Urban Salvaged and Reclaimed Woods Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 814778043
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Sheridan, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5306334316
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recycling Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $138,031
- Expenses
- $180,366
- Assets
- $3,063
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jennifer Alger (President)
- Andy Trotter (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Jennifer Alger (President)
- Andy Trotter (Vice President)
- George Kast (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
A coalition of likeminded companies, individuals, or government agencies who have networked together for the purpose of tree rescue and finding the highest value of the tree after its natural life has come to an end. Finding new life for old trees.
What it reported doing in 2024
Providing education and connection to those with stormed downed trees on how to repurpose them and connecting them to companies that will take the trees. Planted 150 additional trees in CA DAC's, (disadvantaged communities) as an educational outreach program and educated high school students on the circle of life for an urban tree and how they can be repurposed and carbon continued to be stored if they are converted to lumber instead of chipped or landfilled. Monitoring and watering of new trees and previously planted trees. 1000's have been educated throughout the year with 5 in person educational events during the year as well as numerous webinars. Training on standardization regarding the proper recycling of trees and sterilizing and drying of lumber that are from salvaged urban trees and assistance in marketing and education. Education on the benefits of using urban wood. Integrating new marketing materials into the store and online. Daily educational posting on social media. Provided outlet location where urban wood is provided to the public from local trees that would have gone into the waste stream.
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: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -30.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $174K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.