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LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC

LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,200 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$442k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$24k
Net assets
$167k
3/4 repeat funders
01What it does

What Love in the Trenches Inc does

Mission

Lifting the shame, stigma, and pain of substance use disorder through community outreach, education, and compassionate peer support for families whether they've lost a loved one or are struggling with a loved one's addiction.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $200.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 LOVE IN THE TRENCHES 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

LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

87% 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 LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC.

87%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 93% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

87% of LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Maryland funders.

NY
MD

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

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’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin25% · top quartile
Months of reserve4.8mo · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like LOVE IN THE TRENCHES 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 Maryland

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

64% of spending goes to programs.

Program 64%Management 19%Fundraising 17%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LOVE IN THE TRENCHES 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 LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC?
LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,200 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $24,200 in grants to LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $21,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LOVE IN THE TRENCHES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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