Blackstone River Watershed Council Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Stewardship of the Blackstone River Watershed including: water quality, river public access, recreation, safety and river cleanups. Watershed includes nine communities with tributaries to the Blackstone River.
- Income
- $107,746
- Spending
- $73,909
- Reserves
- 29.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 81% of charities in its peer group (environment, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 29.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 31% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $11,000 spent. BRWC partnered with Blackstone River Coalition to receive multi-year support from the The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF). The CLF funds derive from a November 2023 court settlement and are to be expended on projects to cleanup and protect the Blackstone River. BRWC used these funds to initiate a multi-year project to clear invasive species and litter from a disused river-side "linear" public park along the Pawtucket border with Massachusetts.
- $10,000 spent. BRWC received a grant from the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program for community engagement and educational events, including activities celebrating the spring fish migration, publication of the Blackstone River paddle guide and an event celebrating Nipmuc culture (Mishoon burn and tribal drummers). $10,000 grant received across 2024/25 and fully expensed in 2025.
- $8,350 spent. BRWC received a multi-year grant from the National Park Service Junior Ranger Fishing Program to promote recreational use of the Blackstone River by sponsoring youth groups from Watershed communities to learn how to fish. Hundreds of children from northern Rhode Island learned the joys of fishing for the first time though this program.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2006.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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