Our mission is to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships to promote environmental, economic and social well-being in the Jacksonville, florida area. The organization is a partnership between the city of Jacksonville, US national park service, US environmental protection agency and Groundwork USA, INC. And is one of 21 such trusts across the country. Groundwork Jacksonville is specifically charged with designing and implementing a 30-mile bicycle/pedestrain trail and linear parks system, including the ecological restoration of mccoys and hogans creeks. The emerald trail will connect 14 urban neighborhoods, including downtown, and link to 16 schools, 2 colleges and 21 parks. This infrastructure investment is being made in majority black neighborhoods where 71% of residents are low-to-moderate income and 35% live in poverty.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 425 volunteers and 15 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 $390K a year · 13% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$212K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $55K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$921K
27% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 27% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.0M
-23% vs prior year
Spent
$5.2M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$2.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.0M
FY2025▼ -23%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$6.6M
FY2025$5.0M
Expenses
$5.2M
FY2025▼ -12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$994K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$5.9M
FY2025$5.2M
Net assets
$2.5M
FY2025▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$974K
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.7M
FY2025$2.5M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2015.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $4.6M Management & general 5% · $286K Fundraising 6% · $291K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $212K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Development
$115,000Pt VII · Sec A
$97,000Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Leana Cianfoni’s $115K as Development is at the 40th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Leana Cianfoni$115,000—————
Kay Ehas$97,000$97,000$99,495$90,199$94,053$84,553

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

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

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Improves the environment and community well-being through local partnerships and trail development.

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3 programs · $4.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Construction has begun on the mccoys creek branches project. The branches sit within a 30-ACRE city-owned park and are the creek's headwaters. Construction is expected to be complete by march 2028. Trail and recreation construction for phase 1 of mccoys creek from I-95 west to king ST. Will begin in 2026. Section.

$4.2Mprogram expense
02

Emerald Trail

The 2ND trail segment is under construction. The city center link is a 1-MILE trail that goes through the heart of downtown along hogan street from the ST. Johns river and connects to the springfield neighborhood and hogans creek. The 100% design of segment 3, the riverside link, will be underway in the 2ND quarter of 2026.

$407Kprogram expense
03

Groundwork jacksonville secured 9m in federal grants to complete the design for the ecological restoration of hogans creek. The design is 90% complete and will be finalized by december 2026. The restoration will reduce flooding, improve water quality, create fish and wildlife habitat, and clean up contamination.

$25Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$55K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$81K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$50K
Money outPt IX
$5.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.6M
Managementcol C$286K
Fundraisingcol D$291K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$921K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$50K
Investment incomeLn 3$81K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Total revenueLn 12$5.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$19K
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$921K
Net assetsLn 32$2.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 515
VolunteersI 6425
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$2.1M$2.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24K$19K
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M$3.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$726K$921K
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M$2.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$97K$79K$15K$3K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$544K$292K$88K$165K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$12K$7K$2K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$48K$28K$8K$13K
Legal feesLn 11b$30K$4K$20K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$3K$13K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$111K$15K$72K$24K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$54K$2K$52K
Office expensesLn 13$26K$22K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$11K$11K
TravelLn 17$8K$3K$5K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$899$4K$109
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$3K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.2M$4.2M$15K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.2M$4.6M$286K$291K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.0M$5.2M−$179K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.6M$5.9M$677K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.2M$1.6M$685K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.5M$1.7M−$224K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.6M$1.0M$607K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.8M$994K$773K$974K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $5,032,268 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,483,943$4,878,448
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $66,860$50,446
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $25,961$81,168
I-11 Other revenue$22,206
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,576,764$5,032,268
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $557,516$701,646
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,342,439$4,509,228
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,899,955$5,210,874
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $676,809−$178,606
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,032,268 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$20,830
VIII-1d Related organizations$34,403
VIII-1e Government grants$3,200,163
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,623,052
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,878,448
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $50,446$50,446
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $81,168$81,168
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $22,206$22,206
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $153,820$5,032,268
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,210,874 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $79,055 · Management $14,550 · Fundraising $3,395$97,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $291,614 · Management $88,015 · Fundraising $164,527$544,156
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $6,973 · Management $1,929 · Fundraising $3,159$12,061
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,998 · Management $7,747 · Fundraising $12,684$48,429
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,975 · Management $19,829 · Fundraising $6,681$30,485
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,560 · Management $12,771 · Fundraising $4,303$19,634
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $14,503 · Management $72,356 · Fundraising $24,378$111,237
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,778 · Fundraising $51,891$53,669
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $21,640 · Fundraising $4,344$25,984
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $10,607$10,607
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,516 · Management $5,093$7,609
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $899 · Management $4,213 · Fundraising $109$5,221
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $5,380$5,380
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,861 · Management $6,942$9,803
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,199,118 · Management $14,793 · Fundraising $15,688$4,229,599
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,633,850 · Management $285,865 · Fundraising $291,159$5,210,874
Part X · Balance sheet $3,461,146 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,138,502$2,459,984
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,275,998$981,400
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,092$1,248
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $23,894$18,514
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,445,486$3,461,146
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $726,333$916,808
X-25 Other liabilities$3,791
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $726,333$920,599
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,906,605$13,929
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year −$187,452$2,526,618
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,719,153$2,540,547
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,445,486$3,461,146
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,540,547 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,032,268
XI-2 Total expenses$5,210,874
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$178,606
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,719,153
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,540,547

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