River Relief INC: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 03-0425187)

Steven Schnarr’s $53K as Previous Exe is at the 4th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Steven Schnarr	$52,589	$50,779	$49,232	—	—
Steve Schnarr	—	—	—	$43,776	$47,796
Jami Wade	$18,966	—	—	—	—

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

Programs and updates

Cleans and restores the Missouri River through community clean-ups and education.

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3 programs · $463K · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Missouri River relief holds outreach events in order to educate people about our organization and our efforts on the Missouri River. In 2021, Missouri River Relief gave 38 presentations about the Missouri River, partnered or hosted 5 Big Muddy Speakers Series events helped with five paddling events, introducing more that 10,052 people to…

$229Kprogram expense

02

Missouri River relief hosted numerous education events for students, teachers, young adults, and adults throughout the year. We combine place-based education and inquiry-based science for both formal and non-formal educators in professional development programs. In 2021, River Relief worked with 4,152 students and 248 teachers.

$124Kprogram expense

03

Missouri River Relief hosted or participated in 16 river clean-ups in 2021, utilizing the help of 1,296 volunteers who helped remove more than 42 tons of trash from the river's environment 161 miles of stream banks were cleaned in communities from St. Louis to Omaha.

$110Kprogram 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 · FY2025

Veterans United FoundationFY2025$35K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$35K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$748K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$612K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$78K

Other incomeLn 4–11$58K

Money outPt IX

$591K

Ln 25

Programscol B$463K

Managementcol C$77K

Fundraisingcol D$50K

Owns and owesPt X

$385K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$320K

Total assetsLn 16$782K

LiabilitiesLn 26$397K

PeoplePt VI, VII

16

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a15

IndependentVI 1b15

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$612K

Government grantsLn 1e$31K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$78K

Investment incomeLn 3$6

Other incomeLn 4–11$58K

Total revenueLn 12$748K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$320K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$320K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$105K

Total assetsLn 16$782K

LiabilitiesLn 26$397K

Net assetsLn 32$385K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 58

VolunteersI 6665

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

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

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$92K	$320K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$128K	$105K
Total assetsLn 16	$588K	$782K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$360K	$397K
Net assetsLn 32	$228K	$385K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6	$224K	$162K	$19K	$43K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$31K	$23K	$8K	$0
Accounting feesLn 11c	$3K	$2K	$2K	$0
Office expensesLn 13	$9K	$2K	$4K	$2K
Information technologyLn 14	$7K	$3K	$3K	$994
OccupancyLn 16	$24K	$231	$24K	$0
TravelLn 17	$11K	$6K	$4K	$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$25K	$25K	$0	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$11K	$4K	$7K	$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$205K	$203K	$1K	$272
All other expensesLn 24e	$41K	$34K	$5K	$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$591K	$463K	$77K	$50K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.1M	$1.0M	$132K	$703K	990 PDF
FY2023	$939K	$932K	$7K	$571K	990 PDF
FY2022	$887K	$715K	$172K	$566K	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$748K	$591K	$157K	$385K	990 PDF
FY2020	$460K	$383K	$77K	$228K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $747,679 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $412,615$611,948

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $26,099$78,196

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6$6

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $21,351$57,529

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $460,071$747,679

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $247,763$255,518

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $135,064$335,133

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $382,827$590,651

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $77,244$157,028

Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15

VI-1b Independent voting members15

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $747,679 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $56,473 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$31,120

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$580,828

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$611,948

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$78,196

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$6

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,056 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,056

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $135,731 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$747,679

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $590,651 across 11 lines filed

IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $161,711 · Management $19,258 · Fundraising $43,363$224,332

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,389 · Management $7,797 · Fundraising $0$31,186

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,700 · Management $1,500 · Fundraising $0$3,200

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,071 · Management $4,459 · Fundraising $2,328$8,858

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,780 · Management $3,092 · Fundraising $994$6,866

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $231 · Management $23,893 · Fundraising $0$24,124

IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,900 · Management $3,579 · Fundraising $1,093$10,572

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $24,760 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$24,760

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,500 · Management $7,313 · Fundraising $0$10,813

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $203,054 · Management $1,449 · Fundraising $272$204,775

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $34,295 · Management $5,058 · Fundraising $1,812$41,165

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $463,391 · Management $77,398 · Fundraising $49,862$590,651

Part X · Balance sheet $781,739 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $91,628$320,064

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $17,417$5,000

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,000$1,250

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $127,974$105,425

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $350,000$350,000

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $588,019$781,739

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,092$1,483

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $5,000$81,000

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $350,000$314,300

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $360,092$396,783

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $227,927$384,956

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $588,019$781,739

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $384,956 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$747,679

XI-2 Total expenses$590,651

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$157,028

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$227,927

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$384,956

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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