Colorado · Nonprofit
COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,172,360 to it, the largest being WILLIAM T KEMPER CHARITABLE TRUST 10015200 ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Colorado Restaurant Association does
Mission
The Colorado Restaurant Association is the champion for our state's restaurant and hospitality industry. We are trusted leaders for our community, protecting, serving, and promoting success from entry level to ownership.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Convention: the association holds a convention which allows members to learn the latest products and services that serve the restaurant industry. In addition, education sessions are held on subjects pertinent to restaurant owners and managers.
$243,652 spent10% of program spendingMembership services: in addition to education and keeping members abreast of current government affairs affecting their businesses, the association provides a variety of others services to members. These services include providing discount programs through endorsed vendors, hosting events and meetings to provide networking opportunities, as well as assisting member groups locally in producing networking opportunities.
$554,522 spent22% of program spendingSpecial events: the association holds two events, industry spotlight awards and the lifetime achievement awards, both which honor outstanding industry professionals and outstanding staff with approximately 286 and 120 attendees, respectively.
$272,903 spent11% of program spendingGovernment affairs: the association monitors local and state legislation and provides leadership in government affairs affecting the restaurant industry.
$538,546 spent21% of program spendingServices to related entities: the association is the parent of four subsidiaries: colorado restaurant foundation, Colorado Restaurant Association host-pac, Colorado Restaurant Association hi-pac, and Colorado Restaurant Association small donor committee. Services to related entities was $904,728. The association provided space, equipment, and administrative services to these subsidiaries.
$904,728 spentof which $20,000 as grants36% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,514,351.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.5M to $2.6M (+72%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 11% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sonia Riggs
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $20k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $242k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Restaurant Association). These are real filings, and they are not money COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 37% · 2022 50% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Colorado Restaurant Foundation · exempt
- Colorado Restaurant Association Host-Pac · exempt
- Colorado Restaurant Association Hospitality Issue PAC · exempt
- Colorado Restaurant Association Small Donor Committee · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION?
- COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,172,360 to it, the largest being WILLIAM T KEMPER CHARITABLE TRUST 10015200 ($500,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,172,360 in grants to COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION?
- WILLIAM T KEMPER CHARITABLE TRUST 10015200 is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing