THE ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION Charity Report

Public IRS 990 nonprofit record

THE ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION

EIN 81-4431199 · Community & Neighborhood Development (S20)

What they do

CREATE AN INCLUSIVE and RESILIENT URBAN RIVERFRONT TRAIL THAT CONNECTS and INSPIRES PEOPLE and BUSINESSES IN THE REGION. THE ERT FOUNDATION PROVIDES THE PLANNING, FUNDRAISING, PROGRAMMING and MARKETING to GENERATE PUBLIC SUPPORT for A HEALTHY and DYNAMIC REGIONAL TRAIL, IN SERVICE of OUR VISION to BUILD A TRAIL AS DIVERSE and VIBRANT AS THE LAND IT SITS ON, THE RIVER IT FOLLOWS, and THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.

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Of every $100 spent, about $79.60 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.

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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.

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They name their leaders23 people are listed in the latest report.

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Money made simple

84.91%of revenue went to mission work79.6% of expenses · Program services

6.27%of revenue went to fundraising5.9% of expenses

$106.61spent for every $100 of revenueSpending was higher than revenue this year.

15.43%of revenue went to management and office costs14.5% of expenses

$5.40in assets for every $1 spent this yearSome assets cannot be spent right away.

88.9%of its money came from giftsOther money may come from services or investments.

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Money

Financial picture

Tax year 2024

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$100revenue

How each $100 of revenue was used

The large number compares each expense with revenue. The smaller number shows its share of total expenses.

Total reported revenue$410,247

Mission workProgram services$348,35084.91% of revenue79.6% of expenses

ManagementOffice and general costs$63,30615.43% of revenue14.5% of expenses

FundraisingAsking for donations$25,7096.27% of revenue5.9% of expenses

Total expenses$437,365106.61% of revenue

Expenses were greater than revenue, so the colored ring fills the available $100 and the total above 100% is shown below.

Has the pattern changed?

Colored bars = expense mix: how each year’s expenses were divided. Total expenses vs. revenue shows whether the charity spent less or more than it received. The current filing is first.

YearExpense mixDetails

2024CurrentExpense mix: 79.6% mission · 14.5% management · 5.9% fundraisingTotal expenses: 106.61% of revenue

2023Expense mix: 81.6% mission · 8.6% management · 9.9% fundraisingTotal expenses: 87.89% of revenue

2022Expense mix: 80.2% mission · 8.3% management · 11.5% fundraisingTotal expenses: 84.37% of revenue

2021Expense mix: 25.8% mission · 74.2% management · 0.0% fundraisingTotal expenses: 203.35% of revenue

2020Expense mix: 82.2% mission · 17.8% management · 0.0% fundraisingTotal expenses: 1,074.19% of revenue

2019Expense mix: 1.3% mission · 98.7% management · 0.0% fundraisingTotal expenses: 68.69% of revenue

2018Expense mix: 0.8% mission · 99.2% management · 0.0% fundraisingTotal expenses: 8.98% of revenue

Money in and money out

Revenue$410,247

Expenses$437,365

Annual shortfall $27,118 Expenses were higher than revenue for this filing year.

Reported spending amounts

Mission work means the Form 990 category called program services. These are reported accounting categories—not an independent measurement of results.

Mission work (program services)$348,350 · 79.6% of expenses

Management and office costs$63,306 · 14.5% of expenses

Fundraising$25,709 · 5.9% of expenses

See all reported dollar amounts

Revenue$410,247

Expenses$437,365

Assets$2,363,881

Income$415,299

Contributions$364,847

Mission work (program services)$348,350

Fundraising$25,709

Management and general$63,306

Accounting fees$11,825

People

Leadership and board

Tax year 2024

Names, titles, time, and compensation below are reported by the organization on its Form 990.

No compensation was reported for these leaders. The complete board and leadership roster is shown below.

Board and leadership roster (23)

JACKIE GLASSDIRECTOR

TRISTA POPEDIRECTOR

TIM FAULKNERDIRECTOR

SARAH JANE KIRKLANDDIRECTOR

RACHEL MCCALLDIRECTOR

PETER OBERLEDIRECTOR

MELODY WEBBDIRECTOR

MEL PRICEVICE CHAIR

JOHN GARRETTDIRECTOR

JAY GRANTDIRECTOR

JASON DAVISDIRECTOR

JADE EDWARDSTREASURER

GIOVANNA GENARDDIRECTOR

DR VELEKA GATLINGDIRECTOR

DR THERESA WHIBLEYDIRECTOR

DR MICHAEL HOOPERDIRECTOR

DESTINI HARRELLDIRECTOR

CHRISTINE NEIKIRKCHAIR

CHRIS UITERWYKDIRECTOR

BRYANT THOMASDIRECTOR

BARRY BISHOPDIRECTOR

BARBARA BENESHDIRECTOR

ANN STOKESSECRETARY

About this charity

Recognized since: January 2017
Location: 715 ORAPAX STREET E, NORFOLK, VA 23507
County: Norfolk (city)
In care of: JADE EDWARDS
Primary officer: JADE EDWARDS, TREASURER

How to reach them

WebsiteVisit the charity’s website Emailhello@elizabethrivertrail.org Phone(757) 681-1405

Filing and classification

Latest tax year: 2024
Tax period began: July 1, 2024
Return type: 990
Tax preparer: BARNES BROCK CORNWELL & PAINTER PLC
NTEE classification: Community & Neighborhood Development (S20)
IRS tax category: Community & Neighborhood Development