Green Infrastructure Center INC

Tax-deductible

Charlottesville, VA501(c)(3)Since 2006EnvironmentEIN 20-8741849

Assist communities in developing strategies for protecting and conserving their ecological and cultural assets through environmentally-sensitive decisions, lifestyles and planning. We map natural resources and help communities create conservation and tree planting plans.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 50 volunteers and 32 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $51K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 72% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $74
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$375K
51% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 51% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.3M
+39% vs prior year
Spent
$2.2M
To programs
74%
Net assets
$362K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.3M
FY2025▲ +39%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$333K
FY2021$630K
FY2022$612K
FY2023$834K
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$2.3M
Expenses
$2.2M
FY2025▲ +39%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$367K
FY2021$506K
FY2022$591K
FY2023$860K
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$2.2M
Net assets
$362K
FY2025▲ +53%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$24K
FY2021$148K
FY2022$169K
FY2023$143K
FY2024$237K
FY2025$362K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2007.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $1.6M Management & general 26% · $567K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$100,313Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Karen Firehock’s $100K as Executive Director is at the 28th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Karen Firehock$100,313$102,340$94,125$90,133$85,560$84,442

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps communities protect natural and cultural resources through planning and conservation efforts.

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1 program service account for $1.6M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
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The GIC conducts research, economic analysis, land use planning and asset assessment and mapping, to provide the suite of tools needed by communities to protect and restore their green assets, The GIC builds habitat models to find and rank natural resources such as wildlife habitat, water resources, agricultural soils, wildlife corridors…

$1.6Mprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$74

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$39K
Investment incomeLn 3$17
Money outPt IX
$2.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.6M
Managementcol C$567K
Owns and owesPt X
$362K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$233K
Total assetsLn 16$737K
LiabilitiesLn 26$375K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$39K
Investment incomeLn 3$17
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$233K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$233K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$82K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$737K
LiabilitiesLn 26$375K
Net assetsLn 32$362K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 532
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$47K$233K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$102K$82K
Total assetsLn 16$590K$737K
LiabilitiesLn 26$354K$375K
Net assetsLn 32$237K$362K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$101K$53K$48K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.0M$320K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$24K$18K$5K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$72K$62K$10K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$114K$82K$31K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$54K$36K$18K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$0$3K$0
Office expensesLn 13$264K$229K$34K$0
Information technologyLn 14$24K$0$24K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$13K$0$13K$0
TravelLn 17$118K$109K$8K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$0$3K$0
InterestLn 20$6K$0$6K$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$26K$0$26K$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$0$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$11K$0$11K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.2M$1.6M$567K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.3M$2.2M$125K$362K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.6M$1.6M$93K$237K 990 PDF
FY2023 $834K$860K−$26K$143K 990 PDF
FY2022 $612K$591K$22K$169K 990 PDF
FY2021 $630K$506K$124K$148K 990 PDF
FY2020 $333K$367K−$34K$24K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,295,757 across 15 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$2,251,468
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,369
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,256,837
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $38,903 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$38,903
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $17 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$17
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $38,920 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,295,757
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,170,624 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $53,385 · Management $47,672 · Fundraising $0$101,057
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,012,985 · Management $320,147 · Fundraising $0$1,333,132
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $18,214 · Management $5,464 · Fundraising $0$23,678
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $62,024 · Management $9,578 · Fundraising $0$71,602
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $82,324 · Management $31,300 · Fundraising $0$113,624
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $36,407 · Management $18,000 · Fundraising $0$54,407
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $2,694 · Fundraising $0$2,694
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $229,116 · Management $34,500 · Fundraising $0$263,616
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $24,268 · Fundraising $0$24,268
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $13,481 · Fundraising $0$13,481
IX-17 TravelPrograms $109,349 · Management $8,215 · Fundraising $0$117,564
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $3,112 · Fundraising $0$3,112
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $6,084 · Fundraising $0$6,084
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $26,259 · Fundraising $0$26,259
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $4,611 · Fundraising $0$4,611
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $0 · Management $11,435 · Fundraising $0$11,435
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,603,804 · Management $566,820 · Fundraising $0$2,170,624
Part X · Balance sheet $737,251 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $47,152$232,902
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $437,538$409,809
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,200$12,165
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $101,521$82,375
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $590,411$737,251
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,069$32,811
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $67,710$63,540
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $275,820$278,958
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $353,599$375,309
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $236,812$361,942
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $236,812$361,942
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $590,411$737,251
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $361,942 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,295,757
XI-2 Total expenses$2,170,624
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$125,133
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$236,812
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$3
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$361,942

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