Okra Oklahoma Recycling Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 731501007
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Tulsa, OK, USA
- Phone
- 9187289444
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recycling Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $53,008
- Expenses
- $66,440
- Assets
- $42,650
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CRYSTAL BENNETT (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- MEGAN WATERS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- AMANDA SCOEFIELD (BOARD MEMBER)
- BOB MASTERSON (BOARD MEMBER)
- BRET SCOVILL (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Okra is a non-profit organization established to improve the business of recycling by providing education and referral services about integrated solid waste management, including reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting. It is designed to serve as a central communication point for exchange among businesses, industries, government entities, public and private organizations, schools, and citizens about recycling.a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, okra works to support recycling efforts. We provide a forum for networking, encourage local end-markets, and work to create a unified voice for Oklahoma recyclers. We have strong partnerships with the Oklahoma department of environmental quality, national recycling coalition, keep Oklahoma beautiful, the metropolitan environmental trust, the chickasaw nation, the choctaw nation, the muscogee nation and the u.s. Epa.
What it reported doing in 2024
Annual conference held at chickasaw retreat and conference center pavilion for networking and to discuss recycling market, changing recycling behavior, zero waste events and other recycling efforts, including a key note speaker.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 79% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 41
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43.7%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 34.9%; rating input score 35
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 35; 35th 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: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43.7% of revenue deployed · 34.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.