Virginia · Nonprofit
THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST
THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $164,189 to it, the largest being VIRGINIAS UNITED LAND TRUSTS ($47,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $378k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $164k
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What The Living River Restoration Trust does
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
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.
$363,073 spent92% of program spendingConservation - 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.
$30,677 spent$188,295 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $393,750.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $1.0M to $6.2M (+522%).
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: 2018 24% · 2020 0% · 2021 3% · 2022 0% · 2023 17% · 2024 13% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Helen W Kuhns
Executive Director
Board chair
Mary Ann Saunders
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $15k → $28k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST’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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 47% · 2022 99% · 2023 64% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
67% of THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
36%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST: 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 THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST?
- THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $164,189 to it, the largest being VIRGINIAS UNITED LAND TRUSTS ($47,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $164,189 in grants to THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST?
- VIRGINIAS UNITED LAND TRUSTS is the largest funder on record, with $47,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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