Credit Roundtable Association
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What it says it does
The Credit Roundtable Association (CRT) is a membership organization committed to enhancing bondholder protections through education, outreach and advocacy. CRT shall be devoted to the improvement of general business conditions in the institutional bond market including, among others:1)educating investors, issuers, underwriters, regulators, and other market participants to the value of bondholder covenant protections and advocating for the inclusion, standardization, and preservation of covenant protections in bond indentures,2)identifying enhancements to, advocating for the implementation of improvements to the new issue bond underwriting and distribution process,3)implementing enhancements to the bond tender/exchange and consent process,4)promulgating improvements in disclosure and transparency,5)pursuing any lawful act or activity and, exercising any powers afforded to nonprofit, nonstock corporations in the State of DE, in furtherance of its above-stated mission.
- Income
- $221,524
- Spending
- $224,977
- Employees
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $199,736 spent. Programming includes monthly member conference calls, in-person meetings with regulators and two annual conferences (one in the spring, and one in the fall). In additon, members work together on tasks forces and bondholder groups. CRT also participated on writing comment letters and white papers, and also conducting surveys, on behalf of its members and the broader institutional investor commmunity.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2020.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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