Cannabis Regulators Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853620943
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Lexington, KY, USA
Phone
2064452432
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,019,526
Expenses
$850,262
Assets
$942,886
Liabilities
$31,575

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADRIA BERRY (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • DOMINIQUE MENDIOLA (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • GILLIAN L SCHAUER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ADRIA BERRY (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW TURNAGE (BOARD TREASURER)
  • DOMINIQUE MENDIOLA (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cannra is a nonpartisan organization that convenes, educates, and supports government agencies involved in cannabis regulation.

What it reported doing in 2025

The cannabis regulators association convenes government agencies involved in cannabis and cannabinoid regulation across more than 45 states and u.s. Territories, canada, and the netherlands. Our programming includes putting on an in-person member meeting for approximately 250 regulatory staff from our member jurisdictions, putting on an external stakeholder meeting for our regulators and outside stakeholders at the national and international level, and conducting member programming (e.g., webinars, meetings, developing resources) to support member education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.5%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.6%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.5% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $757K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.