Art of Recycle

What it says it does

“To develop, heal and grow community through experiential learning and interactive instruction for the advancement of diverse learners. We aim to promote access and equality by assisting all people to be inspired and empowered by using discarded, unwanted, and excess items as learning tools; creating generations to come to be more environmentally and socially conscious. Our philosophy is that art...”From the organization's Form 990 for the year ending Dec 2024, as written (including spelling); all-capital text shown in normal capitalization.

Art of Recycle finances

From the annual returns the group files with the IRS (Form 990, or the shorter Form 990-EZ for smaller groups), 3 filed years. Net assets are what it owns minus what it owes; management and general is office, admin and insurance cost. A dash means not reported (the short form does not ask for employees or volunteers). Each figure links to that year's return. A year is left out when no return is in the IRS e-file data; that does not mean the group was inactive.

Where the money goes, year ending Dec 2024

• Programs $551,374 (95%)
• Management and general $27,136 (5%)
• Fundraising $43 (0%)

Where the money comes from, year ending Dec 2024

• Gifts and grants $447,032 (68%)
• Program fees $205,675 (32%)
• Investment income $138 (0%)
• Other $0 (0%)

People: 21 employees and 150 volunteers reported for the year ending Dec 2024. Counts only; BackPR does not publish names of officers or staff.

Revenue trend: Steady. Revenue went from $679,909 (year ending Dec 2020) to $652,845 (Dec 2024), about -1% a year.

Growth label: we compare total revenue on the oldest and the newest return shown above. Growing means revenue rose by more than 10% a year on average, Shrinking means it fell by more than 10% a year, and Steady means a change between -10% and +10% a year. The rate is the compounded yearly average between the two returns, so it hides ups and downs in between (see the table). We only label groups with returns at least a year apart and at least $5,000 of revenue on the oldest one. This is our own calculation, not an IRS rating or a judgment of quality.

Source: IRS Form 990 Series Downloads (the returns open on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, which republishes the IRS files). Figures are as the organization filed them. Pennsylvania nonprofit.

How it compares

The only arts education nonprofit in Ephrata in our directory.

Size: revenue of $573,525 is higher than roughly 70 to 80% of the 57 arts education nonprofits in Pennsylvania that report revenue to the IRS (the city count above also includes groups with none). The median is $233,983.

Our analysis of the IRS Business Master File (posted October 13, 2026), using each group's latest reported revenue. Groups are sorted by revenue and split into ten equal bands, using all Pennsylvania groups of this type (Arts education, which covers several IRS activity codes). Size only, not a rating.

Around Ephrata and its county

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: the Census Bureau estimates about 128,218 children under 18 (July 1, 2024). This directory lists 283 youth and community nonprofits with a mailing ZIP code in the county, about 2.2 per 1,000 children. The count includes PTAs, arts and day care groups, so it is not a measure of places for kids.

This group's ZIP code is matched to the county that holds most of its area, so counts are approximate. County figures come from the Census Bureau's Vintage 2024 population estimates.

Licensed programs in Ephrata

9 licensed child care centers are in state licensing records and listed in the BackPR finder. The examples below are not related to this organization.

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