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FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC

EIN 80-0961307 WINCHESTER, VA

Revenue 2024
$172,886
Expenses 2024
$158,493

Program services were 89.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C32
Classification
8000
Street
1460 UNIVERSITY DR

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

TO MONITOR THE WATER QUALITY OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

  • FOSR MAINTAINS OPERATES & FUNDS A VA DEQ LEVEL III LONG-TERM VOLUNTEER CITIZEN SCIENTIST WATER-QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES IN-HOUSE ANALYSIS OF THE WATER SAMPLES. CURRENTLY, THE PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES ROUTINE SAMPLING AT 99 SITES THROUGH 8 COUNTIES, 59 WATERSHEDS, AND A DRAINAGE AREA OF NEARLY 3,000 SQUARE MILES OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER WATERSHED. THE WATER SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED BY A TEAM OF 42 DEDICATED VOLUNTEER CITIZEN-SCIENTISTS WHO ARE TRAINED & CERTIFIED BY THE FOSRS LABORATORY STAFF FOLLOWING VA DEQ APPROVED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

    Expenses $77,087

  • FOSRS ANNUAL SUMMER E.COLI TESTING PROGRAM AT PUBLIC ACCESS & RECREATIONAL SITES ON THE SHENANDOAH RIVER. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE FREQUENT, REAL-TIME ACCREDITED E.COLI CONCENTRATION RESULTS FOR RIVER RECREATION USERS TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED HEALTH RISKS WHEN RECREATING IN THE AREAS OF THE RIVER TESTED. THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES 14 HEAVILY UTILITIZED PUBLIC ACCESS & RECREATIONAL SITES ON THE SHENANDOAH RIVER LOCATED IN CLARKE, WARREN, PAGE & SHENANDOAH COUNTIES & A SITE LOCATED IN FREDERICK COUNTY ON THE OPEQUON CREEK. THE WEEKLY QUANTITATIVE E.COLI CONCENTRATION RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON BOTH THE FOSR WEBSITE & FACEBOOK PAGE.

    Expenses $51,091

  • THE FOSR ACTIVELY RESPONDS TO CITIZENS, COMMUNITIES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CONCERNS RELATED TO WATER-QUALITY ISSUES. THE FOSR DOES THIS BY PROVIDING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ISSUE, WATER-QUALITY TESTING, SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MONITORING PLAN AND ACTS AS A LIAISON TO BRING PARTIES TO THE TABLE TO ASSIST IN ADDRESSING AND RESOLVING THE ISSUES OF CONCERN. FOSR PROVIDED GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE TO OTHERS IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTATION WATER-QUALITY MONITORING PROJECT(S). CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TIES AND ENCOURAGE GOOD STEWARDSHIP PRACTICES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, AND PRESENTATIONS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. FOSR PROVIDED(2) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR K-12 STUDENTS; (5) FOR ADULTS OUTREACH PROGRAMS RELATED TO WATER QUALITY AND GOOD STEWARDSHIP; AND (5) INTERNSHIP/MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS PURSUING AND INTERESTED IN LIMNOLOGY.

    Expenses $12,917

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • GEORGE L OHRSTROM II

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BERNARD NAGELVOORT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CHARLES NEWTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • MARK FRONDORF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • WENDY K WRIGHT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • KAREN ANDERSON

    LABORATORY AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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
    $172,886
    Expenses
    $158,493
    Contributions
    $145,424
    Grants paid
    $100
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $185,748
    Expenses
    $150,961
    Contributions
    $121,960
    Grants paid
    $100
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $167,095
    Expenses
    $207,525
    Contributions
    $93,357
    Grants paid
    $600

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
    $187,227
    Expenses
    $173,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $122,766

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $200,655
    Expenses
    $176,521
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,896

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $173,431
    Expenses
    $164,115
    Assets (EOY)
    $77,142

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.