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Blue Ridge Parkway Association Inc

EIN 56-1469109 · Asheville, NC

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What it says it does

The mission of the Blue Ridge Parkway Association is to serve and promote the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

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 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (3)

The Blue Ridge Parkway Association promotes the Blue Ridge Parkway and Blue Ridge Parkway Association member businesses by creating information publications and brochures, digital travel tools, and making these available to the public and various organizations & businesses in the greater Blue Ridge Parkway region. Literature is distributed to clubs, groups, tour companies, visitor centers, other organizations, and individuals.
The Blue Ridge Parkway Association prints and continues to distribute 100,000 Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Planners, 100,000 Blue Ridge Parkway maps, and promote the Blue Ridge Parkway region across the 3-state region of North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, and makes them available to the millions of visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway each year.
BRPAs website, www.blueridgeparkway.org, is newly designed and currently sees more than 1.2 million visits and more than 3 million page views with an anticipated 3-5% increase over the next 2 years. The Blue Ridge Parkway Travel Planner mobile app for smartphones sees more than 35,000 downloads. In 2024-2025, Blue Ridge Parkway Association increased revenue from their printed materials of $27,000. Blue Ridge Parkway Association also implemented a new Destination Marketing Organization Partnership Program that is anticipated to contribute over $30,000 in revenue annually.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate

Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 May 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 August 1989.
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 November 4, 2026.

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