Maryland · Nonprofit
TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION
TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $474,005 to it, the largest being CLANEIL FOUNDATION INC ($240,800). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $474k
- Net assets
- $241k
What Trash Free Maryland Corporation does
Mission
Trash free maryland, founded in 2010, is a nonprofit organization focused on lasting change to prevent trash pollution. We bring together organizations, businesses, government agencies and decision makers, and individuals committed to reducing trash in maryland's environment. Many of our partners have participated in community cleanup events and been discouraged by the futility of their efforts. Trash free maryland seeks to prevent litter from happening in the first place, and supports policies and programs to that end.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Education: supported the trash free maryland coalition, developed the less litter maryland campaign, hosted the annual cheers to clean water event and developed a diversity commitment.
$33,096 spent51% of program spendingPolicy: worked on education related to producer responsibility policies and provided technical support related to plastic bag use, single use plastics and producer responsibility.
$32,200 spentof which $32,200 as grants49% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $65,296.
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 2021 to 2022, from $49k to $181k (+267%).
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.
100% of TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Sean Cosgrove
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $81k → $37k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION’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
TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 89%; 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 75% · 2018 80% · 2019 59% · 2020 76% · 2021 75% · 2022 100% · 2023 81% — growing more concentrated.
“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 TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION draws 55% 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. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION's revenue fell 48% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION?
- TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $474,005 to it, the largest being CLANEIL FOUNDATION INC ($240,800). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $474,005 in grants to TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION?
- CLANEIL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $240,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRASH FREE MARYLAND CORPORATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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