Garbage Reincarnation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237249182
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Santa Rosa, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7077951395
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recycling Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $188,343
- Expenses
- $174,680
- Assets
- $27,633
- Liabilities
- $8,681
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHERYL KERR (Vice President)
- JUDY ANN SMITH (CEO)
People named in this filing
- CHERYL KERR (Vice President)
- LINDA GIANNINI (Treasurer)
- JUDY ANN SMITH (CEO)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Pioneer and demonstrate innovative concepts & programs that conserve resources. Promote community reuse/recycling, pursue public awareness & promote education.
What it reported doing in 2015
Garbage reincarnation has been operating since 1970 to promote the "reduce/reuse/recycle" ethic in sonoma county and beyond. They maintain three reuse facilities, includng their thrift store facility at 949 sebastopol rd. In santa rosa, ca. They offer recycling services to the community & businesses. They provide deconstruction services. They provide a newsletter, curriculum guide & various publications on topics concerning solid waste practices & issues. They maintain a website to inform the public about their various programs, workshops, special events & articles demonstrating innovative concepts that conserve resources. They provide recycling services for local clean-up events, fairs etc. They provide workshops, deconstruction consulting services, demonstrations & mentoring programs for groups who want to start their own recycling programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
- 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: 7.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $175K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.