Maryland · Nonprofit
SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC
SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,490 to it, the largest being Ruth McC Tankersley Charitable Fnd ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $83k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $247k
- Net assets
- $460k
What Sugarloaf Citizens Association Inc does
Mission
The Sugarloaf Citizen Association's mission is to promote farming and sustainable/regenerative agriculture in the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve. It also advocates for the environment and sponsors events to educate members and the public on environmental and land. use issues in the Reserve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Community outreach and education on environmental and land use issues
$17,596 spent24% of program spendingMaintenance of website providing up to date information about issues such as community solar development, land use zoning amendments, issues affecting water quality, and waste disposal.
$7,738 spent11% of program spendingInstallation of agricultural fencing that is part of a regenerative agriculture demonstration project sponsored by the Sugarloaf Citizens Association.
$4,475 spent6% of program spendingProvided expert testimony regarding incinerator emissions.
$5,000 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $72,827. The per-program figures do not add up to the total the return states; both are shown as filed.
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 2021 to 2022, from $283k to $340k (+20%).
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.
75% of SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $540 → $42k.
From the IRS filings of SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION 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
SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 99% · 2020 98% · 2021 49% · 2022 54% · 2023 50% — 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.
Where its funders are
SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION 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.
Public support
90%
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 SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION 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 SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC?
- SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,490 to it, the largest being Ruth McC Tankersley Charitable Fnd ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $247,490 in grants to SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION INC?
- Ruth McC Tankersley Charitable Fnd is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUGARLOAF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION 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 2021–2025), 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