Colorado Policy Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270213070
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Castle Rock, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3032978170
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,000
- Expenses
- $69,660
- Assets
- $425
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER H FELLOWS (PRESIDENT)
- CHARLES R GRICE JR (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- SEAN TONNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER H FELLOWS (PRESIDENT)
- CHARLES R GRICE JR (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- MATTHEW P BOOTH (SECRETARY-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
Research and poolicy development, independent polling and research, media services, and program expenses
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 5; 5th 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: 147.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.