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Friends of Virgin Islands National Park

“Protect and preserve Virgin Islands National Park.”

38 years of work, 2 funders on the record.

Home groundSt. John, VI
Founded1988
Crew58 staff, 580 volunteers
Spent$1.9M in 2025
Tax status501(c)(3)
Led byTonia L Lovejoy
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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 spending

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.

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 for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.

Education Projects the Organization Funds

$244K, 13% of spending

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…

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 for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.

Cultural Preservation the Organization Funds

$130K, 7% of spending

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…

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 for 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 for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.

Follow the dollar

62 cents of every dollar goes to the work

62¢
62¢ the work30¢ keeping the lights on8¢ raising the next dollar

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 backers

Backed, each with its source, by National Park Foundation and Pfizer Foundation, latest filing FY25.

The people

Who does the work

58paid staff
580volunteers last year
13board members
Tonia L LovejoyExecutive DirectorComp $182,117, FY2025
Lila UzzellChair YpbComp $1,014, FY2025
Audrey PennBoard ChairVolunteer, 5 hrs a week, $0

Chairs the 13-member board.

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.

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The filings

14 years of filings

Total revenue by fiscal year as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.

$1M$2M$2.2M FY2520112025
Total revenue by fiscal year
YearRevenue
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.

The returns as e-filed with the IRS, 3 years:

Source: IRS Form 990 e-file data, each return by its IRS object id, served by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. A year in the chart without a link here is read from a later return’s own history table; its return is on ProPublica’s page for the group.

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.

  1. Comments close Nov 17 · 6 days leftOculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular ConcernFlorida
  2. Comments close Nov 24 · 13 days leftCape Hatteras National SeashoreNorth Carolina
  3. Comments close Nov 25 · 14 days leftFlathead National ForestMontana
  4. Comments close Nov 30Tongass National ForestAlaska

Every place under threat, the fifty states and the wildlife, each with who’s on the record for it.

Where and what
Works onnational parks · stewardship · education
Federal landsNational Park Service
Active inVI

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Sources and methodFinancials, headcounts, and program text: IRS Form 990, FY2025 and 13 prior filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, EIN 66-0463113. Leadership and compensation: Form 990 Part VII and the return’s signature block, FY2025 filing. Grantees: Schedule I, same filing. Funders: the funders’ own returns (Schedule I and 990-PF Part XV) via ProPublica, names and years only. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. No group pays to be listed on this page or for where it sits.