Scraps Kc Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Educationa - at risk children / homeless servicesrecognizing that many origination causes of homeless are due to inequity in education, scrapskc is attempting to reduce the cycle of poverty locally through more equitable education by:1. Developing equity in education that contributes to future employment and service in the surrounding communities, and also build the confidence of teachers to serve students generously. Continued on schedule "o".2. Empowering disadvantaged and marginalized students through accessibility to school supplies, basic necessities, and equipped teachers.3. Providing food, clothing, survival and hygiene items where possible in order to encourage engagement in #1 and #2 above and ultimately reduce risks that can contribute to later homelessness.accomplishments of this program service during the year include the following activities:1. Scrapskc distributed $537,133 of school supplies to 1,859 teachers at a minimum cost to teachers of $35 for the entire school year.2. The first full year of the kids in need program generated support for students who received and distributed 8,036 items of food, clothes, and hygiene items to kids in need in their classrooms - valued at $22,993.3. Scrapskc distributed food, clothes, and hygiene items with a value of $22,993 to kids in need, distributed through their teachers.b-environmentalpromoting environmental stewardship through waste reduction and providing onsite and online education for creative reuse by:1. Enabling greater convenience and accessibility to both obtain and dispose of materials and resources all to the benefit of reducing the waste stream.2. Providing ongoing education about reducing, reusing, upcycling and recycling through creative reuse.accomplishments of this program service during the year include the following activities:1. There were 4,586 individuals that donated materials and 183 donations that were made by business/manufacturing, school and community partners to help divert materials from the landfill.2. Over 114 tons of materials were diverted from the landfill.3. 39,125 people were served through materials diversion and educational programs:1. 31,466 visitors to the creative reuse center2. 183 corporate and community materials donors; 4,586 individual donors3. 5,617 volunteers (13,349 hours)5. 1,859 teachers received free resources for their classroomsc - education1. Invest in the growth of the teacher resource center, which has become the primary vehicle of serving teachers and students, diverting an even greater volume of materials from the landfill.2. Serve marginalized students that are at highest risk of homelessness today and in the future. 3. Supporting our local educators in Kansas city by providing materials and resources free or at significantly reduced prices to help them offset their own personal cost of their profession.accomplishments of this program service during the year include the following activities:1. The school supply redistribution program, in its ninth year, involved collecting used schools supplies at the end of the school year; cleaning, testing, and sorting these supplies; and then redistributing them to teachers and schools in areas with greater needs. In 2025, scrapskc continued this programas a year-round program for its third year. A very consistent stock of inventory valued close to $300k was maintained throughout the year, and subsequently $537,133 of school supplies were distributed to 1,859 teachers with limited or no school supply budget at their schools

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
• Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 90.1%; rating input score 90; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 15.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings