Community Conservation Centers INC

Tax-deductible

Berkeley, CA501(c)(3)Since 1974EnvironmentEIN 94-2266676Revenue $9.9M in FY2024

On file with the IRSberkeleyrecycling.org1569 Solano Ave Pmb 106, 94707-2116 · Berkeley, CATax-exempt since Oct 1974Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The organization strives to provide education and recycling opportunities to promote optimum recycling and to operate an effective and efficient materials recovery facility for recyclables collected throughout the city of berkeley.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 47 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
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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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $52K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$316K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 56% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$428K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.9M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$9.7M
To programs
96%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$9.9M
FY2024▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$9.4M
FY2023$8.7M
FY2024$9.0M
FY2024$9.9M
Expenses
$9.7M
FY2024▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.5M
FY2021$7.9M
FY2022$9.2M
FY2023$8.4M
FY2024$8.5M
FY2024$9.7M
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2024▲ +53%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2024$3.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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 Oct 1974.

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

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $9.3M Management & general 4% · $429K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $316K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
General Manager
$119,452Pt VII · Sec A
Operations Manager
$103,825Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Manager, Treasurer
$92,400Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeffrey Belchamber’s $119K as General Manager is at the 44th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jeffrey Belchamber$119,452$109,065$107,600$110,714$104,000$104,000
Jose Alvarez——$103,418$104,819——
David Johnson$103,825—————
Carol Vomacka—————$102,659
Katherine Evans$92,400$87,360————
Kathy Evans——$79,016$61,600——
John Hanscom————$29,700$43,100
Katherine S Evans————$5,538$3,733

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

Educates and provides recycling opportunities to promote city-wide recycling.

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1 program · $9.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The organization operates berkeley recycling center which includes a buyback and dropoff recycling center as well as berkeley's material recovery facility (MRF). The BUYBACK/DROPOFF purchases and accepts donations of recyclable materials and the MRF receives, sorts, processes and markets recyclable materials delivered by the city of…

$9.3Mprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$479K
Money outPt IX
$9.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.3M
Managementcol C$429K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$428K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$6.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$479K
Investment incomeLn 3$426
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.1M
Total revenueLn 12$9.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$620K
SavingsLn 2$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$428K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 547
VolunteersI 66
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M$2.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$5.3M$3.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.2M$428K
Net assetsLn 32$2.1M$3.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$92K$86K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.4M$2.2M$166K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$18K$17K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$405K$377K$28K
Payroll taxesLn 10$203K$189K$14K
Legal feesLn 11b$9K$8K$626
Accounting feesLn 11c$144K$144K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9K$8K$601
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$42K$33K$9K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$5K$386
OccupancyLn 16$51K$48K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$13K$13K
InterestLn 20$887$887
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$201K$187K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$96K$87K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.0M$6.0M$19K
All other expensesLn 24e$14K$13K$218
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.7M$9.3M$429K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $9.0M$8.5M$491K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.7M$8.4M$242K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.4M$9.2M$203K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.2M$7.9M−$784K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.6M$3.5M$108K$1.9M 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
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Part I · Summary $9,876,141 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,953,608$6,335,053
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $418,399$478,563
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $45,386$426
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,598,783$3,062,099
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $9,016,176$9,876,141
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 $3,052,108$3,118,469
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,472,754$6,592,771
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,524,862$9,711,240
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $491,314$164,901
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,876,141 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,059,878 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$6,335,053
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,335,053
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $478,563$478,563
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $426$426
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,221$2,221
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,538,441 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,647$9,876,141
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,711,240 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $86,021 · Management $6,379$92,400
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,233,662 · Management $165,653$2,399,315
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $17,055 · Management $1,265$18,320
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $377,454 · Management $27,993$405,447
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $188,972 · Management $14,015$202,987
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $8,441 · Management $626$9,067
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $143,707$143,707
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,099 · Management $601$8,700
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,069$6,069
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $32,515 · Management $9,454$41,969
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,201 · Management $386$5,587
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $47,595 · Management $3,529$51,124
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $12,801$12,801
IX-20 InterestPrograms $887$887
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $187,246 · Management $13,886$201,132
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $86,558 · Management $9,755$96,313
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,983,048 · Management $18,710$6,001,758
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $13,439 · Management $218$13,657
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,282,262 · Management $428,978 · Fundraising $0$9,711,240
Part X · Balance sheet $3,587,877 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $492,146$620,026
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,346,372$1,397,414
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $519,313$368,793
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $21,786$18,099
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,823,480$1,107,068
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $89,043$76,477
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $14,890$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,307,030$3,587,877
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $448,052$427,787
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,787,262$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,235,314$427,787
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,071,716$2,066,362
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$1,093,728
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,071,716$3,160,090
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,307,030$3,587,877
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,160,090 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,876,141
XI-2 Total expenses$9,711,240
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$164,901
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,071,716
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$923,473
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,160,090

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