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Friends of the Mississippi River

Saint Paul, Minnesota · EIN 41-1763226 · Environment · tax-exempt since 1994

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 76.2 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 7,829 environment nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.9.2 months94
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.25
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.86% from one source53
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.84.7%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.15not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$4.64M$4.17M$474K$3.21M9.227B
Jun 2024Form 990$3.13M$3.86M−$724K$2.71M8.430B
Jun 2023Form 990$4.26M$3.35M$905K$3.41M12.224A
Jun 2022Form 990$1.73M$1.37M$356K$2.53M22.10B
Dec 2021Form 990$3.31M$2.52M$794K$2.20M10.521C
Dec 2020Form 990$1.81M$2.28M−$469K$1.41M7.423B
Dec 2019Form 990$2.33M$2.42M−$89K$1.88M9.326A
Dec 2018Form 990$2.39M$2.22M$172K$1.95M10.623A
Dec 2017Form 990$2.32M$2.22M$100K$1.79M9.720A
Dec 2016Form 990$1.97M$1.83M$137K$1.69M11.018A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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