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THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION

THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30 to it, the largest being BARRY-BASHUR FOUNDATION ($30). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$343k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$30
Net assets
$2.4M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Retired Enlisted Association does

Mission

To enhance the quality of life for uniformed services enlisted personnel, their families and survivors; including active duty, veterans, reserves, national guard, and all retirees; to stop the erosion of earned benefits through our legislative efforts; to maintain our espirit de corps, dedication and patriotism; and to continue our devotion and allegiance to god and country.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Government affairs: efforts to influence legislation germane to enlisted persons.

    $110,021 spent
    41% of program spending

  2. Membership services and retention: annual convention and other activities to promote continued and new membership of enlisted persons.

    $72,447 spentof which $10,750 as grants$186,466 earned by the program
    27% of program spending

  3. Public education: notifying our members and the general public of the issues facing all enlisted military personnel (past/present & future). What bills have a positive or a negative impact on those who have and are continuing to serve our country. We have a program on our website that connects our members to their local state representatives where they can see how they stand on different issues and can reach out to them personally.

    $34,572 spent
    13% of program spending

  4. Membership education and training: direct mailing to constituents regarding current issues affecting enlisted persons. 2025 expense = 33,037 voice: magazine published quarterly containing information and items of interest related to enlisted persons. 2025 expense = 20,632

    $53,669 spent
    20% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $270,709.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($2.3M)2018 Revenue 175 ($2.2M) Expenses 90 ($1.2M) Net assets 135 ($3.0M)2019 Revenue 77 ($970k) Expenses 72 ($927k) Net assets 150 ($3.4M)2020 Revenue 48 ($607k) Expenses 65 ($840k) Net assets 153 ($3.5M)2021 Revenue 63 ($788k) Expenses 61 ($783k) Net assets 166 ($3.8M)2022 Revenue 40 ($496k) Expenses 54 ($694k) Net assets 133 ($3.0M)2023 Revenue 51 ($644k) Expenses 55 ($702k) Net assets 142 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 42 ($525k) Expenses 124 ($1.6M) Net assets 104 ($2.3M)2025 Revenue 27 ($343k) Expenses 35 ($456k) Net assets 108 ($2.4M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (27)Expenses (35)Net assets (108)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.4M to $2.4M (−27%).

$2.4M
$3.1M
$3.5M
$3.6M
$3.9M
$3.1M
$3.4M
$2.4M
$2.5M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 14% · 2023 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$31k
’17
$1.0M
’18
$42k
’19
−$233k
’20
$5k
’21
−$198k
’22
−$58k
’23
−$1.1M
’24
−$113k
’25
2.1
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed101381189896
Joined·+6+0+3+1+1+0+2+1
No longer listed·35040114
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $51k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Retired Enlisted Association Memorial Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION raised.

From the IRS filings of THE RETIRED ENLISTED 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.

Where its funders are

THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 1 state in all.

MI

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE RETIRED ENLISTED 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

Association of Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy82%Colorado Education Association79%National Cattlemen's Beef Association77%Environment America Inc77%Educause77%Outdoor Industry Association77%About Face Veterans Against the War76%American Numismatic Association76%

Nationally

Air Force Sergeants Association Inc84%Wisconsin National Guard Association Inc82%Association of Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy82%United States Naval Academy Alumni Assoc81%Operation Support Our Troops - America Inc81%Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Dept of Ohio81%Amvets (American Veterans)81%Army and Navy Club81%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

59% of spending goes to programs.

Program 59%Management 22%Fundraising 19%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • The Senior Citizens League · exempt
  • Trea Gives · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION?
THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30 to it, the largest being BARRY-BASHUR FOUNDATION ($30). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30 in grants to THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION.
Who is the largest funder of THE RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION?
BARRY-BASHUR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE RETIRED ENLISTED 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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