Capital Opportunities Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810497313
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Belgrade, MT, USA
Phone
4065821680
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Home Health Care

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,025,807
Expenses
$9,733,827
Assets
$5,030,739
Liabilities
$1,013,277

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAWNA BRINKEL (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAWNA BRINKEL (CEO): $212,676 total reported compensation
  • LARRY DOMINICK (Secretary/Treas): $84,242 total reported compensation
  • JIM MORTON (Chairman): $17,875 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide services and activities which promote increased economic opportunity and improve the general welfare for disadvantaged individuals, families, and the communities in which they live.to this end, capital opportunities has a special interest and focus with Montana's rural communities. Montana's rural communities generally have limited services and activities of this kind, and are also generally most in need of these services and activities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Capital opportunities, inc., is a Montana non-profit corporation established to provide 'community development' services and activities throughout the state of Montana. These services and activities serve to further the corporation's charitable purpose of economic opportunity and promoting the general welfare of individuals, families, and communities. Currently capital opportunities maintains ten (10) offices, mostly in rural Montana communities.the major service provided by the corporation is home health care. Personal care and private duty nursing services are provided to elderly, disabled and recuperating individuals.the provision of these services allows clients to remain in their own homes as long as it is safe and appropriate for them to do so.personal care services are supervised by a professional nursing staff, and direct care is provided by attendants who deliver the bulk of these services as entry level health care employees. Capital opportunities provides activities and services to this entry level work force, pursuant to its charitable purpose, which include advanced training and certification, educational assistance, and mentoring. Through a partnership with the service employees union capital opportunities empowers this entry level work force to increase the professionalism and economic opportunities of its employees.capital opportunities also pursues its charitable purpose through other 'community development' activities. Currently the corporation is pursuing potential housing projects for elderly and disabled, as well as workforce housing for lower income individuals and families. Additionally, capital opportunities is working on the development of an assisted living facility in the bozeman area which will also provide classroom training and an on the job training campus for direct caregivers.capital opportunities also provides grants in the form of educational assistance to students who express an interest in home health care and related fields, and who also intend to live and work in Montana. The educational assistance program targets these individuals from rural Montana communities, with the goal that some of these students will eventually live and work in rural communities which are currently most affected by the lack of available health care professionals.the services and activities provided by capital opportunities are administered through a variety of subsidiary companies which include home care services, llc; advanced homecare institute of Montana, llc; and headwaters community development, llc. The services and activities of these subsidiary companies are supervised by individual officers and directors of the corporation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 71
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $213K · 5 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.