,861
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $59,941$64,071
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $951,078$960,020
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,011,019$1,024,091
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$24,595$255,770
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,279,861 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$576,457
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$691,128
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,267,585
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $51 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$51
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $125 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$125
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $12,100 · Excluded from tax $0$12,100
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $176 · Unrelated business $12,100 · Excluded from tax $0$1,279,861
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,024,091 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $40,194 · Management $5,830 · Fundraising $5,830$51,854
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,398 · Management $926 · Fundraising $926$8,250
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,075 · Management $446 · Fundraising $446$3,967
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,628 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,628
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $937,795 · Management $0 · Fundraising $205$938,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,215 · Management $371 · Fundraising $305$2,891
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,647 · Management $214 · Fundraising $429$6,290
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,633 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,633
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $110 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$110
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,589 · Management $1,556 · Fundraising $187$3,332
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,209 · Management $1,056 · Fundraising $1,871$5,136
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,003,493 · Management $10,399 · Fundraising $10,199$1,024,091
Part X · Balance sheet $502,638 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $322,483$489,788
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$12,500
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $350$350
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $322,833$502,638
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $21,139$6,809
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $61,635$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $82,774$6,809
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $92,314$405,577
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $147,745$90,252
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $240,059$495,829
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $322,833$502,638
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $495,829 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,279,861
XI-2 Total expenses$1,024,091
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$255,770
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$240,059
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$495,829

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