Maryland · Nonprofit
Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Environmental Policy Innovation Center (Maryland) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,623,760 to it, the largest being THE SAND COUNTY FOUNDATION INC ($6,555,963). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.9M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $9.6M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Environmental Policy Innovation Center does
Mission
The Environmental Policy Innovation Center is a national nonprofit organization that builds policies to deliver spectacular improvements in the speed of environmental progress.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Water Infrastructure: Our goal is to ensure all communities have safe reliable affordable and resilient water infrastructure despite financial workforce and environmental challenges. Many communities particularly small and under-resourced ones face issues with aging systems funding gaps and policy barriers that threaten access to clean drinking water effective wastewater treatment and flood protection. Our team addresses these challenges by offering hands-on support expediting the replacement of toxic lead pipes broadening the impact of state revolving fund investments and promoting the adoption of green infrastructure. Leveraging expertise in policy analysis engineering finance data science regulation and community engagement we facilitate the transition from vision to action. Through thorough analysis technical guidance and cooperation with utilities governments and communities we provide practical solutions that enhance local capacity enable sustainable financing and expedite actions to safeguard public health ecosystems and create a thriving water future for all.
$4,591,616 spentof which $3,573,005 as grants$3,638,090 earned by the program59% of program spendingRestoration: The goal of EPICs Restoration program is to boost the restoration economy by leading innovative approaches for quicker conservation and restoration policies advocating for results-oriented contracting and encouraging immediate private sector investment in restoration projects. The program aims to expedite ecological restoration by integrating science policy and finance to enhance efficiency and scalability. To bridge the funding gap we promote conservation finance solutions and programs that yield economic and ecological benefits. Our diverse team collaborates with governments Tribes nonprofits and the private sector to accelerate project approval funding permitting and implementation.
$1,544,800 spentof which $1,134,540 as grants$1,381,967 earned by the program20% of program spendingTechnology: We believe that actionable data and innovative technology are crucial for accelerating environmental progress. Many vital environmental datasets are outdated insights are buried in PDFs and agencies lack the workforce to effectively use technology for environmental management. Focusing on collaborative and equitable data use we partner with agencies advocates tech providers and NGOs to develop 21st-century digital infrastructures. Our efforts include creating data tools recommendations and strategies as well as fostering collaborations and political support to drive implementation. We assist organizations and government agencies in reimagining the potential of data and technology to advance environmental and public health initiatives.
$1,460,099 spentof which $2,224,291 as grants$2,298,323 earned by the program19% of program spendingAgriculture: The Environmental Policy Innovation Centers agriculture program employs innovative policy solutions to: 1 create new demand for conservation outcomes 2 optimize the cost-effective and prompt allocation of conservation funds and 3 encourage the development of new solutions for critical resource challenges.
$230,156 spentof which $22,393 as grants$343,916 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,826,671.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $355k to $4.6M (+1196%).
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: 2023 0% · 2024 9% · 2025 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of Environmental Policy Innovation Center’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Timothy Male
Executive Director
Board chair
Adam Davis
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Environmental Policy Innovation Center’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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
Environmental Policy Innovation Center leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
74% 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 Environmental Policy Innovation Center.
“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.
Where its funders are
Environmental Policy Innovation Center draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 11 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Environmental Policy Innovation Center has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Environmental Policy Innovation Center receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.8M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$4.4M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.4M
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 Environmental Policy Innovation Center
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Environmental Policy Innovation Center: 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 Environmental Policy Innovation Center?
- Environmental Policy Innovation Center (Maryland) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,623,760 to it, the largest being THE SAND COUNTY FOUNDATION INC ($6,555,963). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Environmental Policy Innovation Center have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $9,623,760 in grants to Environmental Policy Innovation Center, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Environmental Policy Innovation Center?
- THE SAND COUNTY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,555,963 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Environmental Policy Innovation Center find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 16 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing