Public Charity

RIDEFINDERS

RIDEFINDERS is a Public Charity headquartered in RICHMOND, VA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $639K revenue, $567K expenses, $684K total assets. 1 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $100K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 541190894 RICHMOND, VA Transportation Assistance NTEE: P52 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$639K
Total Expenses$567K
Total Assets$684K
Grant Records1
Funding Total$100K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

RIDEFINDERS IS ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOSTERING A TOTAL COMMUNITY EFFORT TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL POSSIBLE TYPES OF RIDESHARING ACTIVITIES. RIDESHARING SHALL BE DEFINED TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CARPOOLS, VANPOOLS, BUSPOOLS, AND TRADITIONAL TRANSIT. RIDEFINDERS WILL ADVOCATE AND PROMOTE RIDESHARING TO: CONSERVE FOSSIL FUELS; IMPROVE AIR QUALITY; REDUCE NOISE POLLUTION; REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION; AND HELP EMPLOYERS AND INDIVIDUALS REDUCE THEIR TRANSPORTATION-RELATED EXPENDITURES.

Where $100 goes at Ridefinders

How Ridefinders divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$14 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $86 for programs

$86
Ridesharing activities including carpools, vanpools, and traditional transit
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY/TREASURER Barbara Smith
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Cherika Ruffin
BOARD MEMBER Daniel Schmitt
BOARD MEMBER David Anderson
BOARD MEMBER Ellen Robertson
VICE CHAIRMAN Jim Ingle

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$100,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $639K $567K $684K
2024 $635K $595K $681K
2023 $715K $699K $852K
2021 $638K $628K $436K
2020 $1.1M $1.0M $488K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.1M to $639K (-41%), with total assets most recently reported at $684K.

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