Trap Pond Partners Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611492195
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Laurel, DE, USA
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $41,436
- Expenses
- $116,658
- Assets
- $63,696
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Chase Cline (President)
- Margaret Anderson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Chase Cline (President)
- Margaret Anderson (Vice President)
- Marilyn O'Neal (Secretary)
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
Promote preservation protection and enhancement of Trap Pond State Parks historical natural and recreational resources. Assist DNREC and Park Staff in implementing improvements. Support the States No Child Left Inside commitment by sponsoring educational and recreational programs for childrens health. Cultivate an appreciation of Trap Pond as a valuable natural resource for all ages.
What it reported doing in 2025
Improvements to park disc golf course and repairs to historic structures were in progress at year-end. Enhancements to the disc golf course aim to increase park participation and uphold its status as a top disc golf destination in the region. Preservation efforts focus on historical structures several of which are projects dating back to the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1933 New Deal.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -181.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $110K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.