Digital Restaurant Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882523060
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3122145660
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Professional Societies & Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $553,701
- Expenses
- $904,038
- Assets
- $69,428
- Liabilities
- $5,727
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JOSEPH B REINSTEIN (CHAIR / EXEC DIRECTOR (THROUGH 8/31)): $205,885 total reported compensation
- WILLIAM GARRETT (DIRECTOR): $7,500 total reported compensation
- KARIM WEBB (DIRECTOR): $7,500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The digital restaurant association will serve as a national trade organization which will educate and advocate on behalf of its members to create an environment in which all parties, including the customer, member restaurants and delivery partners win. The mission of the digital restaurant association will be to educate on how to make digital delivery and operation financially sustainable for member restaurants; advocate for policies that protect member restaurants from unfair practices and promote an ecosystem where innovation and progress flourish. Through sharing best practices, explaining regulations, and providing other tech-related tools to help member restaurants embrace innovative technologies, the digital restaurant association will support member restaurants as they navigate the complexities of running a business in the post-pandemic digital era.
What it reported doing in 2024
Created an educational resource hub for restaurants with information on how to increase online visibility, engagement, customer feedback, profitability and revenue. Established public policy positions that protect and promote the digital restaurant business and hired public policy firms in specific geographies. Owned and launched social media channels, recruited new restaurant members, strategic partners, and board of directors. Testified at Georgia senate delivery app study committee hearing.
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: 79
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -63.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -40.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $206K · 5 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $158K reported
- Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.