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GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC

EIN 47-2342111 JACKSONVILLE, FL

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Revenue 2024
$5,032,268
Expenses 2024
$5,210,874

Program services were 88.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 13295

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO BRING ABOUT THE SUSTAINED REGENERATION, IMPROVEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT BY DEVELOPING COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING IN THE JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA AREA. THE ORGANIZATION IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, US NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND GROUNDWORK USA, INC. AND IS ONE OF 21 SUCH TRUSTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE IS SPECIFICALLY CHARGED WITH DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A 30-MILE BICYCLE/PEDESTRAIN TRAIL AND LINEAR PARKS SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF MCCOYS AND HOGANS CREEKS. THE EMERALD TRAIL WILL CONNECT 14 URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING DOWNTOWN, AND LINK TO 16 SCHOOLS, 2 COLLEGES AND 21 PARKS. THIS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IS BEING MADE IN MAJORITY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE 71% OF RESIDENTS ARE LOW-TO-MODERATE INCOME AND 35% LIVE IN POVERTY.

  • EMERALD TRAIL: THE 2ND TRAIL SEGMENT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE CITY CENTER LINK IS A 1-MILE TRAIL THAT GOES THROUGH THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN ALONG HOGAN STREET FROM THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AND CONNECTS TO THE SPRINGFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOGANS CREEK. THE 100% DESIGN OF SEGMENT 3, THE RIVERSIDE LINK, WILL BE UNDERWAY IN THE 2ND QUARTER OF 2026. IT CONNECTS RIVERSIDE TO THE NORTH RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MCCOYS CREEK. IT TRAVERSES BY A NUMBER OF CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND PARKS, INCLUDING THE CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS, THE JACKSONVILLE GARDEN CLUB, THE RIVERSIDE ARTS MARKET, MEMORIAL PARK, AND RIVERSIDE PARK. THE TRAIL ALIGNMENTS FOR THE REMAINING SEGMENTS - 4, 6, 7 & 8 - IS COMPLETE AND THE SEGMENTS ARE NOW READY TO MOVE TO DESIGN.

    Expenses $406,539

  • GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE SECURED 9M IN FEDERAL GRANTS TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN FOR THE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF HOGANS CREEK. THE DESIGN IS 90% COMPLETE AND WILL BE FINALIZED BY DECEMBER 2026. THE RESTORATION WILL REDUCE FLOODING, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, CREATE FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND CLEAN UP CONTAMINATION. IT ALSO WILL INCLUDE 3 MILES OF THE EMERALD TRAIL.

    Expenses $25,332

  • CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON THE MCCOYS CREEK BRANCHES PROJECT. THE BRANCHES SIT WITHIN A 30-ACRE CITY-OWNED PARK AND ARE THE CREEK'S HEADWATERS. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY MARCH 2028. TRAIL AND RECREATION CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE 1 OF MCCOYS CREEK FROM I-95 WEST TO KING ST. WILL BEGIN IN 2026. SECTION.

    Expenses $4,199,118

  • 46 HOMES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN THE NORTH RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE AND THE NORTH RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE COMPLETED WATERSHED PLANS FOR THE MCCOYS AND HOGANS CREEK WATERSHEDS. EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS DONE, INCLUDING FORMING A WATERSHED STAKEHOLDER GROUP WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 10 NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE WATERSHEDS.

    Expenses $2,861

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kay Ehas

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $97,000
    From this org
    $97,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Leana Cianfoni

    DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $115,000
    From this org
    $115,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Deborah Amartin Johnson

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Ennis Davis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Chris Burns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • John Burr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Dana Karzan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Steve Swann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Ann-Marie Knight

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Sylvia Perry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Marisa Brighton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,032,268
    Expenses
    $5,210,874
    Contributions
    $4,878,448
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,576,764
    Expenses
    $5,899,955
    Contributions
    $6,483,943
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,243,373
    Expenses
    $1,558,121
    Contributions
    $887,503
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,461,498
    Expenses
    $1,685,099
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,550,608
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,613,025
    Expenses
    $1,006,188
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,642,424
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,767,637
    Expenses
    $994,258
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,045,983
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $698,987
    Expenses
    $575,413
    Assets (EOY)
    $284,052
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $278,015
    Expenses
    $282,040
    Assets (EOY)
    $129,339
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $145,474
    Expenses
    $197,267
    Assets (EOY)
    $88,141

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.