Scenic Virginia Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541903204
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Richmond, VA, USA
- Phone
- 8046438439
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $81,510
- Expenses
- $150,348
- Assets
- $33,664
- Liabilities
- $2,557
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHLEEN S KILPATRICK (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LISA DICKINSON MOUNTCASTLE (CHAIR)
- KATHLEEN S KILPATRICK (PRESIDENT)
- BERKLEY M MITCHELL (VICE PRESIDE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The preservation, protection, and enhancement of the beauty of the commonwealth of Virginia, with particular focus on the preservation of our most significant viewsheds and on educating virginians of the need to preserve these scenic resources.
What it reported doing in 2024
Scenic Virginia has enhanced its ability to meet its mission with the development of the treasured views program. This program, recognized as a national model, is used to identify, map, and document key attributes of scenic views in Virginia. The information is used to evaluate different viewshed types in different settings - rural, urban, natural, and cultural. It is a science-based process, incorporating both scenic elements and community values. The program is a repository of data collected by scenic Virginia and other practioners. This unique program and process extends beyond experts and consultants. The tools and training are provided as a service to communities and organizations so that working as active partners, we can collect, inventory and fully recognize various viewsheds. The development of a statewide register of outstandingly significant scenic views is an important aspect of the program. As of december 31, 2024, there were 2 viewsheds listed on the register. In 2025 we will be adding five new views to the register. Some nominiations are not selected for the register, however, all data collected remains in the system and is available for use by researchers, planners, and developers, whose work has an impact on the viewsheds. Here are some examples of how we worked with the community in 2024: 1. Collaborated with william and mary university and Virginia commonwealth university to do additional research on how viewsheds will be mapped and how the portal will be set up. 2. Conducted a community input program for the friends of the lower appomattox river (folar), to identify their treasured views. 3. Made presentations on the treasured views program and its tools to the garden club of Virginia and the garden club of alexandria. 4. Made a presentation to the clinch river valley initiative in hopes that they would send register nominations. 5. Provided a poster and made a presentation to the biannual new river symposium.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 12
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -84.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $133K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.