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Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati
Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,376 to it, the largest being SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC ($91,960). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $665k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $175k
- Net assets
- $138k
What Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati does
Mission
MAEOE encourages,engages and empowers the community to understand, responsibly use and promote the natural world. MAEOE is a nonprofit educational association, serving thousands of teachers, natural resource managers, nature center staff and others with dynamic training programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Green School Act of 2019: To increase the number of green schools in the state in support of the States (Maryland) efforts to mitigate climate change and meet the States environmental education goals. This was Year 5 of the States appropriation. Funding provides grants for teachers working to lead green school activities including student actions, transportation, professional development. There is also funding for stipends for teachers leading green school teams. Professional development and symposiums were held to provide skills and knowledge for educators about Green School participation and how outdoor time can improve mental health and well-being of students and teachers. The approprirations also offsets costs for the annual youth summit, an annual evaluation, and maintenance of an online application.
$273,018 spent$273,018 earned by the program46% of program spendingThe Maryland Environmental Literacy Advisory Network (MELAN) initiative has established regional networks that support a statewide strategy for enviornmental literacy. The regional networks inlcude the Eastern Shore, Western Maryland and Southern Maryland along with two topic-specific networks (Higher Education and Latinx). Work continued to collect data for a national landscape analysis for use in a national directory.
$104,565 spent$104,565 earned by the program18% of program spendingAnnual Conference: In February 2025, MAEOE held the 40th Annual Conference with the theme Celebrating Nature, Education & the Outdoors Together. The keynote speaker was Symone Barkley, NOAA, who facilitated a panel of students and young professionals talking about the Future of Enviornmental Education. This year MAEOE held a Sustainable Schools summit for 60 facilities staff Local Education Agencies. Presentations focused on conservation of engergy, water, clean air and transportation. Approximately 400 participants from Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia took part in three days of workshops, sessions and networking. The conference provided more than 50 sessions.
$63,168 spent$70,462 earned by the program11% of program spendingMAEOE continues to participate in the Anacostia Watershed Society Treating and Teaching program funded by the Clean Water Partnership in Prince Georges County. As a steering committee member, MAEOE was a co-facilitator in two trainings for teachers and facilities staff to enhance environmental literacy. Five workshops were held at schools to encourage the use of outdoor learning spaces.
$48,280 spent$48,280 earned by the program8% of program spendingMAEOE received a grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to promote tree plantings at schools throughout Maryland. MAEOE provided two virtual professional development workshops for educators.
$32,489 spent$32,489 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther Programs
$27,405 spent5% of program spendingSFI Grant - MAEOE staff worked to create connections to develop Marylands Project Learning Tree network. Project Learning Tree resources were used to provide three trainings about Green Careers and outdoor learning best practices.
$14,500 spent$14,500 earned by the program2% of program spendingMAEOE served as the fiduciary for the Higher Education Environmental Literacy (HEEL) program. As part of this program, two workshops were held for higher education faculty, equipping them with resources and guidance to incorporate environmental literacy into their syllabi for interdisciplinary pre-service teachers.
$10,979 spent$10,979 earned by the program2% of program spendingMaryland Green School Program: MAEOE manages and operates the Maryland Green School and Green Center programs. In 2024/25 there were 693 Maryland Green Schools and 40 Green Centers that participated in MAEOE programs involving and engaging approximately 80,000 students, teachers, parents and citizens. MAEOE awards Maryland Green School status through a rigorous application process. Applications are reviewed every year with stakeholder input. In 2024/25 we provided virtual and in person workshops for Green Centers, Green leaders, formal and non-formal educators. Green Centers and Green Leaders assist teachers and students in implementing sustainable environmental practices and completing the Maryland Green School application process.
$9,787 spent$16,200 earned by the program2% of program spendingMaryland Youth Summit: In 2025, 2,000 students and teachers attended the Youth Summit at Sandy Point State Park. MAEOE awarded 117 schools who achieved Green School status. The summit celebrates the Green School Awards with hands-on activities and a Green Career Fair for students. Approximately 40 exhibits were provided by environmental organizations and businesses.
$8,857 spent$5,034 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $593,048.
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 2019 to 2020, from $41k to $119k (+193%).
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 30% · 2018 5% · 2019 2% · 2020 16% · 2021 57% · 2022 70% · 2023 59% · 2024 60% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Laura Johnson Collard
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $16k → $13k.
1 of 8 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 Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati’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
Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% 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
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 Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 63% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 85% · 2023 92% — 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
50% of Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $217 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
Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati has grown faster than half of the 850 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $476k on record — $200k federal, $276k state.
- Department of Commerce$200k
- Grant$276k
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 Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati: 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 Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati?
- Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,376 to it, the largest being SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC ($91,960). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $175,376 in grants to Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati?
- SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE INC is the largest funder on record, with $91,960 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati 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.
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 8 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