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Maryland Nursery Landscape and Greenhouse Association at a glance

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Maryland Nursery Landscape and Greenhouse Association

To promote and support maryland's horticulture industry; provide education to horticulture professionals; promote knowledge of and professionalism within the horticulture industry.

$68k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$90kEducation$74kCommunity Improvement$27kFood & Nutrition$25kEnvironment$5k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $37,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $68,254 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $30,754 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MD PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION INC$15,000
LEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION$7,500
MARYLAND FARM BUREAU$7,500
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOC: $7k → 15%MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: $8k → 6%LEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%AMERICAN LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5k → 15%MARYLAND FARM BUREAU: $8k → 6%LEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $8k → 7%MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%AMERICAN LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE: $8k → 11%LEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $6k → 7%AMERICAN LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE: $8k → 11%LEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%AMERICAN LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE: $5k → 11%LEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%AMERICAN LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%MPT FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%MD PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%MD PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 11%MPT FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%MPT FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%MPT FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$173k · 4 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
3

Total granted

$173k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+203%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MF
    MPT FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $90k · revenue +22%
  • LM
    LEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $33k · revenue +26%
  • MA
    MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $10k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • MC
    MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -22%
  • AH
    AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +267%
  • HR
    HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +203%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Maryland Agricultural Resource Council Inc

For the benefit of the citizens of md to enhance their knowledge and appreciation for agricultural businesses. to educate and assist farmers in developing agricultural operations that are viable and environmentally sustainable.

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2
Montgomery County Farm Bureau Incorporated

To support agriculture in montgomery county and the state of maryland.

Food & Nutrition
3
Michigan Farm Bureau

Michigan farm bureau (mfb) is a member directed agricultural organization whose purpose is to represent, protect, and enhance the business, economic, social, and educational interests of our members located throughout the state of michigan.

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4
Maryland Chamber Foundation

To support the shared vision of a better maryland. with priorities like research, development, and education, the foundation is a cornerstone of community-building in business.

Education
5
Maryland Foundation for Research & Econo
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6
Baltimore County Farm Bureau Inc

The baltimore county farm bureau is a grass roots, non-governmental, voluntary associaton whose mission is to promote and protect maryland agriculture and rural life.

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7
Technology Council of Maryland

At the maryland tech council, we believe in saving lives, securing our nation and improving the quality of life through innovation. we support our member companies who are driving innovation through advocacy, education, workforce…

Community Improvement
8
Maryland Association of Realtors Inc

The maryland association of realtors exists to support all segments of its membership and their specialties. continued on schedule o

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9
Maryland Independent College & University Association Inc

Serving the interests of independent higher education and supporting the work of campus leaders throughout the state of maryland.

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10
Maryland Farmers Market Association

To cultivate a vibrant and sustainable farmers market community in the state of maryland, expand food access to populations of all incomes, and provide education on topics related to food, agriculture, and nutrition.

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11
Michigan Foundation for Agriculture

Receive and administer funds to support the educational and charitable activities of michigan farm bureau.

Food & Nutrition
12
Association of American Plant Food Officials

The association encourages and sponsors adoption of uniform and effective fertilizer inspection techniques by all member agencies, throughout the united states, canada and puerto rico. this includes encouraging and sponsoring the most…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mpt Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 9 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 · EducationAMERICAN LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE INCLEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $33,000 · EducationLEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION INCMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONMPT FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureMPT FOUNDATION INCMARYLAND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherMARYLAND AGR…Maryland Farm Bureau Inc: $7,500 · OtherMaryland Far…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $7,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY O…AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $7,000 · Community ImprovementHORTICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Environment
Education$93,000Arts & Culture$90,000Other$25,000Community Improvement$7,000Environment$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMPT FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetLEAD MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $33,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARYLAND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMaryland Farm Bureau Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHORTICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Maryland Nursery Landscape and Greenhouse Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maryland Nursery Landscape and Greenhouse Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Maryland Nursery Landscape and Greenhouse Association through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 9 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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