Friends of Ecusta Trail Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$353k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.5m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$6.2m
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$6.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
4.0 years on average
Staff
1
150 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Friends of Ecusta Trail Inc's network
13 people4 organisationsi13 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
13 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean St Marie | Vice President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Debbie Tellman | Treasurer | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Frank Porter | Board member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| George Banta | Board member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| John Ditillo | Board member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| John Lanier | Board member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ken Shelton | Board member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lynn Huffman | Board member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Mark Tooley | President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Matt Matteson | Board member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Nancy Depippo | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Steve Harbison | Board member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tad Fogel | Board member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Dean St Marie | Vice President | 2022 |
| Debbie Tellman | Treasurer | 2022 |
| Mark Tooley | President | 2022 |
| Nancy Depippo | Company secretary | 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Rice | Executive Director | 40 | $23k | $2k | |
| Ken Shelton | Board member | 8 | $0 | ||
| George Banta | Board member | 3 | $0 | ||
| Lynn Huffman | Vice President | 20 | $0 | ||
| Tad Fogel | Board member | 3 | $0 | ||
| Frank Porter | Board member | 3 | $0 | ||
| John Ditillo | Board member | 8 | $0 | ||
| Mark Tooley | President | 30 | $0 | ||
| Dean St Marie | Board Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Nancy DePippo | Secretary | 5 | $0 | ||
| Debbie Tellman | Treasurer | 5 | $0 | ||
| Melinda Hendershott | Board member | 3 | $0 | ||
| Jeff Meadows | Board member | 3 | $0 | ||
| Lissa Calloway | Board Member | 5 | $0 | ||
| Travis Bonnema | Board Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Steven Crane | Board Member | 3 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Friends of Ecusta Trail Inc
- EIN
- 272820132
- Address
- Po Box 265, Brevard, NC, 28712-0265
- State
- North Carolina
- Mission
- Design and build a 19 mile multi-use greenway on an abandoned rail corridor. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- N113 Recreation and sports
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Recreation & Sports
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2009
- Principal officer
- Debbie Tellman (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 2011
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 2, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥4years on the filingsFrank Porter
≥4years on the filingsGeorge Banta
≥4years on the filingsJohn Ditillo
≥4years on the filingsKen Shelton
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $6.2m
- Total liabilities
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances
- $6.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $105k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $1.4m
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 150