Missouri Restaurant Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

21 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Trade association formed for the purpose of maintaining a high standard of integrity and efficiency in the restaurant industry.

Trade show, educational programs, membership programs, and other member services.

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 1st 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: No; rating input score 0

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: -14%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 14.7%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $142K · 21 people listed
Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.