California · Nonprofit
GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC
GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being WILL J REID FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $50k
What Grassroots Recycling Network Inc does
Mission
Zero Waste promotion, education and training.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Zero Waste USA Education Program Zero Waste Associates Course Introduction to Zero Waste Zero Waste for Businesses and Institutions Advanced Zero Waste Planning
$14,091 spent15% of program spendingNational Zero Waste Conference two day online for Zero Waste communities businesses and institutions
$32,829 spent36% of program spendingRecycling Cornucopia Support to Grassroots Organizations MN EJ Table Technical Assistance and Education
$18,529 spent20% of program spendingCompostable Organics Out of Landfill Campaign Save the Albatross Coalition Zero Waste Youth Outreach and Education
$25,714 spent28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $91,163.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $40k to $50k (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
22% of GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC has grown faster than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC?
- GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being WILL J REID FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC?
- WILL J REID FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing