Maryland · Nonprofit
SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC
SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,174 to it, the largest being AUSHERMAN FAMILY TRUST ($50,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $135k
- Net assets
- $640k
What Sophie and Madigans Playground Inc does
Mission
To honor the lives of Sophie and Madigan Lillard by building a memorial playground and providing opportunities for children and their families to play, learn and create lifelong memories together, and in ways that reflect the beautiful personalities and spirits of these two sisters.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Play, Learn, and Create event. Madigan's 16th birthday pajama drive. The event was to collect new pajamas, blankets, and stuffed animals for local kids in need. These items were donated then distributed to the local community. The event served approximated 80 families.
$4,389 spent66% of program spendingSophie and Madigan Lillard Memorial Park: Storage facility expenses for carousel horses that will be incorporated into the playground at a future date. Phase 1 and 2 of the playground provide a destination playground located in Frederick County, Maryland. The entire park is projected to benefit hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.
$2,226 spent34% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,615.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2025 to 2026, from $404k to $640k (+59%).
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: 2023 58% · 2024 0% · 2025 0% · 2026 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
142% of SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Jack Lillard
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $6k → $8k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND 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
SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 43% · 2021 61% · 2022 86% · 2023 61% — 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 SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
93% of SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 442 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 442 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND 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
42% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 15 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND 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 SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC?
- SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,174 to it, the largest being AUSHERMAN FAMILY TRUST ($50,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $135,174 in grants to SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND INC?
- AUSHERMAN FAMILY TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOPHIE AND MADIGANS PLAYGROUND 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), and the filings of 17 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