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HOWARD ECOWORKS INC

HOWARD ECOWORKS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $462,072 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($292,352). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.8M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$462k
Net assets
$888k
7/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Howard Ecoworks Inc does

Mission

To empower communities and diverse workforces to conserve and restore our natural systems for future generations

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Grants build rain gardens and conservation landscapes that filter stormwater runoff and alleviate flooding from pavement and other impervious surfaces. To empower an under-served workforce to conserve and restore our natural systems for future generations to lead in developing innovative solutions, a skilled workforce and partnerships for resilient communities.

    $788,532 spent$1,196,267 earned by the program
    59% of program spending
  2. Fee for service build rain gardens and conservation landscapes that filter stormwater runoff and alleviate flooding from pavement and other impervious surfaces. To empower an under-served workforce to conserve and restore our natural systems for future generations to lead in developing innovative solutions, a skilled workforce and partnerships for resilient communties.

    $441,044 spent$553,831 earned by the program
    33% of program spending
  3. Product sales sell nursery product to projects and public.

    $106,920 spent$27,190 earned by the program
    8% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,336,496.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($370k) Expenses 100 ($260k) Net assets 100 ($110k)2018 Revenue 159 ($590k) Expenses 236 ($614k) Net assets 99 ($108k)2019 Revenue 163 ($605k) Expenses 256 ($667k) Net assets 75 ($83k)2020 Revenue 224 ($828k) Expenses 251 ($654k) Net assets 220 ($241k)2021 Revenue 186 ($690k) Expenses 283 ($738k) Net assets 189 ($208k)2022 Revenue 180 ($668k) Expenses 289 ($753k) Net assets 185 ($203k)2023 Revenue 334 ($1.2M) Expenses 449 ($1.2M) Net assets 248 ($272k)2024 Revenue 408 ($1.5M) Expenses 478 ($1.2M) Net assets 492 ($540k)2025 Revenue 499 ($1.8M) Expenses 576 ($1.5M) Net assets 809 ($888k)
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Revenue (499)Expenses (576)Net assets (809)Peer revenue range

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 $588k to $1.5M (+158%).

$110k
$135k
$87k
$247k
$217k
$551k
$588k
$1.5M
$1.6M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 92% · 2018 93% · 2019 87% · 2020 83% · 2021 54% · 2022 53% · 2023 59% · 2024 68% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

67% of HOWARD ECOWORKS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,303 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$110k
’17
−$24k
’18
−$62k
’19
$173k
’20
−$48k
’21
−$85k
’22
$67k
’23
$266k
’24
$345k
’25
4.2
months of
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

Lori Lilly

Founder & executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed101312111213678
Joined·+6+4+2+4+6+0+2+2
No longer listed·35335711
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $16k → $26k.

4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 HOWARD ECOWORKS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

HOWARD ECOWORKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

90% 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 HOWARD ECOWORKS INC.

63%
largest funder
83%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 59% · 2019 92% · 2020 50% · 2021 71% · 2022 45% · 2023 42% — 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

25% of HOWARD ECOWORKS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

HOWARD ECOWORKS INC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 4 states in all.

IL
CA
MD
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HOWARD ECOWORKS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin19% · above the median
Months of reserve4.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)22% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding HOWARD ECOWORKS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $192k on record.

State$192k
23
24
Top programs
  • Grant$192k

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 HOWARD ECOWORKS INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds HOWARD ECOWORKS INC?
HOWARD ECOWORKS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $462,072 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($292,352). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HOWARD ECOWORKS INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $462,072 in grants to HOWARD ECOWORKS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HOWARD ECOWORKS INC?
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $292,352 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HOWARD ECOWORKS INC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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