Responsible Recycling Charitable Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813407568
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Rochester, NH, USA
Phone
8006648365
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$186,998
Expenses
$80,068
Assets
$192,110
Liabilities
$7,884

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GERALD BOWMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GERALD BOWMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHLEEN GAGNON (SECRETARY)
  • PATRICIA CICCHETTO (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

To serve the cremation industry by providing a charitable foundation for the safe and environmentally-friendly disposal of medical devices and post cremation metals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Recycling of metals and medical devices from cremains and donating proceeds to those in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.9%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 57.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.9% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 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 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.