Colorado Consumer Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274581482
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
3038851881
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$31,562
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William Ray (President)

People named in this filing

  • William Ray (President)
  • Steve Durham (Board member)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission - to have a consumer focused voice related to: a. the cost of electricity and its economic impact on residential, commercial, and industrial consumers.b. the impact of energy on Colorado's economy and job creation, andc. regulation activities by the Colorado PUC (Public Utilities Commission).

What it reported doing in 2017

Maintain web site, social media, and published communciations material on electricity rates, ratepayer concerns, and energy public policy issues.Provided interaction with organizations concerned about electric rates and long term policy issues.Provided dialogue forums within the community in the public domain regarding electricity rate public policy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.5% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -31.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2012 to 2017
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.