Colorado Photonics Industry Assoc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841440424
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Longmont, CO, USA
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $104,800
- Expenses
- $119,783
- Assets
- $147,154
- Liabilities
- $20,097
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL SEARCY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PAUL SEARCY (PRESIDENT)
- MARIA NAVAS-MORENO (TREASURER AND MARKETING COMMITTEE)
- DAVID SKOFF (ASSISTANT 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Research and development of photonics
What it reported doing in 2025
We are an association of industrial, educational and governmental entities involved in research, and development in the sale of products and services that involve photonics tech.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.9%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 51.9%; rating input score 52
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -14.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.9% of revenue deployed · 51.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.