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LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,271,907 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($999,768). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.5M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$1.3M
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Low Impact Development Center Inc does

Mission

Non-profit organization dedicated to helping communities adopt innovative stormwater management practices and sustainable infrastructure solutions that protect public health and the environment

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The lid center was awarded an epa-funded clean water construction grant through the district department of energy and environment to retrofit several capital bikeshare (cabi) stations located within public rights-of-way into green mobility hubs (gmhs), incorporating stormwater best management practices into each. The project plans to convert a large number of cabi stations into gmhs over an extended timeframe.

    $682,301 spent
    34% of program spending
  2. Through this contract, the lid center provided technical, planning, design, and watershed-scale project development support to prince georges countys clean water partnership (cwp), a capital program responsible for delivering stormwater infrastructure projects that advance compliance with the countys npdes ms4 permit and contribute to chesapeake bay watershed implementation plan (wip) iii nutrient and sediment reduction targets.

    $301,808 spent$712,998 earned by the program
    15% of program spending
  3. The lid center is under a multi-year contract to assist prince georges county, md, meet its stormwater permit, chesapeake bay watershed, and related stormwater and community goals and requirements. The five project areas are: municipal npdes support; municipal and county npdes property management, swppp, and good housekeeping support; green infrastructure contractor training; technical planning, design, and outreach support; and grant management support services for stormwater and flood management projects associated with dam safety, water quality, water quantity, and community livability.

    $210,860 spent$526,625 earned by the program
    11% of program spending
  4. Funded by the Prince Georges County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program, this pilot project initiative is designed to bring low impact development and green infrastructure practices directly to homeowners in the Brentwood and North Brentwood area. Residents receive fully funded technical support to install small-scale stormwater practices on their properties to address drainage concerns while contributing to broader community stormwater goals.

    $171,778 spent
    9% of program spending
  5. Various Other program services were similar in nature to the largest three. This includes supporting municipalities in policy and planning efforts, providing design and implementation guidance.

    $167,466 spent$288,880 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  6. The LID Center has been part of the Prince Georges County Treating & Teaching program since 2016, bringing hands-on stormwater education to local schools and building lasting community connections and environmental stewardship

    $123,171 spent$278,970 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  7. This program supported the Prince Georges County Clean Water Partnership in strengthening their operations and maintenance capacity by evaluating the condition of green stormwater infrastructure practices and providing recommendations for improvements.

    $102,298 spent$291,496 earned by the program
    5% of program spending
  8. Through an award from the Prince Georges County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program the LID Center is overseeing a pilot project emphasizing collaboration with private property owners to build community awareness of local flooding and water quality issues, and test innovative approaches to manage stormwater in visible, impactful ways in the Henson Creek Watershed.

    $82,140 spent
    4% of program spending
  9. The LID Center is on a multi-year on-call contract with the City of Hyattsville Maryland to assist with environmental and stormwater engineering and design.

    $74,592 spent$147,522 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  10. The LID Center provides design services and construction oversight assistance for green infrastructure projects in several locations within the City of Mount Rainier, Maryland.

    $62,168 spent$89,446 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,978,582.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($1.6M) Net assets 100 ($458k)2021 Revenue 81 ($1.3M) Expenses 81 ($1.3M) Net assets 113 ($518k)2022 Revenue 79 ($1.3M) Expenses 84 ($1.3M) Net assets 108 ($497k)2023 Revenue 124 ($2.0M) Expenses 124 ($2.0M) Net assets 125 ($574k)2024 Revenue 194 ($3.2M) Expenses 176 ($2.8M) Net assets 216 ($991k)2025 Revenue 211 ($3.5M) Expenses 201 ($3.2M) Net assets 280 ($1.3M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (211)Expenses (201)Net assets (280)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 2022 to 2023, from $576k to $1.1M (+88%).

$638k
$671k
$576k
$1.1M
$1.3M
$1.6M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 10% · 2022 2% · 2023 9% · 2024 14% · 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

32% of LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 498 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$70k
’20
$60k
’21
−$21k
’22
$77k
’23
$418k
’24
$293k
’25
4.3
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

Emily Clifton

Exec. Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed477888
Joined·+3+0+1+0+1
No longer listed·00001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $76k → $195k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER 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

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

100% 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 LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC.

79%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states in all.

MD
DC

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 210 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve4.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.4M on record — $245k federal, $1.2M state.

Federal$245k
grants $245kcontracts $0
23
25
26
Top agencies
  • Environmental Protection Agency$245k
State$1.2M
15
16
17
20
Top programs
  • Grant$1.2M

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

62% of spending goes to programs.

Program 62%Management 38%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC?
LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,271,907 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($999,768). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,271,907 in grants to LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC?
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $999,768 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT CENTER 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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