Colorado Preparedness & Response Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843912831
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Severance, CO, USA
Phone
8326531524
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,355
Expenses
$158,654
Assets
$218,602
Liabilities
$243

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KEN MERITT (CHAIR)
  • CHRIS FELICE (DIRECTOR)
  • DAN FRAZEN (CPRN DIRECTO)

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 mission of the Colorado preparedness & response network (cprn) is to ensure that plans for dealing with emergencies are coordinated between public and private organizations and various governmental jurisdictions by: - developing and fostering relationships between industry and public emergency response organizations to build preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation solutions. - promoting safety and risk management best practices, strategies, training, tools, and standards to improve emergency response planning and readiness. - supporting mutual-aid collaboration between industry and public emergency response organizations to achieve a coordinated and effective response to an all-hazards event. - improving local emergency response and planning by combining industry emergency plans with other local planning to achieve an integrated community emergency response plan. - maximizing cooperation between industry, public agencies, first responders, regional stakeholders, and the re

What it reported doing in 2024

The Colorado preparedness & response network is organized and operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare in accordance with section 501(c)(4) of internal revenue code. More specifically, the Colorado preparedness & response network is dedicated to ensuring that plans for dealing with emergencies are coordinated between public and private organizations and various governmental jurisdictions in the state of Colorado.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - 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: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 38.2%; rating input score 38

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42% of revenue deployed · 38.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.