Protect Our Rivers
Lakewood, CO. EIN 86-2101337. Reported $161,269 of revenue for 2025 on its Form 990-EZ.
The IRS record
- Registered name
- PROTECT OUR RIVERS
- As the IRS records it, which is how it appears in their own search.
- Employer Identification Number
- 86-2101337
- The identifier the IRS uses for this organization.
- Recognized under
- 501(c)(3) — charitable, religious, educational, scientific
- The subsection of the code its exemption was granted under.
- Recognized in
- 2021
- The year of the IRS ruling.
- Classification
- Environment
- NTEE code C30, assigned at registration.
- Gifts to it
- Contributions are deductible
- Whether the IRS treats a contribution to this organization as deductible.
- Legal form
- not reported
- The IRS file carries organization code 0, which it documents nowhere.
- Location of record
- Lakewood, CO
- The address the IRS holds, not necessarily where it operates.
- Most recent filing
- Form 990-EZ
- For tax year 2025.
What it reported for 2025
- $161,269
- Total revenue
- Contributions, grants, program service revenue and investment income.
- $144,631
- Total expenses
- As reported on the return.
- $86,194
- Total assets, book value
- At the end of the year, at what the organization paid for them.
- 6
- People listed
- Officers, directors, trustees, key employees and highest-paid employees.
- $72,305
- Largest reported compensation
- Reported for Sarah Nelson.
Protect Our Rivers reported paying Sarah Nelson, Executive Director, $72,305 for 2025. That is reportable compensation from the organization, from related organizations, and other compensation, as the organization reported all three. It is not a verified salary and not take-home pay.
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This organization elsewhere
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search — the exemption record this page is built from. Search for EIN 86-2101337; the IRS search has no address that opens one organization directly.
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What this page cannot show
- Everything here is what the organization told the IRS about itself. The IRS publishes returns as filed and does not audit them first.
- The figures describe the most recent year on record, which is usually one to two years behind, and not the organization’s current position.
- Nothing here says whether the organization does its work well, or how it spends what it raises beyond the totals on the form.
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Sources
- Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 21, 2026
- Form 990 series e-file data · retrieved September 19, 2026
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