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THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE

THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,104 to it, the largest being THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC ($112,438). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$304k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$161k
Net assets
$129k
2/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What The Resource Exchange does

Mission

Reuse center dedicated to promoting creative reuse, recycling and resource conservation by diverting valuable materials from the waste stream and redirecting them to artists, builders, educators and the general public.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. We have channeled low cost, reclaimed materials into theatre and film productions, public art installations, individual artist works, community gardens, outdoor classrooms and green building projects. Since 2009 the organization has kept over 2 million pounds out of philadelphia landfills and incinerators. We host monthly meetings and promote local artist works in the gallery.

    $249,238 spent$278,240 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $249,238.

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 ($173k) Expenses 100 ($176k) Net assets 100 ($117k)2018 Revenue 108 ($187k) Expenses 109 ($191k) Net assets 97 ($114k)2019 Revenue 98 ($169k) Expenses 110 ($193k) Net assets 77 ($90k)2020 Revenue 77 ($132k) Expenses 85 ($149k) Net assets 62 ($73k)2021 Revenue 128 ($221k) Expenses 105 ($184k) Net assets 94 ($110k)2022 Revenue 134 ($232k) Expenses 127 ($222k) Net assets 102 ($119k)2023 Revenue 174 ($300k) Expenses 154 ($270k) Net assets 127 ($149k)2024 Revenue 176 ($304k) Expenses 184 ($324k) Net assets 110 ($129k)
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Revenue (176)Expenses (184)Net assets (110)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 2022 to 2023, from $126k to $154k (+22%).

$118k
$115k
$91k
$99k
$118k
$126k
$154k
$132k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 30% · 2022 7% · 2023 15% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

8% of THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE’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. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3k
’17
−$3k
’18
−$24k
’19
−$17k
’20
$37k
’21
$9k
’22
$29k
’23
−$20k
’24
4.5
months of
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

Karyn Gerred

Executive director CEO

Board chair

Allison Hoban

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2021202220232024
Listed15151310
Joined·+1+0+0
No longer listed·123
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $12k → $17k.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 RESOURCE EXCHANGE’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 RESOURCE EXCHANGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

78% 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 RESOURCE EXCHANGE.

70%
largest funder
87%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 53% · 2019 65% · 2020 59% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 82% — growing more concentrated.

“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 RESOURCE EXCHANGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

95% of THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
CT
FL

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−7% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 23%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

PA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE: 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 RESOURCE EXCHANGE?
THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,104 to it, the largest being THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC ($112,438). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $161,104 in grants to THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE?
THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $112,438 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 8 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