The River Fund New York
The River Fund New York reported $11.4 million in revenue and $10.9 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $95.34 went to program services, $3.95 to management and general costs and $0.71 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 100.4% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $100,487 (CEO). Revenue rose 118% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $11MFor context, the median across 3,614 covered human services charities: $88.27 programs, $11.52 management, $0.21 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $11MOther revenue was negative: −$168K. The bar shows the positive sources only.
The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 95.3% | 87.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 3.9% | 11.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.7% | 0.2% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.01 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 100.4% | 20.6% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 2.4% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 70.8% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $100,487 | $274,992 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.92% | 1.18% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 5.7 | 6.9 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 16 of 17 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseToday River Fund stands as a frontline poverty center in our response to the devastation of those living on the lines of poverty. Fulfilling its goal to be a resource to those at-risk, over the past three plus decades the River Fund has grown to become one of the largest providers of emergency food in the city of New York, delivering well over 1 million pounds of food and essential items, including clothing, shoes, pet food, and household goods to the community each month through its emergency food programs.the provision of nutritious, culturally appropriate weekly groceries via a…
The River Fund, benefits access center in helping families in distress meet their needs. Serving about fifteen hundred families annually, River Fund's benefits access center provide comprehensive social services through a proactive, flexible, and sensitive approach designed to identify needs beyond those being expressed. The goal is to promote every family's capacity to address the factors contributing to its immediate and longer-term needs, as well as to take steps to ameliorate the effects of chronic poverty.benefits access agents have primary responsibility for providing individualized…
College enrollment and success are major problems for low-income students in urban school systems. For New York city to make substantial and lasting progress in reducing inequality and expanding economic opportunity, grassroots efforts from agencies like River Fund are needed to increase both attendance and success in postsecondary education. River Fund first began addressing this issue with the creation of the mary c. Tiedemann scholarship fund, which over the past decade has grown and evolved into a broad array of programs under the banner of cradle-to-college.cradle-to-college grew out of…
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEO Director/trustee, officer, 60.00 hrs/week | $96,750 | $0 | $3,737 | $100,487 |
| CFO Officer, 8.00 hrs/week | $48,000 | $0 | $0 | $48,000 |
0 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from The River Fund New York (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $148K (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b17 · 16 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bNo
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 516
- Volunteers Part I, line 6483
Private foundation grants it received
9 private foundations reported grants to The River Fund New York totaling $250K on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from The River Fund New York's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for The River Fund New York, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 The River Fund New York spent in FY2025, $95.34 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of The River Fund New York's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, The River Fund New York reported that 95.3% of its $10.9 million in expenses went to program services, 3.9% to management and general and 0.7% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does The River Fund New York pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation The River Fund New York reported for one person in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 was $100,487, for the role of CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does The River Fund New York get its money?
Of $11.4 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, 100.4% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is The River Fund New York a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 11-3450363 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, object 202523579349301407 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, object 202540319349300714 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, object 202430259349300523 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, object 202300399349300005 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, object 202212839349301021 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, object 202140469349300719 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 11-3450363: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.