Nonprofit · EIN 81-4431199
ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION
Also known as JOHN M GARRETT
Tax-exempt · NORFOLK, VA 23510
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $410,247 | $437,365 | -$27,118 | $2,363,881 | $107,699 | $2,256,182 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $397,277 | $349,155 | $48,122 | $2,289,356 | $6,056 | $2,283,300 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $298,980 | $252,238 | $46,742 | $2,242,157 | $6,979 | $2,235,178 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $364,847
- of which government grants
- $263,077
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $45,400
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $331
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $152,800
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $172,670
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $11,825
- Occupancy
- $2,074
- Travel
- $6,337
- Depreciation
- $85,994
- Program services (functional)
- $348,350
- Management and general (functional)
- $63,306
- Fundraising (functional)
- $25,709
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,289,356
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,363,881
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $107,699
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,256,182
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $865,605
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,101,606
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $154,576
- Gross receipts
- $415,299
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 1,517
- Year formed
- 2016
- 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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTINE NEIKIRK | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| MEL PRICE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ANN STOKES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JADE EDWARDS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| TIM FAULKNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARRY BISHOP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN GARRETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JACKIE GLASS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RACHEL MCCALL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PETER OBERLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS UITERWYK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MELODY WEBB | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR THERESA WHIBLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARBARA BENESH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GIOVANNA GENARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
8 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESTINI HARRELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR MICHAEL HOOPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TRISTA POPE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRYANT THOMAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARAH JANE KIRKLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON DAVIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR VELEKA GATLING | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAY GRANT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTINE NEIKIRK | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JOHN GARRETT | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| GIOVANNA GENARD | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| KEVIN MURPHY | IMMEDIATE PA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RACHEL MCCALL | EVENTS CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| CHRIS UITERWYK | MARKETING CH Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| DESTINI HARRELL | CHAIR DEI CO Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| MEL PRICE | CHAIR MASTER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| BARBARA BENESH | CO CHAIR FUN Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| BARRY BISHOP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIM FAULKNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACKIE GLASS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR MICHAEL HOOPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDRIA MCCLELLAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES V MCPHILLIPS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PETER OBERLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TRISTA N POPE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LIZ SCHEESSELE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR CAMDEN WOOD SELIG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANN STOKES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MELODY WEBB | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THERESA WHIBLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRY BISHOP | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| PETE BURYK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| TIM FAULKNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| EARL FRALEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOHN GARRETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JACKIE GLASS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| RACHEL MCCALL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| ANDRIA MCCLELLAN | FUNDRAISING Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| CHARLES V MCPHILLIPS | CHAIR EMERIT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| KEVIN MURPHY | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| CHRISTINE NEIKIRK | MARKETING CH Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| PETER OBERLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| MEL PRICE | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| LIZ SCHEESSELE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| WOOD SELIG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ANN STOKES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| CHRIS UITERWYK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| MELODY WEBB | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| THERESA WHIBLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 101 W MAIN ST STE 1000A, NORFOLK, VA 23510-1646
- Mailing address (990-N for 2016)
- PO Box 3042, Norfolk VA 23514
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CHRISTINE NEIKIRK, 715 ORAPAX ST E, NORFOLK, VA 23507
- Principal officer (990-N for 2016)
- Charles V McPhillips, PO Box 3042, Norfolk VA 23514
- Signed the 990
- JADE EDWARDS, TREASURER
- Phone
- (757) 681-1405
- Website
- elizabethrivertrail.com
- Return prepared by
- BARNES BROCK CORNWELL & PAINTER PLC
Mission
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THROUGH THE MASTER PLANNING, PROGRAMMING AND ADVOCACY OF THIS URBAN WATERFRONT TRAIL, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE MULTI-MODEL ACCESS TO OUR HISTORIC WORKING WATERFRONT, CONNECT 28 COMMUNITIES ALONG 10.5 MILES AND SERVE AS A SAFE PLACE TO RECREATE AND RESTORE GREEN SPACE IN AN URBAN SETTING, WORKING TO CONNECT NAVAL STATION NORFOLK TO THE VIRGINIA BEACH TRAIL.
