Remainders Creative Reuse INC

Tax-deductible

Pasadena, CA501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 47-1563380Revenue $1.2M in FY2024

On file with the IRSremainderspas.org787 East Washington Blvd Suite 101, 91104-5055 · Pasadena, CATax-exempt since Aug 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Remainders Creative Reuse INC.'s purpose is specifically as a Creative Reuse center, materials depot and workshop space, which promotes creativity and environmental awareness, reduces waste and keeps useful materials out of landfills. In addition, remainders' educational mission is to provide activities that instruct all ages on the benefit of Creative Reuse.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
23¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 6 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
IRS Pub. 78
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $233K a year · 26% of revenue · last 3 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 3 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
23%
of spending
Concern: 23% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$249K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 89% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $109
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$17K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
1
of 7 voting members
Worth a look: 1 of 7 voting members are independent, under half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
+46% vs prior year
Spent
$995K
To programs
23%
Net assets
$730K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2024▲ +46%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$172K
FY2021$183K
FY2022$570K
FY2023$842K
FY2024$1.2M
Expenses
$995K
FY2024▲ +65%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$344K
FY2023$604K
FY2024$995K
Net assets
$730K
FY2024▲ +48%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$60K
FY2021$31K
FY2022$257K
FY2023$495K
FY2024$730K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated. Listed in IRS Pub. 78 (as of October 2026). Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2016.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

23 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 23% · $233K Management & general 77% · $762K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $249K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$68,727Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$60,367Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$55,000Pt VII · Sec A
$35,391Pt VII · Sec A
$29,396Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrew Cox’s $69K as Member is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Andrew Cox$68,727$50,221$15,935——
Toban Nichols$60,367$37,060—$6,131—
Robin Cox$55,000$42,000$36,000$21,750$32,000
Kirsten Joel$35,391————
Barbara Masuyama$29,396$28,523$15,862$7,545$3,768
Austin Cox————$10,612
Stefani Greenwood———$6,000$1,450
Amaris Cox———$3,050$1,700

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Diverts waste by offering materials and workshops that promote creative reuse and environmental awareness.

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3 programs · $233K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Twenty studio workshops that highlight underrepresented groups of artists including women and bipoc artists in the last 100 years. Participants learn about a different artist session and create a work of art in the style of that artist.

$141Kprogram expense
02

Thursday sewing skills-students can come to our community space to learn new sewing skills and use repurposed materials. Students go beyond the basics to make something new each session (held weekly) such as clothing, bags, linens, etc.

$69Kprogram expense
03

Friday kids crafts-weekly classes for youth ages 8-13 learning about environmental awareness while making art from repurposed materials. They have access to all of remainders' materials, kid-friendly tools, and new projects each session.

$23Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$109

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$556K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$400K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$275K
Money outPt IX
$995K
Ln 25
Programscol B$233K
Managementcol C$762K
Owns and owesPt X
$730K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$89K
Total assetsLn 16$747K
LiabilitiesLn 26$17K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$275K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$199K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$400K
Investment incomeLn 3$4
Other incomeLn 4–11$556K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$89K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$89K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$33K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$747K
LiabilitiesLn 26$17K
Net assetsLn 32$730K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$68K$89K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$36K$33K
Total assetsLn 16$530K$747K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K$17K
Net assetsLn 32$495K$730K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1K$1K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$249K$41K$208K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$315K$315K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$48K$3K$44K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$17K$17K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$6K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$114K$55K$59K
TravelLn 17$1K$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$14K$965$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$203K$121K$82K
All other expensesLn 24e$10K$2K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$995K$233K$762K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.2M$995K$235K$730K 990 PDF
FY2023 $842K$604K$238K$495K 990 PDF
FY2022 $570K$344K$226K$257K 990 PDF
FY2021 $183K$31K 990 PDF
FY2020 $172K$60K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,230,214 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $322,237$275,125
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $111,002$399,530
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $156$4
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $408,483$555,555
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $841,878$1,230,214
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$1,470
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $263,686$611,898
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $340,154$381,552
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $603,840$994,920
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $238,038$235,294
Part VI · Governance 1 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members1
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,230,214 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $554,868 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$275,125
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$199,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$275,125
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $399,530$399,530
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $4$4
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $687$687
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $400,221 · Excluded from tax $554,868$1,230,214
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $994,920 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,470$1,470
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $41,183 · Management $207,697$248,880
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $315,496$315,496
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,468 · Management $44,054$47,522
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $5,000$5,000
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,500$1,500
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $1,487$1,487
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $16,828$16,828
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $5,542$5,542
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $55,131 · Management $58,722$113,853
IX-17 TravelManagement $1,394$1,394
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,499$8,499
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $965 · Management $13,062$14,027
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $120,682 · Management $82,458$203,140
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,763 · Management $8,519$10,282
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $233,161 · Management $761,759 · Fundraising $0$994,920
Part X · Balance sheet $746,723 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $67,656$89,125
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $426,000$625,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $35,907$32,598
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $529,563$746,723
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,875$1,729
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $26,974$14,986
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $34,849$16,715
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $494,714$730,008
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $529,563$746,723
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $730,008 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,230,214
XI-2 Total expenses$994,920
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$235,294
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$494,714
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$730,008

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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