Michigan · Nonprofit
RECYCLE ANN ARBOR
RECYCLE ANN ARBOR (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $484,009 to it, the largest being THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC ($186,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $484k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Recycle Ann Arbor does
Mission
To develop and operate innovative reuse, recycling, and zero-waste programs that improve the environmental quality of our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mrf (materials recovery facility) - Recycle Ann Arbor (raa) provides contract services to the city of ann arbor and other communities and haulers at the materials recovery facility. Raa accepts all the recycling material collected by the city of ann arbor and processes materials on site to be sold as raw materials for new products. The Recycle Ann Arbor mrf incorporates optics, ai technology and robotics to optimize mechanical recycling of materials. In 2023, raa exceeded overall tonnage projections by over 15%. Not a single load of sorted recyclables was rejected. We were able to move all material in a timely manner, through both high and low market conditions. Less than 12% of all material that was shipped from mrf was disposed of. This compares to a national average residual rate of about 25-35%.
$3,306,272 spent$1,418,654 earned by the program44% of program spendingDrop-off station (dos), recovery yard, and trucking services - dos: to provide a convenient and accessible location to the community for the recycling of both curbside and hard-to-recycle items, as an environmentally preferable alternative to landfilling or illegal dumping. In 2023, raa developed new maintenance and reporting programs to minimize repair and maintenance expenses, and created a new training program and matrix for all new and existing dos staff, ensuring depth and flexibility. Recovery yard: to provide recycling of construction and demolition materials from businesses, as an environmentally preferable alternative to landfilling. (continued on schedule o)(continuation from part iii)trucking services: hauling of construction and demolition materials from businesses. In 2023, raa worked on diversification of revenue streams and evaluation of finances at the c&d recovery yard to identify performance indicators and point to needed changes in the business model and pricing structure to establish stability. It also worked on safety compliance and made several changes and upgrades to its site for employee and customer safety.
$1,971,412 spent$2,797,345 earned by the program26% of program spendingCurbside collections - to provide weekly curbside recycling collection services to the single-family, multi-family, and some small commercial units within the city of ann arbor and deliver those materials for ultimate production into new materials, as an environmentally preferable alternative to landfilling. In 2023, the collections team continued a very comprehensive data collection effort for all services provided for the city of ann arbor in preparation for contract negotiations, possible rerouting and to improve customer service experience for those participating in the city recycling collection program. (continued on schedule o)(continuation from part iii)the collections team also rolled out several departmental policies and procedures including new daily procedures and pre- and post- trip vehicle inspections training to ensure the safety and longevity of raa's truck fleet.
$2,192,564 spent29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,470,248.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.1M to $12M (+268%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 44% · 2018 52% · 2019 53% · 2020 70% · 2021 66% · 2022 39% · 2023 45% · 2024 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of RECYCLE ANN ARBOR’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 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Bryan Ukena
CEO
Board chair
Margie Teall
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $109k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of RECYCLE ANN ARBOR’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.
How concentrated its funding is
RECYCLE ANN ARBOR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund RECYCLE ANN ARBOR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 80% · 2023 53% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
RECYCLE ANN ARBOR draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
RECYCLE ANN ARBOR's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like RECYCLE ANN ARBOR
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ecology Center Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RECYCLE ANN ARBOR: 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 RECYCLE ANN ARBOR?
- RECYCLE ANN ARBOR (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $484,009 to it, the largest being THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC ($186,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RECYCLE ANN ARBOR have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $484,009 in grants to RECYCLE ANN ARBOR, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RECYCLE ANN ARBOR?
- THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC is the largest funder on record, with $186,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RECYCLE ANN ARBOR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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