Weecycle

“Form 990, part vi line 11a: the board was provided and reviewed a copy of the form 990 at a board meeting before it was filed.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 12c:all conflicts of interest are required to be disclosed as they arise.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 15:weecycles board of directors reviews and approves all compensation for the executive director to make sure that it is within reasonable limits and does not exceed that of comparable organizations.”

“The compensation of other officers and key employees are subjected to analysis and review by the board of directors to ensure that salaries and wages are reasonable and comparable with similar organizations.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“This return is being amended to correct form 990, section viii, lines 1e and 1g as the revenue received fromgovernment grants $276,860 was combined with all other contributions.”

“Organizations mission: (continued) the essential baby gear program is weecycles original and primary program developed to match and provide essential baby gear to colorado families in need. Weecycle partners with individuals and businesses to obtain baby gear donations, which is then distributed through partnerships with local community nonprofits serving at-risk populations. The partnership model ensures that each family receives the wraparound support services they need to thrive. Our goal is to meet each familys specific needs rather than provide a one size fits all donation. As such, weecycle offers a bespoke service that is unique in the human services field. Under the essential baby gear program, we operate two subprograms: the diaper bank program and mobile baby essentials program. The diaper bank program was established in early 2018 as a response to the overwhelming need and substantial amount of diaper requests by families. The term diaper need is a simple concept with devastating ramifications.one in three american families suffer from diaper need, defined as a lack of a sufficient supply of diapers to keep a child clean, dry and healthy. There are more than 200,000 children under the age of 3 that live in the state of colorado, and more than 1/3 of them do not have enough diapers to stay clean, dry and healthy or to attend child care, if needed. The diaper bank program receives requests and distributes diapers using the same process as the essential baby gear program as well as fulfills bulk requests for supplies from over 60 secondary partner agencies. Weecycle is also able to provide immediate support to families in financial distress and/or emergent situations. In 2021 weecycle distributed a staggering 2,037,534 diapers and over 4,000,000 wipes! This was up from about 1.1 million diapers in 2020 and 237,000 diapers in 2019.weecycles mobile baby essentials program provides accessible services to families across the denver-metro area and beyond to further weecycles reach to serve families most in need. This mobile baby essentials program visits targeted underserved and under-resourced communities and distributes needed items including; infant and toddler-specific meals of baby food and formula, diapers, wipes and other needed items specific to the distribution location. Weecycles mobile baby essentials program has supported the distribution of more than 205,000 meals in 2021 and has been a critical resource to respond on-site during emergent situations in colorado including the covid-19 pandemic and the marshall fire.weecycles environmental preservation program keeps thousands of pounds of consumer goods out of landfills by recycling and reusing baby gear. In 2018, weecycle expanded our impact of reusing baby gear and implemented a car seat recycling program. After receiving hundreds of expired or unsafe car seats with limited resources available for reusing or recycling, this program specifically targets the retrieval and recycling of expired car seats. From 2018-2021, this program has been able to divert almost 1,900 car seats as well as additional car seat bases, totaling an estimated 20,225 pounds (or over 10 tons) of waste from landfills. This program keeps thousands of pounds of consumer plastics, styrofoam and metal out of landfills each year, while also keeping expired and unsafe car seats out of use. Also under the environmental preservation program umbrella, is weecycles clothing for all program. This program encourages our supporters to choose gently used clothing items over purchasing of new items to benefit our environment. Weecycle receives tens of thousands of clothing items each year, so much so that it is more than our partner agencies can use. To give all of this clothing a second life, weecycle piloted our clothing for all program to offer up some of this amazing excess clothing to families that could afford to buy new, but instead, make the intentional decision not to!”