Liabilities / Assets
69th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 69% of similar nonprofits.
Habits of Waste
990EZ • Fiscal year 2017 • EIN 46-3314343
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.03x
Liabilities / Revenue
71st percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 71% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
87th percentile
Higher net margin than 87% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
84th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 84% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 14.4% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
89th percentile
Faster asset growth than 89% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
89th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 89% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Up$134,116
Up $58,568 (+78%) from 2016
Net Assets
Up$130,262
Up $56,475 (+77%) from 2016
Liabilities
Up$3,854
Up $2,093 (+119%) from 2016
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Up$156,787
Up $63,651 (+68%) from 2016
Expenses
Up$100,312
Up $23,546 (+31%) from 2016
Net Income
Up$56,475
Up $40,105 (+245%) from 2016
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2017 to Dec 31, 2017
- Signed
- May 2, 2018
- Return Version
- 2017v2.2
- Gross Receipts
- $183,592
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Our mission is to create collective change and impactful policies, with a focus on waste reduction, for a healthier, more sustainable future. Our original organization crayon collection, now a program of habits of waste, also lives out this commitment to sustainability.
The mission of crayon collection is to use the collection and reallocation of gently used crayons to inspire a commitment to environmental consciousness and infuse art education into underfunded schools. Our model is simple but powerful: we ask restaurants and hotels that offer free crayons to children when they dine, along with community-based groups, to collect gently used crayons and then we redistribute them to the neediest of classrooms across the u.s. Through our partnerships with the national head start association (nhsa) and region 9 head start. Given that teachers spend an average of $900 out of pocket for basic supplies, our repurposed crayons meet a crucial need for both classroom supplies and art resources, and help redirect millions of crayons from landfills. Through the simple act of saving a crayon, we seek to create a new "eco-normal" consciousness that inspires families and communities everywhere to be stewards of the environment and nearby communities in need.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAM - THE CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAM PROVIDES A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTION TO RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS THAT OFFER FREE CRAYONS TO CHILDREN WHEN THEY DINE. INSTEAD OF THROWING THESE CRAYONS AWAY AFTER EACH MEAL, OFTEN AFTER A SINGLE USE, WE ESTABLISH A COLLECTION PROCESS FOR EACH LOCATION AND ENSURE THESE GENTLY USED CRAYONS ARE INSTEAD DONATED TO A LOCAL SCHOOL IN NEED. UNDER THIS MODEL, CRAYON COLLECTION ACTS AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN IMPOVERISHED SCHOOLS AND A LOCAL COLLECTION PARTNER; WE TRAIN RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON HOW TO COLLECT GENTLY USED CRAYONS. WE THEN IDENTIFY AND PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS IN NEED. FROM THERE, WE CONNECT RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES TO THEIR LOCAL IN-NEED SCHOOLS. WE THEN MONITOR THE PROCESS AND ENSURE THE GENTLY USED CRAYONS ARE APPROPRIATELY REALLOCATED ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THE PROCESS IS HIGHLY LOCALIZED, AND YET SUPPORTED NATIONALLY BY CRAYON COLLECTION, IN ORDER TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR COLLECTION PARTNERS AND OUR HEAD START CENTERS AND TITLE 1 SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. TO DATE OUR IMPACT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT: .IN 2017:. WE ACHIEVED 15% GROWTH IN COLLECTION EFFORTS OVER 2016 RESULTING IN 3.2 MILLION CRAYONS DONATED IN 2017 SERVING 320,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN NATION-WIDE.SINCE 2009 (FOUNDER SHEILA MOROVATI OPERATED THE PROGRAM ON HER OWN BEFORE CRAYON COLLECTION