Eco-Cycle INC FY2020 filing

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Boulder, CO501(c)(3)Since 1976EnvironmentEIN 84-0730811Revenue $8.2M in FY2020

On file with the IRSecocycle.org1901 63rd St, 80301-2953 · Boulder, COTax-exempt since Mar 1978Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Eco-cycle's mission is to innovate, implement, and advocate for local and global zero waste solutions to foster a more sustainable, equitable, and climate-resilient future.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$373K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $78K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$373K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $211K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.4M
15% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 15% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.2M
Spent
$8.8M
To programs
93%
Net assets
$8.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$8.2M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.2M
FY2021$9.4M
FY2022$9.6M
FY2023$9.7M
FY2024$10.5M
FY2024$11.0M
Expenses
$8.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.8M
FY2021$8.8M
FY2022$9.6M
FY2023$10.0M
FY2024$10.6M
FY2024$11.2M
Net assets
$8.0M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$8.0M
FY2021$8.4M
FY2022$7.9M
FY2023$7.6M
FY2024$7.5M
FY2024$7.3M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1978.

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

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $8.2M Management & general 6% · $524K Fundraising 1% · $79K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $373K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Maintenance Manager
$113,936Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director
$90,684Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$84,818Pt VII · Sec A
Accounting Director
$83,301Pt VII · Sec A
Board President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Suzanne Jones’s $134K as Executive Director is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 324 $10–100M 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cecilio Lechuga-Morado$130,459$135,957$124,701$125,740——
Suzanne Jones$133,781$127,715$120,940$114,720$109,496$84,818
Kalin Stovall$117,347—————
Kalin Strovall—$113,884$109,947$109,200$101,469$113,936
Justin Stockdale$101,466—————
Martha Matsch$96,718$93,609$92,814$92,302$89,939$90,684
Suree Ponrattanasiri$94,564$94,297$91,057$88,692$86,798$83,301

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

Promotes and implements zero-waste solutions locally and globally.

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1 program · $8.2M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Recycling of materials from commercial and residential collections for the benefit of the community and the environment. Also, education of the community concerning the importance of recycling, including the practices of carbon farming.

$8.2Mprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$211K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.5M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$699K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Money outPt IX
$8.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.2M
Managementcol C$524K
Fundraisingcol D$79K
Owns and owesPt X
$8.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$765K
Total assetsLn 16$9.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$699K
Government grantsLn 1e$445K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$7.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$47K
Total revenueLn 12$8.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$763K
SavingsLn 2$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$765K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$455K
Total assetsLn 16$9.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$8.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 571
VolunteersI 61,000
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$156K$765K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$615K$455K
Total assetsLn 16$2.9M$9.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$722K$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M$8.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$312K$94K$202K$16K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.5M$2.4M$96K$36K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$104K$93K$9K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$418K$388K$21K$9K
Payroll taxesLn 10$204K$180K$21K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$295$17K
Investment management feesLn 11f$843$843
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.9M$1.8M$45K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K$300$349
Office expensesLn 13$287K$257K$25K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$79K$27K$52K
OccupancyLn 16$290K$275K$14K$485
TravelLn 17$22K$16K$6K$10
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$35$31
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$158K$157K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$141K$133K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.4M$2.3M$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$6K$178$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.8M$8.2M$524K$79K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $10.5M$10.6M−$112K$7.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.7M$10.0M−$367K$7.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.6M$9.6M$10K$7.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.4M$8.8M$610K$8.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $8.2M$8.8M−$533K$8.0M 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,241,809 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $624,442$699,172
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,311,241$7,548,498
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $30,894−$21,960
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$10,713$16,099
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,955,864$8,241,809
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,502,408$3,549,546
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,043,088$5,225,158
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,545,496$8,774,704
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$589,632−$532,895
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,241,809 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$444,727
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$254,445
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$699,172
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $7,548,498$7,548,498
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $24,544$24,544
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$46,504−$46,504
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $16,099$16,099
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $7,564,597 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$21,960$8,241,809
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,774,704 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $93,605 · Management $201,889 · Fundraising $16,088$311,582
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,380,901 · Management $95,799 · Fundraising $35,726$2,512,426
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $93,363 · Management $9,148 · Fundraising $1,279$103,790
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $387,707 · Management $21,195 · Fundraising $8,621$417,523
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $179,585 · Management $20,943 · Fundraising $3,697$204,225
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $295 · Management $16,937$17,232
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $843$843
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,822,731 · Management $44,992 · Fundraising $1,569$1,869,292
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,519 · Management $300 · Fundraising $349$3,168
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $256,868 · Management $24,753 · Fundraising $5,032$286,653
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $26,587 · Management $52,411$78,998
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $275,183 · Management $14,434 · Fundraising $485$290,102
IX-17 TravelPrograms $15,926 · Management $5,775 · Fundraising $10$21,711
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,640 · Management $35 · Fundraising $31$1,706
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $156,632 · Management $1,256$157,888
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $133,136 · Management $8,169$141,305
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,345,277 · Management $4,759$2,350,036
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $178 · Fundraising $6,046$6,224
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,172,133 · Management $523,638 · Fundraising $78,933$8,774,704
Part X · Balance sheet $9,379,094 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $154,522$762,981
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,719$1,719
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $13,245$6,285,827
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $697,508$720,378
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $93,776$104,397
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $615,378$454,783
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,309,455$1,017,154
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $31,082$31,855
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,916,685$9,379,094
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $634,060$677,227
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $23,282$16,308
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $64,264$666,897
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $721,606$1,360,432
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,181,834$1,732,835
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $13,245$6,285,827
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,195,079$8,018,662
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,916,685$9,379,094
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,018,662 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,241,809
XI-2 Total expenses$8,774,704
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$532,895
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,195,079
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$82,948
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$6,273,530
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,018,662

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