COMMON GROUND EARTH INC
EIN 92-1119074 · Environment N.E.C. (C99)
What they do
Clarksburg Church Partnered With CGE Through Two Grants to Engage The Community With Nature At The Church and Provide Ecological Benefits. Two Meadows Will Be Installed and CGE Will Be Hosting Web Based Information Page and Attending On Site Farmers Market Monthly and Developing A Student Volunteer Program to Assist In Adaptive Management. Additionally Asbury Methodist Village Partnered With CGE Through A Grant Awarded to Asbury By Chesapeake Bay Trust to Convert 1.6 Acres to Meadowland to Engage Residents With Nature At The Village and Provide Ecological Benefits. The 1000 Residents 700 Staff Visitors and 100s of Residents of The Surrounding Gaithersburg Communities Primarily Minority and Low Income Benefit Every Day.
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MARK MAGNESSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ART GARCIADIRECTOR
BRIAN MAGNESSDIRECTOR
ERIC MOONEYDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2025
- Location
- 5 NORTH MAIN STREET, BEL AIR, MD 21014-8895
- County
- Harford
- In care of
- Mark Magness
- Primary officer
- Mark Magness, Executive Director
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Environment N.E.C. (C99)
- IRS tax category
- Environment N.E.C.
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2025