Blue Ridge Prism INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 85-2512165)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021	$270K
FY2022	$477K
FY2023	$769K
FY2024	$262K
FY2025	$805K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021	$190K
FY2022	$296K
FY2023	$437K
FY2024	$554K
FY2025	$688K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021	$80K
FY2022	$266K
FY2023	$599K
FY2024	$307K
FY2025	$424K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2021.

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

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

89%

Program services 89% · $610K Management & general 9% · $59K Fundraising 3% · $19K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $79K 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

Lauren Taylor

Executive Di

$78,634Pt VII · Sec A

Jim Hurley

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Roderick Walker

President/Se

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lauren Taylor’s $79K as Executive Di is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
Lauren Taylor	$78,634	—	—	—
Elizabeth Mizell	—	$63,975	$59,310	$55,992

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Removes invasive plants to protect the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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3 programs · $610K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Invasive Species Education and Outreach

Blue ridge prism (prism) educates partners, land stewards, volunteers, schoolchildren, community groups, stewardship areas, and those in the conservation community on the ecological impacts of invasive plants on forest health, tree canopy preservation, pollinators, wildlife, habitat, biodiversity, watershed health, and resilience.

$338Kprogram expense

02

Invasive Plant Control

Blue ridge prism assists public agencies, local governments, institutions, corporations, and private land stewards with the control of specific invasive plants, including wavyleaf grass and kudzu.

$232Kprogram expense

03

Virginia invasive plant coalition (a program of blue ridge prism): key organizer in the creation and management of the virginia invasive plant coalition (vipc), a coalition of 90+ organizations from across virginia committed to the removal of invasive plants from virginia's landscapes and the restoration of native plants and…

$40Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

Baldwin Center for Preservation DevelopmentFY2025$18K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$18K

Grants paid · 4 grants · $145K · 2020–2023

Shenandoah National ParkFY2023$25,000

Shenandoah National ParkFY2022$50,000

Shenandoah National ParkFY2020$50,000

Conservation LegacyCO · FY2020$20,400

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$805K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$786K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$16K

Investment incomeLn 3$3K

Money outPt IX

$688K

Ln 25

Programscol B$610K

Managementcol C$59K

Fundraisingcol D$19K

Owns and owesPt X

$424K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$404K

Total assetsLn 16$477K

LiabilitiesLn 26$53K

PeoplePt VI, VII

3

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a2

IndependentVI 1b2

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$786K

Government grantsLn 1e$196K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$16K

Investment incomeLn 3$3K

Total revenueLn 12$805K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$304K

SavingsLn 2$100K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$404K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$25K

Total assetsLn 16$477K

LiabilitiesLn 26$53K

Net assetsLn 32$424K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 53

VolunteersI 611

Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$275K	$404K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$32K	$25K
Total assetsLn 16	$321K	$477K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$14K	$53K
Net assetsLn 32	$307K	$424K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$97K	$77K	$10K	$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$179K	$179K	$67	$67
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$43K	$40K	$2K	$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$22K	$20K	$830	$830
Accounting feesLn 11c	$42K		$42K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$38K	$36K		$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$8K	$5K	$3K	$76
TravelLn 17	$22K	$22K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$2K	$2K	$26	$26
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$6K	$6K
InsuranceLn 23	$3K	$2K	$804	$42
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$226K	$221K	$16	$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$688K	$610K	$59K	$19K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$805K	$688K	$118K	$424K	990 PDF
FY2024	$262K	$554K	−$292K	$307K	990 PDF
FY2023	$769K	$437K	$333K	$599K	990 PDF
FY2022	$477K	$296K	$181K	$266K	990 PDF
FY2021	$270K	$190K	$80K	$80K	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 $805,496 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $238,538$786,241

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $11,812$16,258

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $11,391$2,997

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $261,741$805,496

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $25,000$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $273,133$340,149

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $255,459$347,834

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $553,592$687,983

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$291,851$117,513

Part VI · Governance 2 of 2 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body2

VI-1b Independent voting members2

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

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

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $805,496 across 6 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$196,398

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$589,843

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$786,241

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $16,258$16,258

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,997$2,997

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $16,258 · Excluded from tax $2,997$805,496

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $687,983 across 12 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $77,467 · Management $9,683 · Fundraising $9,683$96,833

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $178,713 · Management $67 · Fundraising $67$178,847

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $39,588 · Management $1,580 · Fundraising $1,580$42,748

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,061 · Management $830 · Fundraising $830$21,721

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $42,221$42,221

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $36,000 · Fundraising $1,800$37,800

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,527 · Management $3,299 · Fundraising $76$7,902

IX-17 TravelPrograms $22,320$22,320

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,931 · Management $26 · Fundraising $26$1,983

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,449$6,449

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,419 · Management $804 · Fundraising $42$3,265

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $220,589 · Management $16 · Fundraising $5,289$225,894

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $610,064 · Management $58,526 · Fundraising $19,393$687,983

Part X · Balance sheet $476,984 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $274,697$303,909

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$100,000

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $5,000$39,596

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,897$8,123

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $31,805$25,356

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $321,074$476,984

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $14,157$52,554

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $14,157$52,554

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $246,078$219,430

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $60,839$205,000

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $306,917$424,430

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $321,074$476,984

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $424,430 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$805,496

XI-2 Total expenses$687,983

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$117,513

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$306,917

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$424,430

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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