The Good Planet Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921197941
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Halethorpe, MD, USA
Phone
4108371800
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,190
Expenses
$4,677
Assets
$27,154
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHERINE MELOY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CATHERINE MELOY (PRESIDENT)
  • COLLEEN MORRONE (SECRETARY)
  • LISA RUSYNIAK (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the good planet is to advance the goodwill workforce and our local communities through sustainable innovative recycling solutions, so its work remains at the center of people, planet and prosperity. The good planet is powered by goodwill of greater Washington, goodwill industries of the chesapeake and goodwill of Delaware and Delaware county.

What it reported doing in 2025

The good planet is focused on upskilling the collective workforces of its supported organizations to recycle items with an initial focus on extending the life of pulverized glass, rigid and soft plastics, and a focus on textiles. The good planet's impact is defined by the number of low-to-moderate-income (lmi) team members of the supported goodwill organizations who are able to build better lives through the mission of the good planet and through its ability to provide sustainable solutions for the millions of pounds of plastics and glass that aren't able to be sold in the 68 retail stores of the supported goodwill organizations throughout Delaware county, Pennsylvania, the state of Delaware, the chesapeake area of Maryland, the district of columbia and northern Virginia. In recycling solutions, utilized three glass pulverizing machines and secured a partnership for a local business to take the pulverized glass to use in their operations. The partnership audited nearly 10,000 unsold textile items to determine the quality of the textiles and potential recyclable solutions for them.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: 69.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.81; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 40.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 69.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.