Colorado · Nonprofit
Richards Rubbish Roundup
Richards Rubbish Roundup (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,000 to it, the largest being THE JOHN E AND MARGARET L LANE FOUNDATION ($8,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $74k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $16k
What Richards Rubbish Roundup does
Mission
We keep the City of Colorado Springs and its rivers and creeks clean by organizing volunteers for weekly litter pickups participating in larger cleanup events sponsored by the city and other local organizations educating community members about the importance of keeping our waterways free of trash training other groups on how to have their own pickups safely and providing supplies and gear to other groups who want to hold their own cleanups.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 2024 our volunteers picked up 1,004 bags of trash which is approximately 29,160 pounds of trash based on an estimate of 30 pounds per bag. They spent 1,106 hours cleaning up our parks trails creeks and rivers. They safely collected and disposed of 1,191 used and discarded hypodermic needles. Our objective is to keep our city clean and safe for its citizens and visitors by safely disposing of potentially dangerous waste - especially used hypodermic needles which can cause life-threatening diseases if stepped on or accidentally grabbed by people recreating in the area. We are also accomplishing another goal of keeping trash and particularly plastic out of our waterways thereby preventing toxic chemicals and microplastics from entering not only our water supply but also that of cities and towns downstream from us. In the process of fulfilling these goals we maintain the incredible beauty of the city in which we live.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Richards Rubbish Roundup’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
Richards Rubbish Roundup leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
“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
100% of Richards Rubbish Roundup's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
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
Richards Rubbish Roundup runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Richards Rubbish Roundup
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Richards Rubbish Roundup: 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 Richards Rubbish Roundup?
- Richards Rubbish Roundup (Colorado) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,000 to it, the largest being THE JOHN E AND MARGARET L LANE FOUNDATION ($8,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Richards Rubbish Roundup have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $21,000 in grants to Richards Rubbish Roundup.
- Who is the largest funder of Richards Rubbish Roundup?
- THE JOHN E AND MARGARET L LANE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Richards Rubbish Roundup find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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