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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RESEARCH CHEFS ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$927,896
Total expenses
$713,960
Contributions and grants received
$284,843
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$629,704
Investment income
$9,162
Other revenue
$4,187
Total assets, end of year
$753,068
Total liabilities, end of year
$183,411
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$569,657
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$558,261
Management and general expenses
$155,699
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$558,261

Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $229,143

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $55,700

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL CONFERENCE REVE

    total $508,880 · related or exempt $508,880

  • 2b · Program service revenue: REGIONAL EVENT REVENUE

    total $86,645 · related or exempt $86,645

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CERTIFICATIONS

    total $34,179 · related or exempt $34,179

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,162 · excluded $9,162

  • 11a · Other revenue: JOB BOARD POSTING

    total $4,187 · unrelated business $4,187

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,187

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $302,693 · program services $189,655 · management and general $113,038

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,657 · management and general $2,657

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,093 · management and general $1,093

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,050 · program services $2,050

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,432 · program services $5,402 · management and general $2,030

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $36,002 · program services $8,368 · management and general $27,634

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,199 · program services $11,199

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $303,108 · program services $303,108

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,962 · program services $1,759 · management and general $3,203

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE

    total $24,311 · program services $24,164 · management and general $147

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $4,680 · program services $4,680

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $4,388 · management and general $4,388

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPEAKER FEES

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,385 · program services $4,876 · management and general $1,509

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $485,553 · end of year $720,172

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $850 · end of year $16,071

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,278 · end of year $16,825

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,734 · end of year $23,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $131,226 · end of year $159,964

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $447

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $354,543 · end of year $569,657

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,178 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CULTIVATE COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN CHEFS AND FOOD SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS WHO DEVELOP FOOD, TO INCREASE INNOVATION, QUALITY AND SPEED TO MARKET.

  • ANNUAL CONFERENCE - THE RCA CONFERENCE IS HELD ANNUALLY. THE CONFERENCE IS AN EDUCATION FORUM WITH SPEAKERS, EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND WORKSHOPS FEATURING THE FOREMOST LEADERS IN CULINARY ARTS AND FOOD SCIENCE.

    Expenses $477,809 · Revenue $508,880

  • REGIONAL EVENTS - THROUGH REGIONAL HUBS, RCA PROVIDES CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOPS CATERING TO THE CULINARY PROFESSION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS AND FEATURING EXPERT CHEFS AND FOOD SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $44,112 · Revenue $86,645

  • MEMBERSHIP SERVICES & OTHER PROGRAMS - MEMBERSHIP PROVIDES ACESS TO A NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALS, AS WELL AS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND AND DEVELOP CAREERS FOR GREATER SUCCESS. RCA ALSO OFFERS A TWO-LEVEL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR ADVANCING AND CERTIFYING THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE OF CULINARY PROFESSIONALS. CERTIFIED RESEARCH CHEFS (CRC) AND CERTIFIED CULINARY SCIENTISTS (CCS) PROVIDE THE FOOD INDUSTRY WITH TODAY'S MOST VALUABLE, SOUGHT-AFTER PRODUCT DEVELOPERS THAT EXCEL IN THE PRACTICE OF CULINOLOGY.

    Expenses $36,340 · Revenue $34,179

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeff Crace

    VP/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anne Druschitz

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nicole Linke

    SECRETARY/VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gregg Brickman

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anna Cheely

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mickey Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Slutzky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Stuart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Gervasi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Howell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Posner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angel Tekriwal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Casey Schallert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Cantor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sam Kressler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Hayes

    PRESIDENT/PAST PRES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cian Leahy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nelson Serrano-Bahri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600279349301200

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