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Kenai Watershed Forum

“Promote healthy watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula.”

Home groundSoldotna, AK
Founded1997
KindFriends Group 501(c)(3)
Led byDave Atcheson

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The work

What they do

Watershed monitoring and restoration on the Kenai Peninsula, including Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Chugach National Forest lands.

Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “WORKING TOGETHER FOR HEALTHY WATERSHEDS ON THE PENINSULA”

Where the money went, FY2025

The work, and what it cost

Guarding the water

$712K

KENAI WATERSHED FORUM IS A CITIZENS BASED ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING THE HEALTH OF KENAI PENINSULA WATERSHEDS THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND RESTORATION PROGRAMS.

Read it as they filed it
KENAI WATERSHED FORUM IS A CITIZENS BASED ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING THE HEALTH OF KENAI PENINSULA WATERSHEDS THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND RESTORATION PROGRAMS.

IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.

Follow the dollar

74 cents of every dollar goes to the work

74¢
74¢ the work24¢ keeping the lights on2¢ finding the next member

Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.

$712,423 programs, $226,973 management, $17,488 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.

The people

Who does the work

13paid staff
74volunteers last year
9board members
29years on the ground
Trenten DodsonExecutive Dir.Comp $89,983, FY2025

Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at Kenai Watershed Forum? Claim this page.

Those 74 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Kenai Watershed Forum is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.

Make it 75

The filings

14 years of filings

14 years of filings

Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.

$2M$912K FY2520112025
Total revenue by fiscal year
YearRevenue
2011$2,956,176
2012$1,653,924
2013$1,192,140
2014$1,770,928
2015$847,462
2016$1,136,852
2017$802,288
2018$928,199
2019$693,879
2020$816,918
2021$2,666,238
2022$771,182
2023$725,460
2025$911,748

From $3.0M in 2011 to $912K in FY25, across 14 public filings. The 2011 peak of $3.0M reads like one-time gifts, so trust the line, not the peak.

Stand with Kenai Watershed Forum

29 years on the ground, 74 volunteers, 74 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.

Sources and methodFinancials, headcounts, and program text: IRS Form 990, FY2025 and 13 prior filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, EIN 91-1829284. Leadership and compensation: Form 990 Part VII and the return’s signature block, FY2025 filing. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.