The organization is a community-based nonprofit, incorporated in 1976, that empowers people to live more sustainably and make conservation a way of life. Its vision is to build a waterwise, resilient, and waste-free colorado. The organization serves homeowners, water utilities, municipalities, and small businesses across colorado. Through conservation programs that reduce water use and through a retail operation that diverts reusable building materials from the landfill, Resource Central advances practical, community-driven solutions to environmental problems. The organization operates most programs as a social enterprise by identifying market-based opportunities to engage more residents in everyday conservation.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$137K 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $497K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$137K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $193K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$398K
23% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 23% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.1M
Spent
$2.5M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.1M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.1M
FY2021$3.8M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$5.3M
FY2025$5.5M
Expenses
$2.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.5M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$3.9M
FY2024$4.9M
FY2025$5.4M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$5.5M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$5.5M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1980.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $2.1M Management & general 13% · $317K Fundraising 4% · $111K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $137K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$136,927Pt VII · Sec A
Past Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair Elect
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Neal Lurie’s $186K as President/Ce is at the 79th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Neal Lurie$185,721$186,068$166,461$147,361$132,578$136,927
Kate Larson$124,571—————
Joe Pitts$108,721—————

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps people conserve resources through practical actions and programs.

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1 program · $2.1M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Resource central's programs provide impactful and practical ways to conserve natural resources. Our sustainability programs include: materials reuse: a retail center, which accepts donations of architectural salvage for resale, diverting millions of pounds of materials from the landfill and creating affordable reclaimed building…

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Who pays for it.

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Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $431K · 2023–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$77,752
Unitemized GrantFY2025$20,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$297,417
Unitemized GrantFY2023$35,700

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$512K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$506K
Money outPt IX
$2.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.1M
Managementcol C$317K
Fundraisingcol D$111K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$398K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$360K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$705K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$15K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$506K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$512K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$3.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$596K
SavingsLn 2$554K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$271K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$398K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 596
VolunteersI 6449
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$612K$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$178K$271K
Total assetsLn 16$919K$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$181K$398K
Net assetsLn 32$738K$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
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$155K$133K$14K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.3M$1.1M$173K$50K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$15K$12K$3K$281
Other employee benefitsLn 9$149K$120K$25K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$102K$85K$13K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$14K$6K$191
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$94K$61K$32K$950
Advertising and promotionLn 12$47K$28K$9$18K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K$114$298
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$220K$182K$27K$11K
TravelLn 17$33K$32K$3$58
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$132$132
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$85K$73K$12K$122
InsuranceLn 23$43K$40K$2K$731
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$184K$164K$7K$14K
All other expensesLn 24e$82K$79K$3K$183
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.5M$2.1M$317K$111K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $5.5M$5.4M$93K$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.3M$4.9M$400K$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.2M$3.9M$311K$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.6M$3.3M$269K$5.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.8M$2.5M$1.3M$5.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $3.1M$2.5M$611K$1.3M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $3,137,262 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,457,508$2,117,093
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $568,579$506,073
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,100$1,885
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $419,796$512,211
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,446,983$3,137,262
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 $1,677,386$1,715,363
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $717,427$811,383
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,394,813$2,526,746
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $52,170$610,516
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,137,262 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $512,211 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$15,214
VIII-1e Government grants$360,287
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,741,592
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$704,682
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,117,093
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $506,073$506,073
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,885$1,885
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 eventsExcluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,018,284 · Excluded from tax $1,885$3,137,262
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,526,746 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
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 $133,038 · Management $14,213 · Fundraising $7,750$155,001
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,072,629 · Management $172,869 · Fundraising $49,847$1,295,345
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $11,671 · Management $2,711 · Fundraising $281$14,663
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $119,653 · Management $25,396 · Fundraising $3,527$148,576
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $85,135 · Management $12,515 · Fundraising $4,128$101,778
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $13,693 · Management $6,416 · Fundraising $191$20,300
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $60,581 · Management $31,992 · Fundraising $950$93,523
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $28,437 · Management $9 · Fundraising $18,187$46,633
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,723 · Management $114 · Fundraising $298$4,135
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $181,767 · Management $26,845 · Fundraising $10,984$219,596
IX-17 TravelPrograms $32,481 · Management $3 · Fundraising $58$32,542
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $132$132
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $72,782 · Management $12,069 · Fundraising $122$84,973
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $39,942 · Management $2,319 · Fundraising $731$42,992
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $163,845 · Management $6,836 · Fundraising $13,631$184,312
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $79,217 · Management $2,845 · Fundraising $183$82,245
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,098,726 · Management $317,152 · Fundraising $110,868$2,526,746
Part X · Balance sheet $1,746,450 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $149,586$596,198
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $462,833$554,443
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $23,942$230,099
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $75,937$77,036
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $28,247$17,895
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $178,392$270,779
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $918,937$1,746,450
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $149,842$178,808
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $24,310$218,796
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $180,607$397,604
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $590,098$791,211
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $148,232$557,635
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $738,330$1,348,846
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $918,937$1,746,450
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,348,846 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,137,262
XI-2 Total expenses$2,526,746
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$610,516
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$738,330
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,348,846

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