Lost Towns Project
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Promote facilitate and enable the preservation discovery academic study appreciation and stewardship of public and privately-owned cultural resources historic structures and archaeological sites in the Mid Atlantic.
- Income
- $12,154
- Spending
- $39,908
- Reserves
- 7.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, 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 June 30, 2025, 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 (3)
- $23,150 spent. LTP began work on a "Curating the Mayr Collection: Artifacts and Records of Archaeological Sites," supported by a grant from the Maryland Historical Trust. This funding supports research archaeologists who are curating a highly significant archaeological collection that was recently donated to the Anne Arundel County Public Archaeology Lab.
- $4,712 spent. LTPs mainstay of its program is the engagement of citizens volunteers and students in the historical and archaeological inquiry at suites across the Mid Atlantic Region. Consultants oversaw volunteers and academic interns working on a multitude of research projects this past year including the laboratory processing analysis and curation of several significant archaeological collections; 137 volunteers have contributed 1,881 hours of their time to the project in the past fiscal year. This year 5 student interns received stipends to support their work alongside professionals as they earned college credit while learning valuable technical skills working on unique research projects.
- $4,415 spent. LTP continued an initiative focused on Native American History and Archaeology by hosting a series of public workshops with representatives from Marylands Piscataway Conoy Tribe. These collaborative workshops raised awareness about indigenous cultures historic and present and the impacts of climate change on indigenous archaeological sites in the region.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
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.
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.
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.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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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