Friends of Virgin Islands National Park
“Protect and preserve Virgin Islands National Park.”
The work
What they do
Friends group for Virgin Islands National Park. Trail maintenance, education, advocacy, and reef protection.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Resource Protection the Organization Funds
$821K, 42% of spendingAnd implements projects and educational activities that further the protection of park natural resources including coral reefs, beaches, wild life, vegetation, maintenance of hiking trails and control of lionfish.
Including $27,250 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
RESOURCE PROTECTION THE ORGANIZATION FUNDS AND IMPLEMENTS PROJECTS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT FURTHER THE PROTECTION OF PARK NATURAL RESOURCES INCLUDING CORAL REEFS, BEACHES, WILD LIFE, VEGETATION, MAINTENANCE OF HIKING TRAILS AND CONTROL OF LIONFISH.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Education Projects the Organization Funds
$244K, 13% of spendingAnd implements projects and activities that further the greater environmental awareness and stewardship of the resources of virgin islands National Park such as field trips for children and adults, summer camps for…
Including $43,418 granted onward, most of it ($25,000) to The Core Foundation Inc.
Read it as they filed it
EDUCATION PROJECTS THE ORGANIZATION FUNDS AND IMPLEMENTS PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT FURTHER THE GREATER ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE RESOURCES OF VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK SUCH AS FIELD TRIPS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS, SUMMER CAMPS FOR CHILDREN, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Cultural Preservation the Organization Funds
$130K, 7% of spendingAnd implements projects and activities that further the protection of cultural and historic resources such as living history demonstrations, preservation of historic artifacts, interpretation of historic sites and…
Including $12,400 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
CULTURAL PRESERVATION THE ORGANIZATION FUNDS AND IMPLEMENTS PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT FURTHER THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES SUCH AS LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATIONS, PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC ARTIFACTS, INTERPRETATION OF HISTORIC SITES AND PRESENTING CULTURAL PROGRAMS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Scientific Research the Organization Funds
And implements scientific research projects to benefit the understanding and vitality of the park natural resources.
Read it as they filed it
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THE ORGANIZATION FUNDS AND IMPLEMENTS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE UNDERSTANDING AND VITALITY OF THE PARK NATURAL RESOURCES. RECOVERY PROGRAMS THE ORGANIZATION FUNDS AND IMPLEMENTS PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT REPAIR, REPLACE AND RESTORE PARK RESOURCES DAMAGED DURING STORMS.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
62 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$1,194,052 programs, $581,595 management, $162,127 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at Friends of Virgin Islands National Park? Claim this page.
Those 580 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Friends of Virgin Islands National Park is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $824,350 |
| 2012 | $927,500 |
| 2013 | $1,123,036 |
| 2014 | $1,399,214 |
| 2015 | $1,107,506 |
| 2016 | $1,502,050 |
| 2017 | $2,701,016 |
| 2018 | $1,245,558 |
| 2019 | $993,631 |
| 2020 | $1,343,148 |
| 2021 | $1,831,236 |
| 2022 | $1,795,739 |
| 2023 | $1,921,076 |
| 2025 | $2,190,777 |
From $824K in 2011 to $2.2M in FY25, across 14 public filings (none on record for 2024). 2017, at $2.7M, stands well above the other years on file.
Under threat right now
The most urgent fights on the record
Open comment windows first, then live federal cases. Each opens the groups defending it.
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Every place under threat, the fifty states and the wildlife, each with who’s on the record for it.
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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