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Chesapeake Natives Inc

EIN 26-0127210 · Upper Marlboro, MD

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthWeak43 out of 100GovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

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.

Income
$171,390
Spending
$245,715
Reserves
2 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 71%
Highest pay
$53,127, co-executive director

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Weak: 43 out of 100. Higher than 10% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    10 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 2.0 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 11% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    0 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 43% of income.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)
  1. $149,789 spent. 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.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since October 2006.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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