Maryland · Nonprofit
NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC
NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $690k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $-100784
What National Turfgrass Evaluation Program Inc does
Mission
Purpose - to evaluate turfgrasses across north america for different uses such as athletic fields, golf courses, home lawns, etc. Information is collected on color, density, leaf texture, resistance to disease, insects, droughts, etc. In various climates throughout the country.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
A) purpose - to evaluate turfgrasses across north america for different uses such as athletic fields, golf courses, home lawns, etc. Information is collected on color, density, leaf texture, resistance to disease, insects, droughts, etc. In various climates throughout the country. B) frequency and duration - annually new tests are initiated to evaluate experimental and commercially available grasses. Each of the tests run for four to five years. C) tests are conducted and data is collected by state universities and private universities throughout the country by their employees. The tests are evaluated throughout the growing season in each particular climate. D) in order to participate in the testing program the owner of each grass must pay a testing fee of $6,000 per grass. No other requirements must be met. There are no requirements for anyone to receive a benefit from the tests. Data from tests are published via annual progress reports and also in various trade journals. Information released is public knowledge. E) the fees for the tests are $6,000 spread over a three year period for each grass. The basis for the charges are based upon operating expenses of the organization and…
$489,399 spentof which $21,900 as grants$547,495 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $489,399.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $379k to $150k (−60%).
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: 2022 7% · 2023 7% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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
Kevin N Morris
Exec director
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.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM 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.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$10k
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 NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM 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 NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC?
- NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,000 in grants to NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM INC?
- UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL TURFGRASS EVALUATION PROGRAM 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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