Chesapeake Natives Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260127210
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4109193380
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $171,390
- Expenses
- $245,715
- Assets
- $44,763
- Liabilities
- $4,733
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BARRY STAHL (PRESIDENT)
- LINDA GORDON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KELLY LAWHORN (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- EMILIE GRAHAM (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- BARRY STAHL (PRESIDENT)
- LINDA GORDON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DAVID HILL (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Chesapeake natives' mission is to propagate. Promote and protect native plants of the coastal plains and piedmont that form the chesapeake bay watershed. We aim to restore home and public landscapes and park lands in this region with local ecotype native species (lens) that best contribute to biodiversity, our best natural defense against the impacts of climate change. Local ecotypes are grown from seed with local provenance, wild seed that we seek out to gather and protect. We grow and distribute to the public a wide diversity of lens from our volunteer-powered nursery in rosaryville state park in prince george's county, md. We are resourcing and building a native plant movement, local community by local community, that is rebuilding critical native habitat to save our planet.
What it reported doing in 2024
Native demonstration visibility gardens - in 2024 we distributed almost 14,000 plants to more than 1,000 gardeners, community groups and institutions. We promoted local ecotype native species via events, like our second annual rosaryville native plant festival, social media and educational outreach about native plants and their importance throughout the chesapeake bay watershed. We put our efforts into action through the installation of two native visibility demonstration gardens; one located at ecocity farms in bladensburg, md and the other at Washington ethical society located in Washington d.c. Every bit of our work goes into making sure we can get as many local ecotype native plant species into the ground across the chesapeake bay watershed.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.4%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 61%; rating input score 61
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -43.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 53%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.4% of revenue deployed · 61% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $150K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.