WAS OFFICIALLY FORMED AS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 2013):. TOTALING OVER 13.2 MILLION CRAYONS DONATED TO SCHOOL PARTNERS AND SAVED FROM LANDFILLS SINCE OUR INCEPTION. SERVING NEARLY 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN AS CRAYON RECIPIENTS SINCE 2009 AND GROWING OVER 1,500 TITLE 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH A RESTAURANT COLLECTION SITE NATIONWIDE OVER 255 HEAD START CENTERS ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING CRAYONS WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ANTICIPATED IN 2018- AS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH REGION 9 HEAD START, A DISTRICT THAT RECEIVES OVER $1B MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT OVER 200 AGENCIES AND 130,000 CHILDREN.EXPANDING OUR REACH THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND MEDIA: .ALSO IN 2017, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH VARIOUS CORPORATIONS WHO TOOK OUR CRAYONS TO THE MOST REMOTE AREAS ON THE PLANET. OUR CRAYONS WENT TO UGANDA, SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA IN COLOMBIA, AND HAITI. WE WILL CONTINUE THESE EFFORTS TO SEND CRAYONS TO THESE REGIONS AROUND THE GLOBE WITH OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS..IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE OUR REACH AND SCOPE OF SERVICE, WE HAVE INVESTED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN PUBLICIZING THE PROGRAM ACROSS LOCAL AND NATIONAL TV STATIONS, AND PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA OUTLETS TO BOLSTER WIDESPREAD AWARENESS FOR OUR EFFORTS AND ENCOURAGE SUPPORT BOTH THROUGH DONATIONS AND COLLECTION NETWORKS. TO DATE WE HAVE ATTRACTED ATTENTION FROM NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS INCLUDING GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE HUFFINGTON POST, BUZZFEED AND THE WEATHER CHANNEL, LOCAL NEWS AFFILIATES INCLUDE KPCC, ABC, CBS, NBC, AND FOX, AND NATIONAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS LIKE PEOPLE, PARENTS AND REDBOOK MAGAZINE. OUR MOST EXCITING NEWS FOR 2017 IS THE EVER GROWING PARTNERSHIP WITH PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING & PENGUIN YOUNG READERS AS WE APPROACH LARGE SCALE NATIONAL RESTAURANT CHAINS. THE PUBLISHER HAS OFFERED TO DONATE THE RIGHTS TO THE MARKETING ASSETS OF THE BELOVED CRAYON CHARACTERS FROM "THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT AND "THE DAY THE CRAYONS CAME HOME," PUBLICATIONS WITH OVER 4M COPIES IN PRINT AND A NOTABLE 300+ WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIME'S BEST SELLERS LIST. THE GROWTH OF THE CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAM HAS LARGELY BEEN SUPPORTED BY PART-TIME STAFF AND A SMALL TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE DEVOTED OVER 2,000 HOURS TO THIS PROGRAM SINCE INCEPTION. TOGETHER WITH PENGUIN, WE AIM TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND PARTNER WITH 1 LARGE SCALE RESTAURANT CHAIN AND USE THE MARKETING ASSETS OF THE CRAYON CHARACTERS TO TEACH KID DINERS ABOUT RECYCLING CRAYONS. WITH NEW MARKETING ASSETS IN PLACE, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL PLACEMATS, CHILDREN WILL BE THE ONES TO DONATE THE CRAYONS THEY RECEIVE AT THE RESTAURANT MAKING THE PROCESS EVEN MORE IMPACTFUL AS THEY CHANGE THEIR HABITS FROM WASTING NEW CRAYONS TO DONATING THEM INSTEAD. | $0 | $26,889 |
| ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM- CRAYON COLLECTION SEEKS TO INFUSE ART EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AROUND THE NATION. WE DO THIS BY INVESTING SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN OUR ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS A TWO-FOLD PROGRAM SUPPORTING THE ARTIST INSPIRED EDUCATION SERIES AND THE ARTIST ROTATION INITIATIVE. OUR ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT THE FREE CRAYONS WE DONATE TO HEAD START CENTERS AND TITLE 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ENSURE ACCESS TO FREE, STANDARDS-BASED, BEST IN CLASS ART EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR OUR CLASSROOM PARTNERS. .THE ARTIST INSPIRED EDUCATION SERIES ENGAGES LOCAL ARTISTS IN DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT ARE UNIQUELY DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN WORKING WITH OUR REALLOCATED CRAYONS, WHILE COMPLYING