Scrap Bin

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272555379
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Carrollton, GA, USA
Phone
6788902361
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recycling Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,579
Expenses
$39,964
Assets
$14,688

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH BENNETT (Past President)
  • JACQUELINE DOST (President)
  • JEAN HUDSON (Vice President)
  • HELEN HELWIG (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JOEL JOHNSTON (Past President)
  • JOSH NIESSE (President)

People named in this filing

  • JANET BATY (BOARD MEMBER)
  • ELIZABETH BENNETT (Past President)
  • JACQUELINE DOST (President)

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

To engage the citizens of carroll county in taking responsibility for improving our community environment.

What it reported doing in 2015

Goal 1: to reduce landfill waste by encouraging environmental stewardhip. 575 donations resulted in greater than 16,450 pounds of creative reuse materials kept out of landfills.goal 2: to educate the community about the short and long term benefits of the three r's - reduce, reuse, recycle. Posted facts and/or creative reuse ideas ot more than 1,600 social media followers daily; provided programming to more than 1,000 participants at 25 events.goal 3: to provide free or low cost materials(which have been donated to scrap bin for recycling) to teachers, artists, students, and community members and provide educational resource support for creative reuse of recycled materials. 3,750 customers bought low cost supplies, 480 educators got discounts; and materials were donated to nonprofits. The scrap bin facebook page, twitter feed and pinterest boards, webpage, and staff provided creative reuse/recycle advice and projects daily thoughout the entire year.goal 4: to provide service learning opportunities for students and volunteers. 250 voluteers gave 1,100 hours.goal 5: to promote west Georgia as an arts friendly, environmentally conscious community.hosted local artist shows in the helwig gallery; highlighted customer art on social media and in the shop; conducted art in the park june - july; hosted the third annual collage festival; and provided workshops using local artists.

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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.8%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.8% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2013 to 2015
  • 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.

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  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.