Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025
Filed by FRIENDS OF THE LOCUST FORK RIVER.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2025 , filed 2 April 2026. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $99,081
- Total expenses
- $115,261
- Contributions and grants received
- $12,663
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $69,019
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $16,319
- Investment income (line 4)
- $1,080
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $69,430
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $69,430
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $92,390
Program services were 80.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
Outdoor and River Protection Education
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Science, Education and Fun: Kid's Day on the River with approximately 400 people attending, 3 school events on the river with a total of 237 children, 38 teachers, 58 volunteers and 11 presenters: public library programs attended by approximately over 200 people.
Expenses $7,360 · Grants $6,203
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Bruce Phillips River Park located on the Locust Fork River in Snead: We completed this river access project in 2025. This access point has parking, a walking trail to the river, picnic tables, and chairs for eating lunch or relaxing while enjoying the view. There is a convenient canoe/kayak river access roller for easy access to river. Fun will be had by hundreds of tourists throughout the year.
Expenses $79,705 · Grants $46,609
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Friend of the River Scholarship Program. We give 2-4 scholarships to Blount County Students who actively volunteer for Friends of the Locust Fork River during their last two years of school. Students who show leadership qualities and their willingness to spend time volunteering for our different programs though out the year.
Expenses $2,750 · Grants $2,997
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Our Art, Photo, Video and Poetry Contest is a fun way for folks to get out and about in Blount County taking pictures, videos or drawing some of their favorite nature scenes. Each year we have more entries for each category.
Expenses $2,425 · Grants $4,500
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Swann Bridge River Park is an on going river access park. Our project will focus on river scaping the run off points to curb ongoing runoff down the hillside to the river. There will be benches for relaxing and enjoying the river view, picnic tables to have a fun lunch. Trails to the river will be enhanced and upgraded. End goal is to encourage folks to enjoy the river whether it be canoeing, swimming or just sitting and listening the the river's flow.
Expenses $150 · Grants $11,491
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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April Benefield
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Ellen Luce
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Bryan Benefield
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Marie Brindle
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Sam Howell
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Susie Wilkerson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Chris Cleveland
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Eleanor Wright
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Nancy Pile Laney
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Michelle Humphrey
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 2 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202620939349201412
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