Program accomplishments
- THE ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL (ERT) FOUNDATION OFFERS OVER 100 OPPORTUNITIES EACH YEAR TO BETTER THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. THROUGH FREE PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING NATURE FOR ALL PROGRAMS, TRAILWELL HOLISTIC OUTDOOR LITERACY, AND EXTENSIVE TRAIL BEAUTIFICATION, SURFACE WIDENING, MAINTENANCE, AND INSTALLATION OF , AMENITIES, GARDENS AND TREES FOR PUBLIC USAGE DESIGNED TO ACTIVATE AND ENHANCE THE ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL IN NORFOLK, VA. FIVE DIGITAL TRAIL COUNTERS ACCURATELY RECORD TRAIL USAGE AT 696,800 USERS PER YEAR. IN AUGUST 2024 THE ERT HOSTED THE FIRST COMMUNITY OLYMPICS ACTIVATING THREE PUBLIC PARKS AND 6 MILES OF TRAIL, IN NOVEMBER THE JEFF ROBERTSON PARK TRAILHEAD SHELTER WAS INSTALLED; A PARTNERSHIP WITH TIDEWATER TECH SKILLED-TRADE STUDENTS, IN APRIL 2025 THE LAMBERT'S POINT TRAILHEAD SHELTER WAS INSTALLED, THE FIRST TO INCLUDE LIGHTING, THIS RIBBON CUTTING CULMINATED A SEMESTER'S LONG PROJECT WITH OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY PARKS, REC AND TOURISM STUDIES STUDENTS ON OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING. IN JUNE, THE ERT WAS DESIGNATED A NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. NAMED THRIVE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL'S ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR AND AWARDED HAMPTON ROADS CHAMBER'S NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR.Expenses $348,350
- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OVER 90 COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH 3,425 EVENT PARTICIPANTS AND PROVIDED 106 FREE EVENTS ON THE TRAIL FOR THE PUBLIC. ENCOMPASSING 2,499 VOLUNTEER HOURS AND REMOVING 5,406 POUNDS OF LITTER. WE PLANTED TWENTY TREES AND 150 PLANTS ADDING A POLLINATOR GARDEN AND NATIVE PLANTS TO ENHANCE OUR MANAGED MEADOW CONTINUING THE MAINTENANCE OF SEVEN PUBLIC GREEN SPACES.
- THE ECO-COUNTERS MULTI SYSTEM HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ALONG THE ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL AND ELSEWHERE ON NORFOLK'S BIKE NETWORK TO ACCURATELY COUNT PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST USE ALONG THE TRAIL AND BIKE NETWORK. THE SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM MULTIPLE USER TYPES OVER TIME. THIS SYSTEM COMBINES THE PASSIVE INFRARED SENSOR AND AN INDUCTIVE LOOP SENSOR. AN INTELLIGENT SUBSYSTEM ANALYZES THE SIGNAL FROM BOTH SENSORS IN ORDER TO COUNT AND CLASSIFY EACH USER. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HAS ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHICH HAVE ENHANCED THE EXPERIENCE OF USING THE TRAIL. COST OF ENHANCEMENTS NOT DONATED BACK TO THE CITY ARE INCLUDED IN FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATED OVER THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE ASSET. COST OF ENHANCEMENTS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE INCLUDED IN CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS. SOME ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, TRAILHEAD AND WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, BIKE REPAIR STATIONS, TRASH CANS AND MANY OTHER AMENITIES.
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 81-4431199
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2017
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,363,881
- Income (IRS master file)
- $415,299
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $410,247 | $437,365 | $2,363,881 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $397,277 | $349,155 | $2,289,356 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $298,980 | $252,238 | $2,242,157 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2016 Officer: Charles V McPhillips | June 30, 2017 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 81-4431199).
Questions about ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION is 81-4431199.
- Is ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2017.
- Are donations to ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION 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 ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names CHRISTINE NEIKIRK.
- Who are the officers and directors of ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 23 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does ELIZABETH RIVER TRAIL FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $410,247, expenses of $437,365 and total assets of $2,363,881 at year end.
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