Public Charity

THE RECYCLERY COLLECTIVE

Based in Chicago, IL, THE RECYCLERY COLLECTIVE operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $227K in revenue, $187K in expenses, $162K in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 3 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $18K.

EIN: 680632796 Chicago, IL Recycling NTEE: C27 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$227K
Total Expenses$187K
Total Assets$162K
Grant Records3
Funding Total$18K
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

The Recyclery Collective is an educational bike shop that promotes sustainability by giving access to tools, skills, and opportunities for collaboration. The focus is on refurbishing bicycles to keep them out of the landfill, and empowering youth and adults to learn basic and in-depth bike repair, sharing valuable mechanics skills and resources. Programs include Freecyclery, through which clients referred by social service agencies are matched with refurbished bikes for reliable and independent transportation; Earn-A-Bike, where individuals can earn a donated bike by providing hours of service in supervised bike repair; Open Shop, a do-it-yourself bike repair clinic, and Youth Open Shop for youth 11-18. We also collaborate with local schools to run extensive youth cycling and mechanics programs. Through this programming, we continue to deepen our engagement with our neighbors and the people we serve.

Where $100 goes at The Recyclery Collective

How The Recyclery Collective divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$77 Programs the work itself
$17 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $77 for programs

$29
Our Open Shop program is a do-it-yourself bike repair clinic that offers community members tools and resources to fix and maintain their bicycles
38% of program spending
$28
In CY 2024, with over 3000 hours of volunteer work, we held a combined 1000+ hours of community educational programs
37% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 3,000 hours of volunteer; 1,000 hours of community; 229 bicycles
$14
Shop Sales activity
18% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

President | Director Martin Reinke
Treasurer | Director Nina Hazelton
Secretary | Director Thomas Newsome
Director / Programming Coordinator Tzippora Rhodes

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$18,448 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $227K $187K $162K
2023 $162K $166K $122K
2022 $126K $145K $129K
2021 $167K $119K $149K
2019 $140K $128K $65K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $140K to $227K (+62%), with total assets most recently reported at $162K.

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