Blackfoot Pathways Sculpture in the Wild Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465392219
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lincoln, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4064310325
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Visual Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $732,396
- Expenses
- $65,645
- Assets
- $964,029
- Liabilities
- $313
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BECKY GARLAND (PRESIDENT)
- ANNETTE GARDNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BECKY GARLAND (PRESIDENT)
- ANNETTE GARDNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SARAH MUSE (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide nbsp; an nbsp; environment nbsp; for nbsp; the nbsp; creation nbsp; of nbsp; significant nbsp; artwork nbsp; both nbsp; permanent nbsp; and nbsp; temporary nbsp; inspired nbsp; by nbsp; the nbsp; environmental nbsp; and nbsp; industrial nbsp; heritage nbsp; of nbsp; the nbsp; blackfoot nbsp; valley nbsp; while nbsp; fostering nbsp; an nbsp; awareness nbsp; and nbsp; appreciation nbsp; of nbsp; the nbsp; arts nbsp; through nbsp; the nbsp; community
What it reported doing in 2024
Sculpure in the wild provides a neutral ground for discussions about a new approach to environmental stewardship and the creation of a new economic future for the community. Bpsw is delivering in ways that are tangible and palpable for the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 25
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 12
- Sustainability: 93
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 5.9%; rating input score 6
- Program expense ratio: 65.8%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 91%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.69; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 5.9% of revenue deployed · 65.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 20 current checks pass · 4 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX DepreciationDepletion column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX Insurance column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.