Colorado Area Committee of Alcoholics Anonymous
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742232561
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Lakewood, CO, USA
- Phone
- 9708173397
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $185,938
- Expenses
- $193,390
- Assets
- $120,077
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- RANDOM BLACK (AREA CHAIR)
- PATRICK MITCHELL (PRIOR AREA C)
- MARTHA MENK (DELEGATE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Alcoholics anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength, and hope with one another that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. There are no dues or fees for aa membership. We are self-supporting through our own contributions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Conventions - the annual convention provides many unique vehicles for promoting the fellowship of a.a. Exposure to speakers from different parts of the country, continuous meetings, meetings on the steps and traditions, and the convivial atmosphere surrounding the whole weekend, carry the a.a. Message in ways that the groups, by themselves, would find extremely difficult or impossible to achieve. The a.a. Groups, through the area 10 assembly, coordinates, finances, and supports the Colorado state convention. Fellowship, laughter, warmth and understanding are among the many reasons that the annual convention has been held every year since 1960 (except 1975 when Colorado hosted the aa international convention). Many members attend the convention year after year to renew friendships and to strengthen the unity of a.a. In Colorado.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $156K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.