Shorerivers protects marylands eastern shore waterways through science-based advocacy restoration, education, and engagement.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,443 volunteers and 37 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · 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)(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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $452K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$666K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.7 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
$214K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$11.3M
+108% vs prior year
Spent
$10.5M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$4.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$11.3M
FY2025▲ +108%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.9M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$4.9M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$5.4M
FY2025$11.3M
Expenses
$10.5M
FY2025▲ +95%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$5.4M
FY2025$10.5M
Net assets
$4.6M
FY2025▲ +27%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$3.6M
FY2025$4.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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 Dec 2008.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $9.7M Management & general 4% · $421K Fundraising 4% · $396K

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

20 people listed on the 990; $666K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Dir Ops/Finance
$166,457Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$164,866Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Ag Restoration
$120,000Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Environmental Engineer
$109,438Pt VII · Sec A
Choptank Riverkeeper Dir of Riverkeeper Prog
$105,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristin Junkin’s $166K as Dir Ops/Finance is at the 21st percentile of top reported officer pay among 324 $10–100M 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kristin Junkin$166,457$145,317$148,848$134,152$123,015$117,334
Isabel Hardesty$164,866$157,779$134,288$119,600$110,000—
Tim Rosen$120,000$109,993————
William Ryall$109,438$104,725————
Matthew Pluta$105,000—————
Jeffrey Horstman—————$92,517

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Protects and restores waterways through science, advocacy, and education.

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3 programs · $9.7M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Regulatory enforcement and pollution reducing projects shorerivers works to improve water quality through legal and policy advocacy. The riverkeepers support laws that protect our waterways.

$8.1Mprogram expense
02

Education and outreach shorerivers publishes multuple printed and electronic newsletters each year, sponsors an environmental outreach and fundraiser each fall, hosts a summer solstice outreach and fundraising event, hosts a ride for clean rivers bike ride to bring awareness to clean water issues, publishes periodic newspaper articles on…

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Water quality monitoring and testing seasonally, shorerivers monitors and tests water quality at over 67 sites multiple times each month in eastern bay, the bayside creeks, and on the choptank, miles, wye, chester and sassafras rivers and their tributaries.

$508Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$28K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$11.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$11.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$211K
Investment incomeLn 3$79K
Money outPt IX
$10.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.7M
Managementcol C$421K
Fundraisingcol D$396K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.3M
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$214K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$11.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$9.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$9K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$192K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$211K
Investment incomeLn 3$79K
Gains on assetsLn 7$478
Total revenueLn 12$11.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$146K
Other assetsLn 15$76K
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$214K
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 537
VolunteersI 62,443
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$2.3M$3.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M$1.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$209K$146K
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$119K$214K
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M$4.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$5K$5K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$349K$255K$46K$48K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.0M$1.5M$262K$278K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$75K$55K$10K$10K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$78K$57K$10K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$175K$128K$23K$24K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$198$2$109$87
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$109$10K$8K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$8K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$14K$87$8K$6K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$66K$54K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$45K$45K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$102K$90K$12K
TravelLn 17$9K$9K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$29K$29K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$71K$51K$9K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$17K$7K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7.4M$7.4M
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.5M$9.7M$421K$396K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $11.3M$10.5M$833K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.4M$5.4M$51K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.6M$4.0M$596K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.9M$4.6M$275K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.3M$4.3M−$4K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.9M$3.9M$959K$2.6M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $11,318,514 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,218,623$11,028,539
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $130,546$211,397
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $82,081$78,578
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,431,250$11,318,514
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,796$5,150
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,267,123$2,675,472
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,108,370$7,805,082
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,380,289$10,485,704
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $50,961$832,810
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $11,318,514 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$192,147
VIII-1e Government grants$9,336,412
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,499,980
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$8,595
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$11,028,539
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $211,397$211,397
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $78,100$78,100
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$478
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $211,397 · Excluded from tax $78,100$11,318,514
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,485,704 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $5,150$5,150
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $254,758 · Management $45,818 · Fundraising $48,480$349,056
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,458,555 · Management $262,323 · Fundraising $277,561$1,998,439
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $54,640 · Management $9,827 · Fundraising $10,397$74,864
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $57,128 · Management $10,275 · Fundraising $10,872$78,275
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $127,605 · Management $22,950 · Fundraising $24,283$174,838
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2 · Management $109 · Fundraising $87$198
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $109 · Management $9,814 · Fundraising $7,827$17,750
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $8,329$8,329
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $87 · Management $7,827 · Fundraising $6,243$14,157
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $54,024 · Management $12,231$66,255
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $45,167$45,167
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $90,126 · Management $11,736$101,862
IX-17 TravelPrograms $9,180$9,180
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $28,681$28,681
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $51,495 · Management $9,261 · Fundraising $9,799$70,555
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,660 · Management $10,828$17,488
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,425,460$7,425,460
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,668,827 · Management $421,328 · Fundraising $395,549$10,485,704
Part X · Balance sheet $4,775,773 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,251,170$3,270,147
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $209,183$146,128
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,143,466$1,283,775
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $116,149$75,723
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,719,968$4,775,773
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$135,281
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $119,135$78,747
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $119,135$214,028
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,231,345$4,334,438
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $369,488$227,307
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,600,833$4,561,745
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,719,968$4,775,773
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,561,745 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$11,318,514
XI-2 Total expenses$10,485,704
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$832,810
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,600,833
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$128,102
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,561,745

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

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