Missouri Recycling Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431526179
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Jefferson City, MO, USA
- Phone
- 5734914255
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $85,605
- Expenses
- $139,906
- Assets
- $13,338
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Byron Wilcox (MORA Board President)
- Greg Cooksey (Board Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Byron Wilcox (MORA Board President)
- Greg Cooksey (Board Vice President)
- Ann Hamilton (MORA Board Treasurer)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Missouri Recycling Association supports waste reduction and recycling and technical support in partnership with state, regional and national organizations. The Missouri Recycling Association provides a forum for sharing information through workshops, meetings and an annual conference. Members cooperate on a regional level to share experiences and encourage market development for recovered materials.
What it reported doing in 2024
Support ALL local/regional statewide recycling and waste reduction programs and efforts. The Missouri Recycling Association works with private industry; city, county and state governments, schools, colleges and universities, manufacturers, etc. We do this by maintaining websites (3), disseminating bi-weekly newsletters and promoting resource and free webinars. Partnering with the EPA Region 7 office, Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources, Missouri's Twenty Solid Waste Management Districts, public and private businesses and institutions to provide technical support to all Missourians.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -63.4%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $140K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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 11/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.