WITH NATIONAL AND STATE STANDARDS FOR THE VISUAL ARTS. THESE RESOURCES TAKE CRAYONS TO ANOTHER LEVEL BEYOND SIMPLE COLORING; IN FACT OUR ARTISTS DESIGN AND DEVELOP INTERESTING PROJECTS UTILIZING THESE GENTLY USED CRAYONS TO SUPPORT LEARNING, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS ARTISTIC MENTORING PROCESS ADDS A DEEPER LEVEL TO ART EDUCATION USING A VALUABLE AND RELATABLE RESOURCE, CRAYONS, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN THROWN AWAY. .WE FORMALLY LAUNCHED THE ARTIST INSPIRED EDUCATION SERIES ON NATIONAL CRAYON DAY IN MARCH OF 2017 WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED DIGITAL BOOKLET THAT IS EASY TO DOWNLOAD AT WWW.CRAYONCOLLECTION.ORG. WE HAVE A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REGION 9 HEAD START ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS NOT ONLY GIVEN US ACCESS TO THEIR CLASSROOMS SO THAT WE COULD TEACH OUR PROGRAM TO THEIR STUDENTS BUT THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP THE TEACHERS HAVE SUPPORTED US BY APPLYING NEW ARTIST PROJECT IDEAS TO EARLY LEARNING HEAD START STANDARDS. WITH THE NEW STANDARDS IN PLACE, WE ANTICIPATE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND OUR ART EDUCATION PROJECTS INTO SIGNIFICANTLY MORE CLASSROOMS IN 2018. .THE ARTIST ROTATION INITIATIVE ENGAGES HIGHLY QUALIFIED US-BASED ARTISTS AND CULTURAL AMBASSADORS FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS TO VISIT OUR CLASSROOMS AND OFFER CHILDREN ACCESS TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF ART EXPRESSION. OUR VOLUNTEER ARTISTS ROTATE CLASSROOMS EVERY FEW MONTHS. THIS INITIATIVE ALLOWS FOR ARTISTS TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME IN A MEANINGFUL AND MEASURABLE WAY THAT CONNECTS STUDENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS WHERE THEY WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE NO ART EDUCATION DUE TO LACK OF PUBLIC FUNDING..OUR ARTS IN EDUCATION RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO EDUCATORS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, BUT FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM AND THE ARTIST ROTATION PROGRAM IS PROVIDED FOR THROUGH OUR GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES. IN ADDITION TO THE WORK PROVIDED BY THE VOLUNTEER ARTISTS MENTIONED ABOVE, WORK HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED BY GRADUATE STUDENTS AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, WHO HAVE DEVOTED 200 HOURS TO THIS PROGRAM. | $0 | $22,143 |
| COLOR KINDNESS PROGRAM- WHILE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH NATIONAL RESTAURANT AND HOTEL CHAINS OFFER TREMENDOUS IMPACT AND SCALE, ALLOWING US TO SAVE MILLIONS OF CRAYONS FROM LANDFILLS EACH YEAR, WE ALSO BELIEVE IN A GRASS-ROOTS COLLECTION MODEL THAT ENGAGES FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND COMMUNITIES IN ENVIRONMENTALISM AS WELL AS PHILANTHROPY AND EMPATHY. THE ELEGANCE OF THE CRAYON COLLECTION MODEL LIES IN ITS SIMPLICITY, ANYONE CAN BEGIN A COLLECTION THROUGH THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL, LIBRARY, NEIGHBORHOOD GIRL SCOUTS/BOY SCOUTS CLUB, OR FAITH COMMUNITY AND ENSURE THESE LIGHTLY LOVED CRAYONS REACH THE HANDS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEN, IN 2017 WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL STEP TO THIS PROCESS OF COLLECTING CRAYONS. WE ASK CHILDREN TO SORT, THEN RE-PACK THE CRAYONS THEY COLLECT AND WRITE A NOTE OF KINDNESS TO GO WITH THE CRAYONS. IN 2017, WE BEGAN WORKING WITH SEVERAL GROUPS THAT AID PEOPLE WITH AUTISM HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT THE SIMPLE CRAYON COLLECTION MODEL OFFERS A SENSE OF PRODUCTIVITY AND VALUE IN A VERY FUN WAY TO DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SEEKING MEANINGFUL, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. .WE PROVIDE THE CRAYON POUCHES TO FAMILIES WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COLOR KINDNESS PROGRAM. THE CHILDREN THEN SPEND TIME WRITING NOTES OF KINDNESS AND FILLING THE POUCHES WITH GENTLY USED CRAYONS SO THAT THE CHILD RECEIVING THIS POUCH OF CRAYONS CAN EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF CONNECTION WITH THE CHILD WHO HAD SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. MANY TIMES, THE CHILD RECEIVING THE CRAYONS IS EXPERIENCING HIS/HER FIRST BATCH OF