Virginia · Nonprofit
Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation
Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being EDWIN S WEBSTER FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $30k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $44k
What Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation does
Mission
Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation (ESRTF) is engaged in the development, improvement, financing, use, operation, promotion, marketing, maintenance, and good repair of the Eastern Shore Rail Trail running from Hallwood to Cape Charles Virginia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
ESTRF program service accomplishments for the year included groundbreaking in Cape Charles, VA, the site of of the first segment of trail construction in May, with projected completion Fall 2026. The trailhead is completed and construction has progressed from Cape Charles, across Route 13, and into the town of Cheriton. The railbed has been filled and is smooth and ready for asphalt surfacing when weather permits. The second section of the trail, Cheriton to Birdsnest has been funded, engineering work completed and will go out for bid in the Spring of 2026. The third trail section, is 18 miles, running from Birdsnest to Melfa, VA, is awaiting approval by the Federal Highway Administration. The last funded segment, running from Melfa to Onley, VA is in the engineering phase. The ESTRF accomplishments account for 2/3 of the proposed 50 mile trail.
$97,137 spent$30,159 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $97,137.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $117k to $50k (−57%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- AN Cty Trans Dist Comm ANTDC · disregarded
- Canonie Atlantic Co · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation?
- Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being EDWIN S WEBSTER FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation?
- EDWIN S WEBSTER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing