Connecticut · Nonprofit
EARTHPLACE INC
EARTHPLACE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,867,418 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($751,122). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 51
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Earthplace Inc does
Mission
Dedicated to nature discovery and environmental learning through education, conservation and science.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Earthplace early childhood education programs include a preschool that is nationally accredited by naeyc and is licensed by the state of connecticut serving children aged zero through five including a full-time program for working parents. Other programs include a nursery, toddler play group, and story times with live animals. The educators at earthplace believe that childrens natural curiosity motivates them to explore and investigate both the classroom and outdoor environments. Outdoors, the students play on the nature-themed playground, walk on the trails, investigate the 62 acre wildlife sanctuary and visit the outdoor birds of prey. Animals in the earthplace teaching collection are also brought into the classrooms each week by the naturalists.
$1,532,066 spent$1,636,051 earned by the program49% of program spendingThe harbor watch water quality monitoring program was founded in 1986. Since then, it has grown to include a state certified water quality laboratory, three research vehicles, and an award winning reputation. Its field and lab work follows epa approved quality assurance project plans. The goal of harbor watch is to: provide the people of connecticut with the data, knowledge, and field expertise necessary to safeguard our waterways, educate our communities about watershed issues, and train volunteers and student interns through hands-on research. Harbor watch has steadily expanded its geography from long island sound to ridgefield, and greenwich to stratford, working with town public works departments to help pinpoint the source of sewage leaks. Funding for the harbor watch program consists mostly of grants, corporate foundations and donations.
$398,372 spent$45,038 earned by the program13% of program spendingAt earthplace summer camp, we welcome campers of all abilities from ages 2-15. All enjoy an unspoiled, natural settingon the trails, by the pond, in the fields, or under the shade of our pine grove. Camps run in weekly sessions from mid-june through mid-august. Our staff is trained to ensure a safe and fun summer filled with adventure, friendships, and plenty of fresh air. With engaged staff and a ton of rotating nature-based activities, each week is sure to be a new and exciting experience for even the most frequent camper.
$242,525 spent$194,346 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther prog
$200,000 spent$100,000 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther prog
$200,000 spent$16,060 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther program
$200,000 spent$100,000 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther prog
$200,000 spent$100,000 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther prog
$154,062 spent5% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,127,025.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.6M to $6.1M (+69%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 11% · 2019 9% · 2020 23% · 2021 23% · 2022 19% · 2023 7% · 2024 5% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of EARTHPLACE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Anthony Mcdowell
Executive director
Board chair
A Morris Tooker
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $136k → $521k.
10 of 51 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EARTHPLACE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 51 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EARTHPLACE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
68% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EARTHPLACE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 76% · 2019 70% · 2020 40% · 2021 28% · 2022 32% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
62% of EARTHPLACE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
EARTHPLACE INC draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $890k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EARTHPLACE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding EARTHPLACE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $273k on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$163k
- Other Program Expenses$109k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like EARTHPLACE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EARTHPLACE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EARTHPLACE INC?
- EARTHPLACE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,867,418 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($751,122). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARTHPLACE INC have?
- IRS filings report 51 organizations giving $2,867,418 in grants to EARTHPLACE INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARTHPLACE INC?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $751,122 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARTHPLACE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 51 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing