Unity Area Regional Recycling Ctr

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010456467
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Thorndike, ME, USA
Phone
2075683117
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,949
Expenses
$164,759
Assets
$279,468
Liabilities
$158,075

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • STANLEY PAIGE ZEIGLER (CHAIR)
  • PHIL BLOOMSTEIN (VICE CHAIR)
  • JENNY TIBBETTS (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

Recycling

What it reported doing in 2024

Recycling of various materials including cardboard, office paper and glass. The facility serves approximately 8,500 area residents. Various programs conducted in order to educate individuals in the service area about the importance of recycling.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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

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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.2%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.2% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $140K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.