West Virginia State Parks Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550761816
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Sneads Ferry, NC, USA
Phone
3049822008
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,752
Expenses
$123,498
Assets
$300,134
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Greg Bray (President)
  • Vacant (Vice President)
  • Brad Reed (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Greg Bray (President)
  • Vacant (Vice President)
  • Robert Hoke (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the Foundation is to preserve, protect, and enhance West Virginia State Parks by providing leadership in communication, funding, and advocacy in partnership with individual State Park Foundations. Fundraising arm of the foundation

What it reported doing in 2025

CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PARK FACILITIES: Projects in 2025 included grants received from Stihl equipment for Bluestone State Park and North Bend State Park for tree removal. Purchased supplies for North Bend to begin removal. Completed a fishing pond at Twin Falls State Park this was another Stihl grant project. Purchased recreational supplies to use in conjunction with the pond like poles. Purchased playground equipment at Twin Falls from a donation from Consol energy. Purchased items for Twin Falls nature Center moved center to lodge area. Updated playground equipment at Tygart Lake State park.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.1%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 62.7%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.43; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.4%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.1% of revenue deployed · 62.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.