Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC
THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,589,956 to it, the largest being WAL-MART FOUNDATION ($10,494,430). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $41M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $37M
- Net assets
- $40M
What The Recycling Partnership Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to build a better recycling system, one that delivers the economic and environmental benefits our communities and the hundreds of thousands of people who work throughout the recycling industry deserve.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Our team of experts, practitioners, and thought leaders with real-world experience works with our partners to insist upon meaningful change across the recycling system and assist communities, companies, and policymakers in enacting such change. The recycling partnership uses its one-of-its-kind national recycling database that reaches more than 9,000 u.s. Recycling programs and develops practical and innovative solutions to address critical gaps in the recycling system through granting, technical asistance, local advocacy, and education and outreach.
$31,219,017 spentof which $15,574,536 as grants$2,429,434 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $31,219,017.
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 2022 to 2023, from $39M to $59M (+53%).
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 2% · 2018 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 5% · 2023 1% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Megan Keefe Harrison
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 15 funders, grant income rose $100k → $7.6M.
8 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP 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
THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
37% 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 THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 56% · 2020 37% · 2021 40% · 2022 33% · 2023 39% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states 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
THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 330 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 330 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $428k on record — $125k federal, $303k state.
- Environmental Protection Agency$125k
- MA$168k
- DE$134k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC
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 Washington, D.C.
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
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Circular Economy Accelerator LLC · disregarded
- Recycle Check LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP 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 THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC?
- THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,589,956 to it, the largest being WAL-MART FOUNDATION ($10,494,430). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $36,589,956 in grants to THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC?
- WAL-MART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,494,430 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing