Nonprofit · EIN 54-0419098
VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
Tax-exempt · RICHMOND, VA 23230
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $575,275 | $675,559 | -$100,284 | $655,328 | $132,754 | $522,574 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $631,399 | $632,212 | -$813 | $732,800 | $109,942 | $622,858 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $723,272 | $693,529 | $29,743 | $720,401 | $96,730 | $623,671 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $271,368
- Membership dues
- $258,700
- Program service revenue
- $294,084
- Investment income
- $5,728
- Royalties
- $4,095
- Other revenue
- $4,095
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $58,150
- Other salaries and wages
- $125,661
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $301,204
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $6,800
- Occupancy
- $47,632
- Depreciation
- $16,072
- Program services (functional)
- $441,655
- Management and general (functional)
- $233,904
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $732,800
- Total assets, end of year
- $655,328
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $132,754
- Net assets, end of year
- $522,574
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $348,951
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $458,886
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $63,688
- Gross receipts
- $575,275
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 75
- Year formed
- 1943
- State of legal domicile
- VA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERRY LASHER | EXECUTIVE DI Former | – | $125,234 |
| SCOTT BARRETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DREW COCKRAM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN COLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON CRITZER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SASKIA VAN DE GEVEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TERRY GODWIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC GOODMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL HAROLD | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JOSEPH JOEY JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN PETER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JAY PHAUP | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DOUG POND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN REID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTINA HAGER RODI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUKE SHENK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURIE WRIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT BARRETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN COLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON CRITZER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC GOODMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL HAROLD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS HARRIS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| DAN HOCKENBERGER | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN E JONES III | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN IRVINE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVEN PETER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAY PHAUP | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DOUG POND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN REID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTINA HAGER RODI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LAURIE WRIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COREY CONNORS | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $119,281 | $719 |
| SCOTT BARRETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BENJAMIN COLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAVAN DAUBERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC GOODMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE GRUBB | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL HAROLD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER HARRIS | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN HOCKENBERGER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN E JONES III | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN IRVINE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVEN PETER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAY PHAUP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN REID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTINA HAGER RODI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURIE WRIGHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3808 AUGUSTA AVE, RICHMOND, VA 23230-3910
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- STEVEN PETER
- Signed the 990
- STEVEN PETER, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (804) 278-8733
- Website
- WWW.VAFORESTY.ORG
- Return prepared by
- ROBINSON FARMER COX ASSOCIATES
Mission
VFA PROMOTES STEWARDSHIP AND WISE USE OF THE COMMONWEALTH'S FOREST RESOURCES FOR THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF ALL VIRGINIANS.
Program accomplishments
- ANNUAL AND FALL MEETINGS - TO PROVIDE SEMINARS AND PROGRAMS ON PERTINENT FORESTRY TOPICS, AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FELLOWSHIP WITH FORESTRY LEADERS FROM AROUND THE STATE.Expenses $162,883 · revenue $163,595
- LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES - TO EDUCATE THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, U.S. CONGRESS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY.Expenses $123,873 · revenue $42,744
- OTHER PROGRAMS - TO INCLUDE THE SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE, WHICH ASSISTS COMPANIES, LOGGERS, AND LANDOWNERS IN IMPROVING FORESTRY PRACTICES; PROJECT LEARNING TREE, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR K-12 STUDENTS AND DIRECTLTY SUPPORTS THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING; AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE "VIRGINIA FORESTS" TRADE MAGAZINE WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS.Expenses $154,899 · grants $58,150 · revenue $87,745
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 54-0419098
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1944
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $655,328
- Income (IRS master file)
- $575,275
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $575,275 | $675,559 | $655,328 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $631,399 | $632,212 | $732,800 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $723,272 | $693,529 | $720,401 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $564,434 | $678,781 | $711,941 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 54-0419098).
Questions about VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
- What is the EIN of VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION is 54-0419098.
- Is VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1944.
- Are donations to VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names STEVEN PETER.
- Who are the officers and directors of VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $125,234 (TERRY LASHER, EXECUTIVE DI).
- How much revenue does VIRGINIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $575,275, expenses of $675,559 and total assets of $655,328 at year end.
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