Colorado Distillers Guild
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800354193
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2022
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Boulder, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3035037879
- Rating
- 35
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,350
- Expenses
- $24,797
- Assets
- $15,320
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Meagan Miller (President)
- Bobby Martin (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Meagan Miller (President)
- Bobby Martin (Vice President)
- Emily Rhoades (Communications)
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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Colorado Distillers Guild exists to unite the efforts of Colorado’s distillers, to promote member distilleries throughout Colorado & beyond, to support our distilled spirits industry, to protect the interests of our members in legislation and to share the spirit of Colorado.
What it reported doing in 2022
Lobbying activities to represent the interests of the association on legislation affecting the distilled spirits industry in Colorado.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -42.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -44.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -33% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2022
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.