Economic Club of Colorado
Legal name: Economic Club of Colorado Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742463798
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2025–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- (303) 552-0486
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $247,000
- Expenses
- $193,894
- Assets
- $128,942
- Liabilities
- $10,789
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALEX LOUCKS (CO-PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN ROBINSON (CO-PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- COURTNEY KANOUFF (EXECUTIVE DI): $122,500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Economic Club of Colorado (ECC) Supports and Advances the Colorado Business Community and Engages Leaders by Offering Inspiring and Thought-Provoking Events. The Economic Club of Colorado (ECC) supports and advances Colorado’s dynamic business community by identifying executives and organizations that are on the forefront of Colorado’s burgeoning domestic and international presence. We endeavor to help Colorado businesses thrive by providing a forum that connects Colorado executives, offering them unique insights, inspiration and support. ECC is the leading economic forum in Colorado and hosts high profile speakers who address important topics that impact our state, country and world. ECC thoughtfully vets the speakers who address our membership and selects speakers whose expertise will inspire and educate our members and broaden their perspectiv.
What it reported doing in 2025
2025 accomplishments: - added 10 net new members - hosted 12 events with over 4.5 ratings (on a scale of 5) - increased revenue 2026 goals: - add 15 net new members - increase revenue by 10% - host 12 events with over 4.5 ratings
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 63.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $179K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $122K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.