Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $377,908
- Total expenses
- $480,677
- Contributions and grants received
- $61,230
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $188,295
- Investment income
- $102,612
- Other revenue
- $25,771
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,810,159
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,276
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,804,883
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $393,750
- Management and general expenses
- $70,893
- Fundraising expenses
- $16,034
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $393,750
Program services were 81.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$7,500
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$53,730
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: Sediment Restoration
total $188,295 · related or exempt $188,295 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $102,612 · related or exempt $102,612 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$51,771
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$26,000
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $25,771 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $25,771
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $80,000 · program services $35,015 · management and general $32,139 · fundraising $12,846
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $7,999 · program services $0 · management and general $6,459 · fundraising $1,540
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $6,732 · program services $2,679 · management and general $2,953 · fundraising $1,100
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11b · Fees: legal
total $3,950 · program services $0 · management and general $3,950 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $6,923 · program services $4,263 · management and general $2,660 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $10,339 · program services $9,685 · management and general $654 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $315,667 · program services $315,667 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,907 · program services $1,238 · management and general $2,669 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $4,209 · program services $0 · management and general $4,209
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16 · Occupancy
total $13,147 · program services $3,949 · management and general $9,198 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $2,548 · program services $608 · management and general $1,542 · fundraising $398
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,790 · program services $1,758 · management and general $32
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23 · Insurance
total $18,938 · program services $16,801 · management and general $2,137
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24a · Other expenses: Supplies
total $239 · program services $239 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Memberships
total $1,854 · program services $1,848 · management and general $6 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Development costs
total $780 · program services $0 · management and general $780 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Communications, collections
total $1,655 · program services $0 · management and general $1,505 · fundraising $150
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $66,693 · end of year $67,664
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,666,680 · end of year $1,483,182
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,100 · end of year $2,100
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,082,922 · end of year $1,256,218
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $995 · end of year $995
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $9,277 · end of year $5,276
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $260,795 · end of year $255,565
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,549,318 · end of year $2,549,318
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Trust works to restore the environmental quality of the Elizabeth River by removing legacy contaminants and conserving the river and its tributaries for future beneficial uses and resiliency. It also conserves land in the coastal Virginia region for health and well-being, habitat and open space.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The Conservancy works to restore the environmental quality of the Elizabeth River by removing legacy contaminates and pollution. It conserves the river and adjacent tributaries for future beneficial use and resiliency. It conserves land in the coastal region of Virginia for health and well-being, habitat, and open space.
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Restoring waterways by removing pollutants and mitigating their impacts on the Elizabeth River and its tributaries. Specific work done during the year ending September 30, 2025, included:(a) long-term monitoring of improvements made to Paradise Creek and (b) approved permitting and construction of oyster reef at Lambert's Point.
Expenses $363,073
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Conservation - Conservation activities include acquisition of easement adjoining waterways in the Hampton Roads watershed in Virginia Beach along West Neck Creek. Activities also include inspection and maintenance of held easements.
Expenses $30,677 · Revenue $188,295
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Helen W Kuhns
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $80,000
- From this org
- $80,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jody Wagner
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Joseph J Thomas
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Mary Ann Saunders
Chairperson
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Edward Wolcott Jr
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Steven Jenkins
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7.5
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Jennifer Cool
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7.5
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Mary-Carson Saunders Stiff
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Audrey Cotnior
Trustee, Chair of Restoration Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Lauren C Rose
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Christopher A Pocta
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Myles Pocta
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Karen Schaffer
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7.5
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 10 December 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202640369349301409
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