Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2004.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
3 people listed on the 990-EZ; $28K paid to officers and key staff.
Melanie Winter’s $9K as President is at the 28th percentile of top reported officer pay among 135 <$100K 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanie Winter | $9,151 | $6,384 | $22,506 | $20,274 |
| Celeste Moye | — | — | $5,400 | — |
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.
- Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed
Programs and updates
Empowering Los Angeles communities with tools for climate resilience and equitable watershed planning.
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The River Project served as Fiscal Sponsor for two initiatives funded by the Climate Emergency Fund and the Eileen Getty Foundation. The first for the development of creative and visual assets for nonviolent climate actions in Los Angeles, and the second for the development of a digital application to support a platform for mutual aid…
Feasibility Study for Restoration of the Los Angeles River and Tributaries through Sepulveda Basin: With a grant from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, The River Project continued development of a study to explore the technical feasibility of restoring hydrodynamic and ecosystem function to the waterways within the Sepulveda Flood…
Water La Parkway Basin Project
Partnering with the County of Los Angeles to site, design, implement, monitor, and steward 30 Parkway Basins in the disadvantaged and climate-vulnerable communities of Florence-Firestone, Los Nietos, and Basset.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990-EZ, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $59K | $48K | $12K | −$4K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $97K | −$16K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2023 | $221K | $74K | $147K | −$18K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $0 | −$129K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2021 | $487K | $407K | $80K | −$128K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $272K | $445K | −$174K | −$208K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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