Big Sky Wind Drinkers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510181221
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Bozeman, MT, USA
Phone
4065790153
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$96,347
Expenses
$113,697
Assets
$85,098

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sheila Nielsen (Co-President)
  • Corey Johnson (Co-President)
  • Robbie Lamb (Board Vice President)
  • Nick and Emily Pericich (Board Vice President)
  • Teresa Galli (Board Vice President)
  • Elliott Peace (Board Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Sheila Nielsen (Co-President)
  • Corey Johnson (Co-President)
  • Jacki McGuire (Board Co-Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Community Running Club

What it reported doing in 2025

Community runs include: The Sweet Pea Run (approx. 900 runners), John Colter Run (approx. 330 runners), and the Bridger Ridge Run (approx. 295 runners). The club chose to make the following donations from the remaining race funds -- $6,000 to Thrive, $1,500-Bozeman Run Club, $391- Missouri Headwaters State Park, $2,000-Bozeman Track Club, GVLT-$540

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $100K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.