Colorado Institute for Fair Elections
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920808535
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3033786463
- Rating
- 36
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,792
- Expenses
- $3,140
- Assets
- $6,255
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARC GITLITZ (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARC GITLITZ (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN MURINO (SECRETARY)
- MICHAEL RAISCH (TREASURER)
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
The Colorado institute for fair elections is organized as a non-profit in the state of Colorado and has received an approval as a 501(c)(3) organization by the internal revnue service. Its purpose evolves around education of the Colorado voting public in the areas of federal and local elections. It does research on the election process by reviewing election laws in the Colorado statute, providing education material in written documents or digital form, and acts as a resource by providing assitance to both the voting public and election officials in any way it can.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education of voters - this is the primary purpose of our organization. To continute our outreach to the voters of Colorado and have focused much of our efforts on building raport with the election officies in Colorado at both the state and county level. Our efforts in the counties is to help identify best practices to increase voter confidcence in elections.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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: 38
- 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; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -75.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.99; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -150% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -39.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 34.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.