Essex County Countryside Alliance
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PRESERVATION OF ESSEX COUNTY VIRGINIA'S RURAL CHARACTERISTICS, ITS SCENIC LANDS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND HISTORIC STRUCTURES.
- Income
- $101,322
- Spending
- $67,893
- Reserves
- 34.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 67%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $23,058 spent. ECCA WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HISTORIC RESOURCES TO SURVEY HISTORIC BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND SITES IN RURAL AREAS OF ESSEX COUNTY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT RURAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS. THE SURVEY IDENTIFIED TWO ELIGIBLE RURAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS: THE MILLERS TAVERN RURAL HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE OCCUPACIA-RAPPAHANNOCK RURAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. WORK ON THE FORMER WAS COMPLETED AND LED TO THAT DISTRICT'S SUCCESSFUL NOMINATION AND LISTING ON THE VIRGINIA LANDMARKS REGISTER. THE LATTER DISTRICT WAS APPROVED FOR LISTING ON THE VIRGINIA LANDMARKS REGISTER AND THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
- $5,953 spent. ECCA WORKED WITH FRIENDS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK AND SCENIC VIRGINIA TO NOMINATE THE LOWER RAPPAHANNOCK FOR STATE DESIGNATION AS A SCENIC RIVER, COVERNING THE SECTION FROM THE ROUTE 3 BRIDGE AT FREDERICKSBURG TO THE BAY. THIS STRETCH OF THE RIVER IS UNBURDENED BY FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION AND SERVES AS HOST TO MANY AQUATIC SPECIES OF ANIMAL LIFE, INCLUDING STURGEON AND STRIPED BASS THAT SWIM UPRIVER TO SPAWN, OYSTERS THAT THRIVE IN THE HIGH SALINITY AREAS, BLUE CRABS THAT CAN TRANSITION TO LOWER SALINITY WATERS AND A DIVERSITY OF PLANT LIFE THAT GROWS IN THE SALT AND FRESHWATER MARSHES THAT BORDER THE RIVER. THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE APPROVED DESIGNATION OF A 79 MILE STRETCH FROM FREDERICKSBURG EAST TO THE DOWN-RIVER BOUNDARIES OF ESSEX AND RICHMOND COUNTIES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2021.
- $1,359 spent. PUBLICATION OF THE ECCA 2023 REPORT OF SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF INTEREST TO ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. THIS 77 PAGE DOCUMENT CONTAINS NUMEROUS HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES CONCERNING THE COUNTY AND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF NATIVE SETTLEMENTS AND TRADE AS WELL AS ITS EFFORTS IN CONSERVING FARMLAND, TIMBER AND WETLANDS.
- $4,479 spent. ECCA PROMOTES THE USE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TO BENEFIT LANDOWNERS AND TO PRESERVE THE COUNTY'S RURAL CHARACTER. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS OVER 19% OF ESSEX COUNTY IS NOW UNDER EASEMENT, MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY ALONG THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER. THESE EASEMENTS PROTECT OVER 32,000 ACRES OF LAND IN THE COUNTY.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2007.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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