PLATINUM2023

SECOND CHANCE TOYS INC

aka SCT   |   Springfield, NJ   |  http://www.secondchancetoys.org/

Mission

Second Chance Toys keeps plastic toys out of the landfills by donating them to children in need through a network of community organizations.

Ruling year info

2010

Executive Director

Zoe Cook-Nadel

Co Principal Officer

Drew Trautman

Main address

53 Morrison Road

Springfield, NJ 07081 USA

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EIN

80-0581325

NTEE code info

Recycling (C27)

Gift Distribution (P58)

Children's and Youth Services (P30)

IRS filing requirement

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Earth Week Collection

Collect gently used plastic toys during Earth Week to elevate the importance of reusing and recycling, donating the toys to community organizations serving children in need.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Infants and toddlers

Collect gently used plastic toys during year-end holidays to elevate the importance of helping others, by donating the toys to community organizations serving children in need.

Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
Infants and toddlers

Where we work

Affiliations & memberships

2019 NJDEP Recycling Award 2019

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Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

In 2022 over 22,000 plastic toys diverted from landfills and rehomed to organizations serving children in need. Over 25,000 children positively benefited with EACH round of shared play.

This metric is no longer tracked.
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Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

Our Sustainable Development Goals

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Goals & Strategy

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

This year Second Chance Toys is aiming to get our self-matching toy donation system into 10% more households across the United States. Sustainably decluttering kids toys has never been easier so we hope to expand this service to as many families as possible.

SCT is partnering with various longtime corporate supporters in order to open more opportunities for families to donate good-as-new toys and other kids items as they declutter their homes in the spring and holiday season.

By opening public collections, matching corporate family donations with recipient organizations, and utilizing pro bono PR support, our corporate supporters are helping us get the SCT name into as many households as possible.

SCT has long-term partnerships with various media companies, banks, and 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, the world's largest junk removal company.

We also hold attention of hundreds of communities across the U.S.A. who have either collected and donated toys through our network or organizations that have received toys to use in their facilities and distribute to families they serve.

So far in 2023 Second Chance Toys has completed the diversion of over 4,900 toys (from individual donations- households, families) from landfills and rehomed them with organizations in our network serving children in need. We are also in the midst of a large scale collection in collaboration with 23 different 1-800-GOT-JUNK? locations from coast to coast. We expect at least 5,000 more toys from this initiative with delivery coming up this week (5/3/23), as well as an additional estimated 20,000 items during the holiday season.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve

  • What significant change resulted from feedback?

    Survey to all constituents

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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SECOND CHANCE TOYS INC

Board of directors
as of 05/01/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Drew Trautman

1-800-GOT-JUNK? New Jersey Northeast

Term: 2021 -

Sasha Lipton

Founder

Shelly Lipton

GrownUpMarketing

Bronna Lipton

Sherry Marin Altman

Booz Allen Hamilton

Brian Mangino

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 5/1/2023
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Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/02/2019

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Data
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.