CRAYONS, AND THEIR SENSE OF OWNERSHIP IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THESE INDIVIDUAL PACKS OF CRAYONS. THE SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE THESE CRAYONS ARE ALSO INFORMED OF THE ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT IS DOWNLOADABLE ON OUR WEBSITE..PROGRAMMATIC STRUCTURES SUPPORTING ALL OUR PROGRAMS NATION-WIDE.IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE GRASS-ROOTS CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY AMONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, WE INVEST SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN SOCIAL AND DIGITAL MEDIA STRATEGY AND OUTREACH, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE VIRAL PUBLICITY AMONGST OUR SUPPORTERS. SOME OF OUR NOTABLE CAMPAIGNS HAVE INCLUDED NATIONAL CRAYON DAY, NATIONAL CRAYON COLLECTION MONTH (EVERY AUGUST), A NATIONAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL CAMPAIGN, AND A NATIONAL BAKE SALE. THE COMMUNITY-BASED COLLECTION PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON INSPIRING COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE TO START CRAYON COLLECTIONS IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT A LOCAL SCHOOL IN NEED, THE ARTS IN EDUCATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP..AMBASSADOR VOLUNTEERS .OUR GROWING AMBASSADOR VOLUNTEER RANKS BRING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS, PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT CRAYON COLLECTION PROGRAMMING NATIONWIDE. THE AMBASSADORS WERE CULTIVATED OUT OF A DESIRE TO CREATE A NETWORK OF PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL SERVE AS A PRESENCE FOR CRAYON COLLECTION IN THEIR COMMUNITY, TASKED WITH SUPPORTING OUR MISSION BY SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT OUR WORK, HELPING TO EXPAND CRAYON COLLECTION PROGRAMS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTING FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, AND ATTENDING VOLUNTEER EVENTS. TO DATE WE HAVE 25 AMBASSADORS PILOTING THE PROGRAM IN LOS ANGELES, BOSTON, SAN DIEGO, CANTON, MALIBU, RHODE ISLAND, BERKELEY, CAMARILLO, VIRGINIA, CHICAGO, TO NAME A FEW. | $0 | $22,048 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHEILA MOROVATI | Founder, Director, Preside | FT | $22,500 | - | $22,500 |
| ANNA ASSENMACHER | Executive Director (Left Aug) | PT | $20,231 | - | $20,231 |
| JESS MEYER | Director, Chair, Secretary | PT | $0 | - | - |
| HONOR FRASER | Director, Treasurer | PT | $0 | - | - |
| SARAH GROVER | Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
| REX JONES | Director (Started August) | - | $0 | - | - |
| MARK BOOMERSHINE | Director (Started June) | PT | $0 | - | - |
| DANIELLE DECOU GARNO | Director (Started June) | PT | $0 | - | - |
Fundraising, Events, and Gaming
Fundraising Events
| Event | Gross Receipts | Gross Revenue | Direct Expenses | Net Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luncheon | $60,550 | $20,368 | $19,280 | $1,088 |
| Concert | $23,100 | $2,100 | $7,525 | $-5,425 |
| Total Events | $83,650 | $22,468 | $26,805 | $-4,337 |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Crayon Collection Inc
- EIN
- 46-3314343
- Phone
- 3104358497
- Address
- 149 S BARRINGTON AVE NO 649, LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
Signing Officer
- Name
- Sheila Morovati
- Title
- Founder, President
- Phone
- 3104358497
- Signed
- 2018-05-02
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- Michael Berry CPA
- Address
- PO BOX 5045, CULVER CITY, CA 90230
- Preparer
- Michael Berry
- Phone
- 3107454027
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses
“Description: website & social media. Amount: 1,441. Description: bank, paypal and other merchant fees. Amount: 1,626. Description: registration and license fees. Amount: 106. Description: insurance. Amount: 2,511. Description: online fundraising platform. Amount: 2,745. Description: supplies. Amount: 1,530. Description: payroll processing. Amount: 2,243. Description: dues and subscriptions. Amount: 1,393. Description: meetings and other. Amount: 1,442. Description: promotion and publicity. Amount: 3,961. Description: other program expenses. Amount: 1,241. Description: payroll taxes. Amount: 4,090. Description: travel. Amount: 75. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 24,404.”
Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 24 - Other Assets
“Description: online fundraising platform. Beg. Of year amount: 2,745. End of year amount: 0. Description: other receivables. Beg. Of year amount: 1,471. End of year amount: 460.”
Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities
“Description: credit card payable. Beg. Of year amount: 1,761. End of year amount: 3,854.”
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| IRS990EZ/PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt | 0 | THE MISSION OF CRAYON COLLECTION IS TO USE THE COLLECTION AND REALLOCATION OF GENTLY USED CRAYONS TO INSPIRE A COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND INFUSE ART EDUCATION INTO UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS. OUR MODEL IS SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL: WE ASK RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS THAT OFFER FREE CRAYONS TO CHILDREN WHEN THEY DINE, ALONG WITH COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS, TO COLLECT GENTLY USED CRAYONS AND THEN WE REDISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE NEEDIEST OF CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE U.S. THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION (NHSA) AND REGION 9 HEAD START. GIVEN THAT TEACHERS SPEND AN AVERAGE OF $900 OUT OF POCKET FOR BASIC SUPPLIES, OUR REPURPOSED CRAYONS MEET A CRUCIAL NEED FOR BOTH CLASSROOM SUPPLIES AND ART RESOURCES, AND HELP REDIRECT MILLIONS OF CRAYONS FROM LANDFILLS. THROUGH THE SIMPLE ACT OF SAVING A CRAYON, WE SEEK TO CREATE A NEW "ECO-NORMAL" CONSCIOUSNESS THAT INSPIRES FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE TO BE STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES IN NEED. |
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| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 0 | CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAM - THE CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAM PROVIDES A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTION TO RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS THAT OFFER FREE CRAYONS TO CHILDREN WHEN THEY DINE. INSTEAD OF THROWING THESE CRAYONS AWAY AFTER EACH MEAL, OFTEN AFTER A SINGLE USE, WE ESTABLISH A COLLECTION PROCESS FOR EACH LOCATION AND ENSURE THESE GENTLY USED CRAYONS ARE INSTEAD DONATED TO A LOCAL SCHOOL IN NEED. UNDER THIS MODEL, CRAYON COLLECTION ACTS AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN IMPOVERISHED SCHOOLS AND A LOCAL COLLECTION PARTNER; WE TRAIN RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON HOW TO COLLECT GENTLY USED CRAYONS. WE THEN IDENTIFY AND PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS IN NEED. FROM THERE, WE CONNECT RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES TO THEIR LOCAL IN-NEED SCHOOLS. WE THEN MONITOR THE PROCESS AND ENSURE THE GENTLY USED CRAYONS ARE APPROPRIATELY REALLOCATED ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THE PROCESS IS HIGHLY LOCALIZED, AND YET SUPPORTED NATIONALLY BY CRAYON COLLECTION, IN ORDER TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR COLLECTION PARTNERS AND OUR HEAD START CENTERS AND TITLE 1 SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. TO DATE OUR IMPACT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT: .IN 2017:. WE ACHIEVED 15% GROWTH IN COLLECTION EFFORTS OVER 2016 RESULTING IN 3.2 MILLION CRAYONS DONATED IN 2017 SERVING 320,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN NATION-WIDE.SINCE 2009 (FOUNDER SHEILA MOROVATI OPERATED THE PROGRAM ON HER OWN BEFORE CRAYON COLLECTION WAS OFFICIALLY FORMED AS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 2013):. TOTALING OVER 13.2 MILLION CRAYONS DONATED TO SCHOOL PARTNERS AND SAVED FROM LANDFILLS SINCE OUR INCEPTION. SERVING NEARLY 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN AS CRAYON RECIPIENTS SINCE 2009 AND GROWING OVER 1,500 TITLE 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH A RESTAURANT COLLECTION SITE NATIONWIDE OVER 255 HEAD START CENTERS ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING CRAYONS WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ANTICIPATED IN 2018- AS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH REGION 9 HEAD START, A DISTRICT THAT RECEIVES OVER $1B MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT OVER 200 AGENCIES AND 130,000 CHILDREN.EXPANDING OUR REACH THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND MEDIA: .ALSO IN 2017, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH VARIOUS CORPORATIONS WHO TOOK OUR CRAYONS TO THE MOST REMOTE AREAS ON THE PLANET. OUR CRAYONS WENT TO UGANDA, SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA IN COLOMBIA, AND HAITI. WE WILL CONTINUE THESE EFFORTS TO SEND CRAYONS TO THESE REGIONS AROUND THE GLOBE WITH OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS..IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE OUR REACH AND SCOPE OF SERVICE, WE HAVE INVESTED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN PUBLICIZING THE PROGRAM ACROSS LOCAL AND NATIONAL TV STATIONS, AND PRINT/DIGITAL MEDIA OUTLETS TO BOLSTER WIDESPREAD AWARENESS FOR OUR EFFORTS AND ENCOURAGE SUPPORT BOTH THROUGH DONATIONS AND COLLECTION NETWORKS. TO DATE WE HAVE ATTRACTED ATTENTION FROM NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS INCLUDING GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE HUFFINGTON POST, BUZZFEED AND THE WEATHER CHANNEL, LOCAL NEWS AFFILIATES INCLUDE KPCC, ABC, CBS, NBC, AND FOX, AND NATIONAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS LIKE PEOPLE, PARENTS AND REDBOOK MAGAZINE. OUR MOST EXCITING NEWS FOR 2017 IS THE EVER GROWING PARTNERSHIP WITH PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING & PENGUIN YOUNG READERS AS WE APPROACH LARGE SCALE NATIONAL RESTAURANT CHAINS. THE PUBLISHER HAS OFFERED TO DONATE THE RIGHTS TO THE MARKETING ASSETS OF THE BELOVED CRAYON CHARACTERS FROM "THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT AND "THE DAY THE CRAYONS CAME HOME," PUBLICATIONS WITH OVER 4M COPIES IN PRINT AND A NOTABLE 300+ WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIME'S BEST SELLERS LIST. THE GROWTH OF THE CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAM HAS LARGELY BEEN SUPPORTED BY PART-TIME STAFF AND A SMALL TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE DEVOTED OVER 2,000 HOURS TO THIS PROGRAM SINCE INCEPTION. TOGETHER WITH PENGUIN, WE AIM TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND PARTNER WITH 1 LARGE SCALE RESTAURANT CHAIN AND USE THE MARKETING ASSETS OF THE CRAYON CHARACTERS TO TEACH KID DINERS ABOUT RECYCLING CRAYONS. WITH NEW MARKETING ASSETS IN PLACE, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL PLACEMATS, CHILDREN WILL BE THE ONES TO DONATE THE CRAYONS THEY RECEIVE AT THE RESTAURANT MAKING THE PROCESS EV |
| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 1 | ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM- CRAYON COLLECTION SEEKS TO INFUSE ART EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AROUND THE NATION. WE DO THIS BY INVESTING SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN OUR ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS A TWO-FOLD PROGRAM SUPPORTING THE ARTIST INSPIRED EDUCATION SERIES AND THE ARTIST ROTATION INITIATIVE. OUR ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT THE FREE CRAYONS WE DONATE TO HEAD START CENTERS AND TITLE 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ENSURE ACCESS TO FREE, STANDARDS-BASED, BEST IN CLASS ART EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR OUR CLASSROOM PARTNERS. .THE ARTIST INSPIRED EDUCATION SERIES ENGAGES LOCAL ARTISTS IN DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT ARE UNIQUELY DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN WORKING WITH OUR REALLOCATED CRAYONS, WHILE COMPLYING WITH NATIONAL AND STATE STANDARDS FOR THE VISUAL ARTS. THESE RESOURCES TAKE CRAYONS TO ANOTHER LEVEL BEYOND SIMPLE COLORING; IN FACT OUR ARTISTS DESIGN AND DEVELOP INTERESTING PROJECTS UTILIZING THESE GENTLY USED CRAYONS TO SUPPORT