ReCraft's mission is to promote artistic expression, environmental education, and community resilience through reuse.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 848 volunteers and 14 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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FY2025 · 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
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $47K a year · 10% 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
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$62K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $28
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$629K
+33% vs prior year
Spent
$532K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$187K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$629K
FY2025▲ +33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$131K
FY2023$302K
FY2024$472K
FY2025$629K
Expenses
$532K
FY2025▲ +23%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$297K
FY2024$433K
FY2025$532K
Net assets
$187K
FY2025▲ +107%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$46K
FY2023$51K
FY2024$90K
FY2025$187K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2019.

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

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $438K Management & general 18% · $94K

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; $62K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Member at Large, Board of Directors; Executive Director
$62,400Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chair, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large, Board of Directors
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Grant Cothran’s $62K as Member at Large, Board of Directors; Executive Director is at the 42nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Grant Cothran$62,400$52,000$37,500

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Promote art, environmental education, and community resilience by reusing materials.

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3 programs · $438K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

ReCraft continued to operate its creative reuse center, including a publicly-accessible donation station, volunteer hub, reuse retail services shop, makerspace, and outreach base of operations. Located at 2439 Laurens Road in Greenville, SC.

$399Kprogram expense
02

Re

Designing Creativity. ReCraft continued to administer a program, using matching funds from SC Arts Commission, that distributes creative materials via public elementary school teachers. ReCraft has expanded this program so that all art teachers and STEAM teachers in Greenville and Laurens County public schools can shop at the ReCraft…

$21Kprogram expense
03

Redesign Your Summer. With financial assistance from the South Carolina Arts Commission, ReCraft launched a free, summer-long program to stem summer learning loss around SC Ready standards for Design. The program reached more than 2500 school-aged youth.

$18Kprogram 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$28

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$629K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$539K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$87K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$532K
Ln 25
Programscol B$438K
Managementcol C$94K
Owns and owesPt X
$187K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$187K
Total assetsLn 16$187K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$87K
Government grantsLn 1e$55K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$539K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Total revenueLn 12$629K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$187K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$187K
Total assetsLn 16$187K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$187K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 6848
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$90K$187K
Total assetsLn 16$90K$187K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$90K$187K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3K$3K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$385K$309K$76K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$1K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$12K$7K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$2K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$111K$111K
TravelLn 17$1K$1K$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$0$6K
InterestLn 20$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$532K$438K$94K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $629K$532K$97K$187K 990 PDF
FY2024 $472K$433K$39K$90K 990 PDF
FY2023 $302K$297K$5K$51K 990 PDF
FY2022 $131K$46K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $628,840 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $103,985$87,310
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $368,419$538,585
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$2,945
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $472,404$628,840
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,204$3,486
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $256,915$384,963
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $175,027$143,507
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $433,146$531,956
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $39,258$96,884
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $628,840 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$55,385
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$31,925
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$87,310
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $538,585 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$538,585
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,945$2,945
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $538,585 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,945$628,840
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $531,956 across 27 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,486$3,486
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $308,746 · Management $76,217$384,963
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $1,223$1,223
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,405 · Management $2,405$4,810
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,086 · Management $4,671$11,757
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,503 · Management $1,843$4,346
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $111,044$111,044
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,351 · Management $0$1,351
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $5,655$5,655
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,321$3,321
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $437,844 · Management $94,112 · Fundraising $0$531,956
Part X · Balance sheet $187,212 assets, 5 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $90,282$187,212
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $90,282$187,212
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $90,282$187,212
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $90,282$187,212
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $187,212 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$628,840
XI-2 Total expenses$531,956
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$96,884
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$90,282
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$46
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$187,212

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