The mission of the Downstream Project is to promote natural resource conservation by stimulating awareness, action, and alliances through visual arts and technology. The Project focus is to increase awareness of environmental issues at local and regional levels and how they cumulatively affect US globally. As the saying goes "we all live Downstream". And in the words of the Downstream project's founder, george l. Ohrstrom, II: the hope is that people will educate themselves and stand up and become a voice for Downstream issues because they are exceedingly important to all of US.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$77K 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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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
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
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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $528 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$77K
to officers and key staff · 46% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 46% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $28K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$125K
-32% vs prior year
Spent
$169K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$95K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$125K
FY2023▼ -32%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$198K
FY2021$100K
FY2022$185K
FY2023$125K
FY2024$146K
FY2025$229K
Expenses
$169K
FY2023▲ +29%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$206K
FY2021$115K
FY2022$131K
FY2023$169K
FY2024$180K
FY2025$184K
Net assets
$95K
FY2023▼ -32%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$95K
FY2021$88K
FY2022$141K
FY2023$95K
FY2024$64K
FY2025$110K

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending March 2023) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2008.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $131K Management & general 22% · $38K Fundraising 0% · $369

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

5 people listed on the 990; $77K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$77,390Pt VII · Sec A
President and Founder
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

William R Howard’s $64K as Executive Director is at the 45th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
William R Howard$64,350$65,076$77,390$64,350$58,500$60,750

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

Promotes conservation by raising awareness of environmental issues through art and technology.

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3 programs · $131K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

1) website developmentdownstream continues to host over forty conservation nonprofit websites and provides scheduled and on-demand technical and creative support to these clients. During this fiscal year, we added the capital region land conservancy of richmond, virginia, as a new client.

$51Kprogram expense
02

2) constituent resource managementdownstream continues to support fifteen or more clients with the integration and maintenance of little green light, the constituent resources management application, and web integration supported by our team.

$42Kprogram expense
03

3) video productioncovid produced a significant slowdown in our video production work as location shoots and interviews were canceled. Groundworks was laid for the production of a promotional video for jefferson county vision and acre investments in 2022.

$37Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 3 grants · $14K · 2022–2022
Eastern Panhandle Green CoalitionFY2022$13,500
The Commons INCDC · FY2022$108

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$125K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$102K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$169K
Ln 25
Programscol B$131K
Managementcol C$38K
Fundraisingcol D$369
Owns and owesPt X
$95K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$88K
Total assetsLn 16$97K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$102K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$40K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$11K
Total revenueLn 12$125K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$10K
SavingsLn 2$78K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$88K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$97K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$95K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$88K$88K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$6K
Total assetsLn 16$141K$97K
LiabilitiesLn 26$914$2K
Net assetsLn 32$141K$95K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$14K$14K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$77K$66K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$376$1K
InterestLn 20$42$42
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$63$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$60K$45K$15K$369
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$591$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$169K$131K$38K$369

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $229K$184K$45K$110K 990 PDF
FY2024 $146K$180K−$35K$64K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $125K$169K−$44K$95K 990 PDF
FY2022 $185K$131K$54K$141K 990 PDF
FY2021 $100K$115K−$15K$88K 990 PDF
FY2020 $198K$206K−$8K$95K 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $124,910 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $148,190$101,906
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $32,281$32,442
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,552−$9,438
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $185,023$124,910
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$13,923
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $69,273$80,070
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $62,084$74,813
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $131,357$168,806
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $53,666−$43,896
Part VI · Governance 4 of 5 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $124,910 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$101,906
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$40,493
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$101,906
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $32,442$32,442
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,230$1,230
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$10,668−$10,668
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $32,442 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$9,438$124,910
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $168,806 across 10 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $13,923$13,923
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $65,781 · Management $11,609$77,390
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,680$2,680
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,771$4,771
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $376 · Management $1,134$1,510
IX-20 InterestManagement $42$42
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,450$2,450
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $63 · Management $3,480$3,543
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $44,748 · Management $15,337 · Fundraising $369$60,454
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $591 · Management $1,452$2,043
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $130,612 · Management $37,825 · Fundraising $369$168,806
Part X · Balance sheet $96,848 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $33,989$10,029
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $54,091$78,341
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,947$5,509
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,388$2,969
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $141,485$96,848
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $914$1,522
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $914$1,522
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $140,571$95,326
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $141,485$96,848
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $95,326 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$124,910
XI-2 Total expenses$168,806
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$43,896
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$140,571
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,515
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$2,864
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$95,326

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