LEARNING, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS ARTISTIC MENTORING PROCESS ADDS A DEEPER LEVEL TO ART EDUCATION USING A VALUABLE AND RELATABLE RESOURCE, CRAYONS, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN THROWN AWAY. .WE FORMALLY LAUNCHED THE ARTIST INSPIRED EDUCATION SERIES ON NATIONAL CRAYON DAY IN MARCH OF 2017 WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED DIGITAL BOOKLET THAT IS EASY TO DOWNLOAD AT WWW.CRAYONCOLLECTION.ORG. WE HAVE A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REGION 9 HEAD START ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS NOT ONLY GIVEN US ACCESS TO THEIR CLASSROOMS SO THAT WE COULD TEACH OUR PROGRAM TO THEIR STUDENTS BUT THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP THE TEACHERS HAVE SUPPORTED US BY APPLYING NEW ARTIST PROJECT IDEAS TO EARLY LEARNING HEAD START STANDARDS. WITH THE NEW STANDARDS IN PLACE, WE ANTICIPATE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND OUR ART EDUCATION PROJECTS INTO SIGNIFICANTLY MORE CLASSROOMS IN 2018. .THE ARTIST ROTATION INITIATIVE ENGAGES HIGHLY QUALIFIED US-BASED ARTISTS AND CULTURAL AMBASSADORS FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS TO VISIT OUR CLASSROOMS AND OFFER CHILDREN ACCESS TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF ART EXPRESSION. OUR VOLUNTEER ARTISTS ROTATE CLASSROOMS EVERY FEW MONTHS. THIS INITIATIVE ALLOWS FOR ARTISTS TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME IN A MEANINGFUL AND MEASURABLE WAY THAT CONNECTS STUDENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS WHERE THEY WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE NO ART EDUCATION DUE TO LACK OF PUBLIC FUNDING..OUR ARTS IN EDUCATION RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO EDUCATORS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, BUT FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM AND THE ARTIST ROTATION PROGRAM IS PROVIDED FOR THROUGH OUR GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES. IN ADDITION TO THE WORK PROVIDED BY THE VOLUNTEER ARTISTS MENTIONED ABOVE, WORK HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED BY GRADUATE STUDENTS AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, WHO HAVE DEVOTED 200 HOURS TO THIS PROGRAM. |
| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 2 | COLOR KINDNESS PROGRAM- WHILE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH NATIONAL RESTAURANT AND HOTEL CHAINS OFFER TREMENDOUS IMPACT AND SCALE, ALLOWING US TO SAVE MILLIONS OF CRAYONS FROM LANDFILLS EACH YEAR, WE ALSO BELIEVE IN A GRASS-ROOTS COLLECTION MODEL THAT ENGAGES FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND COMMUNITIES IN ENVIRONMENTALISM AS WELL AS PHILANTHROPY AND EMPATHY. THE ELEGANCE OF THE CRAYON COLLECTION MODEL LIES IN ITS SIMPLICITY, ANYONE CAN BEGIN A COLLECTION THROUGH THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL, LIBRARY, NEIGHBORHOOD GIRL SCOUTS/BOY SCOUTS CLUB, OR FAITH COMMUNITY AND ENSURE THESE LIGHTLY LOVED CRAYONS REACH THE HANDS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEN, IN 2017 WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL STEP TO THIS PROCESS OF COLLECTING CRAYONS. WE ASK CHILDREN TO SORT, THEN RE-PACK THE CRAYONS THEY COLLECT AND WRITE A NOTE OF KINDNESS TO GO WITH THE CRAYONS. IN 2017, WE BEGAN WORKING WITH SEVERAL GROUPS THAT AID PEOPLE WITH AUTISM HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT THE SIMPLE CRAYON COLLECTION MODEL OFFERS A SENSE OF PRODUCTIVITY AND VALUE IN A VERY FUN WAY TO DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SEEKING MEANINGFUL, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. .WE PROVIDE THE CRAYON POUCHES TO FAMILIES WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COLOR KINDNESS PROGRAM. THE CHILDREN THEN SPEND TIME WRITING NOTES OF KINDNESS AND FILLING THE POUCHES WITH GENTLY USED CRAYONS SO THAT THE CHILD RECEIVING THIS POUCH OF CRAYONS CAN EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF CONNECTION WITH THE CHILD WHO HAD SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. MANY TIMES, THE CHILD RECEIVING THE CRAYONS IS EXPERIENCING HIS/HER FIRST BATCH OF CRAYONS, AND THEIR SENSE OF OWNERSHIP IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THESE INDIVIDUAL PACKS OF CRAYONS. THE SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE THESE CRAYONS ARE ALSO INFORMED OF THE ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT IS DOWNLOADABLE ON OUR WEBSITE..PROGRAMMATIC STRUCTURES SUPPORTING ALL OUR PROGRAMS NATION-WIDE.IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE GRASS-ROOTS CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY AMONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, WE INVEST SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN SOCIAL AND DIGITAL MEDIA STRATEGY AND OUTREACH, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE VIRAL PUBLICITY AMONGST OUR SUPPORTERS. SOME OF OUR NOTABLE CAMPAIGNS HAVE INCLUDED NATIONAL CRAYON DAY, NATIONAL CRAYON COLLECTION MONTH (EVERY AUGUST), A NATIONAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL CAMPAIGN, AND A NATIONAL BAKE SALE. THE COMMUNITY-BASED COLLECTION PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON INSPIRING COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE TO START CRAYON COLLECTIONS IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT A LOCAL SCHOOL IN NEED, THE ARTS IN EDUCATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP..AMBASSADOR VOLUNTEERS .OUR GROWING AMBASSADOR VOLUNTEER RANKS BRING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS, PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT CRAYON COLLECTION PROGRAMMING NATIONWIDE. THE AMBASSADORS WERE CULTIVATED OUT OF A DESIRE TO CREATE A NETWORK OF PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL SERVE AS A PRESENCE FOR CRAYON COLLECTION IN THEIR COMMUNITY, TASKED WITH SUPPORTING OUR MISSION BY SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT OUR WORK, HELPING TO EXPAND CRAYON COLLECTION PROGRAMS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTING FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, AND ATTENDING VOLUNTEER EVENTS. TO DATE WE HAVE 25 AMBASSADORS PILOTING THE PROGRAM IN LOS ANGELES, BOSTON, SAN DIEGO, CANTON, MALIBU, RHODE ISLAND, BERKELEY, CAMARILLO, VIRGINIA, CHICAGO, TO NAME A FEW. |
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| IRS990ScheduleC/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | AT CRAYON COLLECTION WE WORK ON HIGHLIGHTING THE "HABIT OF WASTE". WE HAVE WORKED WITH RESTAURANTS FOR OVER FOUR YEARS TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE UNNECESSARY HABIT OF THROWING AWAY STILL GOOD CRAYONS, SINCE SO MANY CLASSROOMS NEED THOSE VERY SAME CRAYONS. WE REALIZED THAT THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM HAPPENING IN RESTAURANTS THAT IS AFFECTING OUR OCEANS AND SEA LIFE IN A NEGATIVE WAY. IN THE US ALONE 500,000,000 STRAWS ARE GIVEN OUT EACH DAY. MANY TIMES RESTAURANTS INCLUDE A STRAW WITHOUT EVEN ASKING PATRONS IF THEY NEED ONE AND WE BELIEVE IT IS THIS HABIT OF WASTE THAT UNKNOWINGLY PEOPLE ARE USING SINGLE USE PLASTICS END UP HURTING OUR PLANET. WE KNEW THAT OUR LOCAL BEACH COMMUNITY, MALIBU, WAS THE ICONIC BEACH TOWN SO WE SET OUT TO CREATE A BAN ON SINGLE USE PLASTIC STRAWS. WE INITIATED THIS BAN IN SEPTEMBER 2017 THIS BY CO-HOSTING A SCREENING OF THE 28 MIN DOCUMENTARY FILM CALLED "STRAWS" WITH THE CITY OF MALIBU FOLLOWED BY AN EXPERT PANEL ANSWERING THE COMMUNITIES' QUESTIONS AFTERWARD. THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC REALLY LEFT EVERYONE WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BAN MUST BE PLACED INTO EFFECT. IN FEBRUARY 2018 THE BAN WAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY MALIBU CITY COUNCIL AND CRAYON COLLECTION WAS SO PROUD TO HAVE BEEN THE FORCE BEHIND IT. |
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2017 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $134,116
- Liabilities
- $3,854
- Net assets
- $130,262
- Revenue
- $156,787
- Expenses
- $100,312
- Net income
- $56,475