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RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC

RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being CONSUMERS ENERGY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$140k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$258k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Recycle of Mecosta County Inc does

Mission

Recycling to preserve the environment

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. In 2025, recycle of mecosta county collected and shipped over 354 tons of recyclable materials thus avoiding the need for more landfill space and benefitting over 40,000 residents

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($153k) Expenses 100 ($141k) Net assets 100 ($291k)2018 Revenue 72 ($110k) Expenses 97 ($137k) Net assets 94 ($273k)2019 Revenue 73 ($112k) Expenses 97 ($137k) Net assets 89 ($258k)2020 Revenue 58 ($89k) Expenses 69 ($97k) Net assets 86 ($250k)2021 Revenue 86 ($131k) Expenses 82 ($115k) Net assets 91 ($266k)2022 Revenue 101 ($155k) Expenses 75 ($106k) Net assets 108 ($315k)2023 Revenue 93 ($142k) Expenses 105 ($147k) Net assets 106 ($310k)2024 Revenue 112 ($171k) Expenses 149 ($210k) Net assets 93 ($271k)2025 Revenue 92 ($140k) Expenses 109 ($153k) Net assets 88 ($258k)
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Revenue (92)Expenses (109)Net assets (88)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $266k to $315k (+19%).

$291k
$273k
$258k
$250k
$266k
$315k
$310k
$271k
$258k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

45% of RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$12k
’17
−$27k
’18
−$25k
’19
−$9k
’20
$16k
’21
$49k
’22
−$5k
’23
−$39k
’24
−$13k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $15k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY 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.

How concentrated its funding is

RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

75%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

75% of RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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Questions and answers

Who funds RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC?
RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being CONSUMERS ENERGY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,000 in grants to RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC.
Who is the largest funder of RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC?
CONSUMERS ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like RECYCLE OF MECOSTA COUNTY INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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