Concerned Citizens for Proper Land Use Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851633352
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Annapolis, MD, USA
Phone
4102808956
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Land Resources Conservation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,889
Expenses
$826
Assets
$96,656
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gerald Winegrad (President)
  • David Prosten (Vice President and Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Gerald Winegrad (President)
  • David Prosten (Vice President and Secretary)
  • Nancy Plaxico (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing recreational, health, scenic, and educational benefits to the general public, consistent with government conservation policy, through preserving the distinctive, ecologically significant features of 175 acres of land at Crystal Spring and Mas Que Farm in Annapolis, Maryland, assuring that the site, with its diverse bio-habitat, continues to support its diverse wildlife while protecting and improving the water quality of nearby Crab Creek and South River.

What it reported doing in 2025

All expenses were used for the education of the public on the development of the 176-acre Crystal Spring site and related conservation efforts. The expenditures were for our website and its services, PO box charges, emails and other notifications.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.2%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 78.8%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 117.02; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -34.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -69.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $826 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.